Property Snakes and Ladders; 2009

hayley11

This is the first one i've watched of this series. They're still just as stupid as ever though! Why on earth would you pay £20k for stairs when you were going to pay £4k! Madness!

They still don't listen to her do they? I'd be so frustrated if I were Sarah, I hate people ignoring me!! :rotfl:

hayley11

Ooooh that bathroom was gorgeous...

They really should have done that with the gates, I wouldn't buy that house, as gorgeous as it is because I wouldn't feel very safe walking down that dodgy alleyway, whereas electric gates would have made it feel a lot safer.

GracieP

They made £49k!:eek:

PasturesNew

Right ... over to 4+1 then.
Freeview channel 13 on mine

BettiePage

BettiePage wrote: »

"Architectural merit".


pmsl


Oh, and what on earth is the gaol woman wearing?!

Darn it, they sold for a profit.

fc123

BettiePage wrote: »

Darn it, they sold for a profit.

Now I know the ending I can only look forward to checking out the hair and outfit on the catch up.

PasturesNew

October 2007.

Beeny: "You paid £71,000 for a lock up store down a dodgy alley"
Broadstairs

Architectural something or other Neil Hornsby and partner Alison Gurr
ugly mish mash of derelict storerooms.

He: "Its going to feel like it's a great pad right in the heart of London ... in Broadstairs"

Beeny: "I think these old store rooms could have potential ... have to be very very lucky to unlock it"

Budget: £65,500
Want it to be worth: £180k
£43,500 profit for 7.5 months' work.

No parking. First come, first served for parking in a couple of slots. They're trying to buy the parking space.

1 bed and bathroom upstairs. They want to extend over the roof to make a 2nd bedroom with ceiling to floor/wall to wall windows.

Downstairs they want to knock through downtairs for living, utility, loo.

PasturesNew

Thetford, Norfolk
Sue Ward has bought a Grade II Listed Georgeian Gail, with cells and dungeon.
It has been a run down rental for the last 5 years.

She wants to turn it into a 3-bed home.

Beeny: "It will appeal to a niche market"

She plans to keep the thick cell door.

Beeny: "taking on a property with such a gruesome history ... alarm bells"
£140k a year ago
Planning to do most of the work herself
Budget: £20k
Hopes to sell for £200k
Profit £40k if she did

Sue said: "I can't afford for it to go too much over budget"
Beeny thinks it should be a £60k budget.

Beeny: "This is a masssive restoration project; with a massive team of builders I'd expect it to take 4 months."

misskool

Thanks for the details and ending. Massive drama at Victoria station today and just got home.

dopester

PasturesNew wrote: »

Thetford, Norfolk
Sue Ward has bought a Grade II Listed Georgeian Gail, with cells and dungeon.
It has been a run down rental for the last 5 years.

She was just crazy. Gave up her job, used up her savings, doing the development for profit but ignored Beeny, and fell in love with the house.

Goes off on something like a 600 mile round-trip in her old beat-up Mondeo to go buy an old gaol cell door for the dungeon... which she had to re-dig out herself.

Hard-worker on the physical side... but instead of spending more on labourers and help, narrow-minded about sticking to her budget so she turned it from a 6 month job to something like 18 months... with values falling over that time in the market.

Her solution.. not going to sell... make it a holiday let.