How quickly will this one sell then?

SoozyJ22

How about £1.5 million for a house a hundred metres or so away from the M1:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-16619091.html

Running_Horse

g_attrill wrote: »

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.

You have to change to satellite view to really appreciate the location. There is a similar row of houses near our local sewage works that recently sold for much less than most local houses. The old water companies must have once provided on-site accomodation for staff. They must appeal to someone who appreciates being cut off from society.

boo1

g_attrill wrote: »

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.

That property is about 4 miles from me and although the house is no oil painting and is at the bottom of what was a council estate a huge percentage of the houses are now private properties. The area is also reasonably quiet - although you will very more than likely hear the delicate rumble of the A3/M25 - I do!!! Houses round here are ridiculously expensive ( on the opposite side of Brooklands Road is the St Georges Hill Estate where the likes of John Lennon, Cliff Richard, Mick Hucknall et al have all lived). Some of the houses on this estate are more expensive than where I live and out of my price range even if they are ex-LA proprerties. :rotfl:

Doozergirl

No one live near Kerry Katona then?

neverdespairgirl

Doozergirl wrote: »

No one live near Kerry Katona then?

I may do - I've heard the name, but no idea who she (?) is or where she lives.

Running_Horse

This land with potential sold very quickly:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-30999431.html

But be honest. If it was the neighbouring plot for sale, how many of us would run a mile?

patman99

Running_Horse wrote: »

The urban myth persists:

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

No urban myth at all. The couple who owned the farm at the time of the compulsory purchase order refused to accept it. The authorities took them to court and lost. The judge famously said "a man's home is his castle, and only God can take it from him".
Both the couple & the judge were interviewed on TV a few years later.

This is not the only instance of a farmer beating the planners and forcing the road builders to re-route their road around the farm.

blue_haddock

I'd looked at this as a cheap flat. The property itself is just what i need but at the front of the property is a timber yard (could live with that) and an old gas works.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-16842087.html

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=boatman+drive+etruria&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Boatman+Dr,+Stoke-on-Trent+ST1+5PD,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.017881,-2.1966&spn=0,0.013711&z=16&layer=c&cbll=53.017667,-2.196718&panoid=1M9QFTQ-thojeNy4nm-vag&cbp=12,233.77,,0,16.41