How quickly will this one sell then?

Running_Horse

A few miles down the road from the previous link I gave is the tiny hamlet of Nashenden Farm:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-26463652.html?premiumA=true

I can remember a few years back when Channel Tunnel Rail Link blight made these houses almost unsellable.

If you don't mind being sandwiched between a motorway and busy railway line then it is still a bargain.

There was a compulsory purchased farmhouse literally under the river bridge nearby lay empty for years, but seems to be occupied now.

Edit. Streetview link:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=51.371084,0.479193&spn=0,0.076818&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=51.371199,0.479072&panoid=5JEAJZxEbsoXuSa4QRQryw&cbp=12,119.26,,0,-3.95

mynameisdave

Not on Rightmove - probably never will be if the owner was too stubborn to take the cash when offered before they built the motorway!

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=53.6421,-1.952798&spn=0.003543,0.01134&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=53.642214,-1.952325&panoid=4l2OPcE30w-a30oo8xFh6w&cbp=12,152.17,,0,8.51

Doozergirl

What are your opinions on the asking prices of the places you've posted me then?

Interesting that they are so well presented - I think htey must have picked them up for such sensible prices initially that they've felt they have the money to spend on the interiors? Or that the presentation will make up for what it lacks in peace and quiet?

Doozergirl

mynameisdave wrote: »

Not on Rightmove - probably never will be if the owner was too stubborn to take the cash when offered before they built the motorway!

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=53.6421,-1.952798&spn=0.003543,0.01134&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=53.642214,-1.952325&panoid=4l2OPcE30w-a30oo8xFh6w&cbp=12,152.17,,0,8.51

By the condition of it, it does look like it's either inhabited by a bit of a loony or it's empty.

Running_Horse

At the other end of the scale, I was looking at the most expensive house on Rightmove in Chelsea, at 03.40 in the morning while at work (like you do):

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27225178.html

Clicked on Streetview and panned round. What on earth is that all about? Don't think many billionaires will want that next door.

Running_Horse

mynameisdave wrote: »

if the owner was too stubborn to take the cash when offered before they built the motorway!

The urban myth persists:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stott_Hall_Farm#Stott_Hall_Farm

Doozergirl

Running_Horse wrote: »

At the other end of the scale, I was looking at the most expensive house on Rightmove in Chelsea, at 03.40 in the morning while at work (like you do):

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27225178.html

Clicked on Streetview and panned round. What on earth is that all about? Don't think many billionaires will want that next door.

LOL! Really glad I started this thread. Where have you found them all?

OT, but that house shows the benefit of a wide angle lens doesn't it? It looks very different on Streetview.

gingerwhinger

Doozergirl wrote: »

What are your opinions on the asking prices of the places you've posted me then?

Interesting that they are so well presented - I think htey must have picked them up for such sensible prices initially that they've felt they have the money to spend on the interiors? Or that the presentation will make up for what it lacks in peace and quiet?

Good question! The house in Barkisland (with the Pylon in the back garden) I would have been quite happily paid an extra 100K plus for. The potential is huge, and the views in that area are really quite breathtaking. OH (builder) reckons for 100K he could have put another floor on and refitted throughout to high spec. House would probably be then worth 500k. With the pylon though there is no price that I personally would buy it for.

I think the one with the motorway in back garden though is having a laugh. Very small house with no potential (at least to my untrained eye) and you could get a house of the same size for the same money (albeit not "architect designed") without the added attraction of the M62 bordering your property. Also there looked to be a suspicious shadow on one of the pics that looked remarkably like a pylon....

gingerwhinger

Doozergirl wrote: »

LOL! Really glad I started this thread. Where have you found them all?

OT, but that house shows the benefit of a wide angle lens doesn't it? It looks very different on Streetview.

Personally I found them because this is the area I want to live (honestly!). I found that the only houses up to asking price of £350k had a problem. I don't know if it's the time of year and all the "good" houses have sold or if ( and I suspect this may be the case) I need to increase my budget.

g_attrill

How about this one? At least the EA is up-front!

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27216571.html

Not only do you get beautiful views of the treatment works (it was presumably built for on-site workers) you are in the middle of a railway line triangle.