The "have a look at this!" thread II

winspiration

Spot the cat

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-35873145.html

Renegade_JL

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Is it just me that instantly thought - "Aha...potential wild swimming pool":)

That would certainly be my dog's first thought - he would live in the pond! Unfortunately for me that means no ponds, otherwise I'll have a permanently wet, muddy and smelly pooch.

carefullycautious

Wow!!! Some Tree house (said tongue in cheek)




http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-57715031.html

StumpyPumpy

Davesnave wrote: »

OK.... here's one near me. Lots of potential and probably not as good as it appears, but not flying off the shelf, so maybe scope to negotiate.;)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-52502780.html

As soon as you want land above an acre, the quality of the house really starts to suffer in terms of value per £k. That one at least has plenty of room in it.

I suspect one major reason it is not flying off the shelf is contained in the paragraph:

Agricultural Tie - The property is subject to an agricultural occupancy condition as follows:
"The dwelling shall only be occupied by persons employed or last employed locally in agriculture as defined by Section 221 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962 and the dependants of such persons as aforesaid."

5.24 acres seems a bit small to work into a profitable business though IANAF (I am not a farmer) and your silage may vary :rotfl:.

SP

daivid

2 years on the market
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-44100040.html
has separate bath and shower rooms, also a decent sized kitchen.

Davesnave

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

You'd have thought they would make more of a thing about the views and show more of the land.

House itself = lots of work to make it un-boring bog standard/change of fuel stuff to do/walls arent what I call "proper" walls by the look of it (ie they are concrete blocks - rather than bricks). I've learnt to spot signs of pipes going down the walls that "shouldnt be" probably means concrete block walls:(.

The views there are wonderful and the lazy agent hasn't even gone beyond the garden, but there's nothing wrong with the bungalow's construction, which is like hundreds of thousands of others here, and where you are too.

What fuel would you expect? Oil CH + wood burner is pretty standard in the countryside.

StumpyPumpy wrote: »

I suspect one major reason it is not flying off the shelf is contained in the paragraph: Agricultural Tie
5.24 acres seems a bit small to work into a profitable business though IANAF (I am not a farmer) and your silage may vary :rotfl:.

SP

Yes, it's a very small amount of land for farming, but pretty typical for this sort of property. There are creative ways around the tie. For example, it's not unknown for older people to buy one of these, 'struggle' with a rural enterprise for a few years and then retire, or for one partner to work the land while the other earns the £. No one insists a profit is made.

Davesnave

daivid wrote: »

2 years on the market
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-44100040.html
has separate bath and shower rooms, also a decent sized kitchen.

Yes but no amount of cuddly toys can disguise that they all need ripping out now, along with the hideous windows.

And surely, 2 years is long enough to plough that lawn? (Street View.)

Davesnave

carefullycautious wrote: »

Wow!!! Some Tree house (said tongue in cheek)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-57715031.html

It looks as if they've installed some kind of winched cart to run on the tracks shown on pictures 1 and 7, no doubt to get the logs, shopping and other heavy items up there.

moneyistooshorttomention

carefullycautious wrote: »

Wow!!! Some Tree house (said tongue in cheek)




http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-57715031.html

A chiminea and wood-burner in an all-wood house - is that a good idea?

Think that one counts as "niche market" - insurance? the stairs (inside and out) and then there are those of us that couldnt stand there looking out from a house that "height" without going wobbly-kneed and _pale_.

Dandie89

Any bets on how many people have been living in this little house?

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-60071816.html