The "have a look at this!" thread II

Patti27

Starbrite wrote: »

10 out of 10 for using every inch of space to its full potential, do love where the dining table is, it's like george from the tv show georges amazing spaces has been in and designed the place

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-46262853.html

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I wouldnt know which safety hazard to concern myself with first there - the loft ladder hanging in mid-air over the flat or wondering whether one would "take a tumble" from the "mezzanine" straight down into the sitting room (ie with no railings or anything there to prevent it).:eek:

It looks nice - but I wouldnt want it as a gift personally.

If that was in my area at a more reasonable price, I'd buy it.

fairy_lights

LittleMax wrote: »

No. I'm failing to see how planning permission has increased the value of this by 57% in 4 years...

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Oh dear god that poor garden!
'You know what will really help sell this place? if we get a digger in and rip up the lawn in a willy-nilly fashion, they do it all the time on grand designs"

moneyistooshorttomention

fairy_lights wrote: »

Oh dear god that poor garden!
'You know what will really help sell this place? if we get a digger in and rip up the lawn in a willy-nilly fashion, they do it all the time on grand designs"

Guess that was done to show "We're ready to roll here - at ripping a perfectly decent house (with a bit of work) down and putting up a couple of ticky-tacky boxes instead".

robatwork

pollyanna24 wrote: »

The main part of Sauf Oxhey still has this rep I think, but not the surrounding bits. They are in the process of ripping the whole damn place down in the next few years and... and... they are even building a Lidl!

Once bought a car there from a guy who was like a dodgier version of Big Vern from Viz. Went wrong and tried to give him a letter, he just let it fall on the floor rather than accept it. Lesson learned....sounds like they are putting lipstick on a pig.

StumpyPumpy

LittleMax wrote: »

No. I'm failing to see how planning permission has increased the value of this by 57% in 4 years...

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It's not that difficult - The house prices in Witnash have increased by around 25% in the past 4 years so that takes out half of the increase and the planning permission is to knock down one 2 bed bungalow and build two detached 4 bed houses.

New build 4 bed detached houses seem to start at £400k+ in the area and while I've no idea how much it actually costs to build a house from scratch, I'm sure the builders do and could turn a healthy profit. It all seems totally reasonable to me*.


SP

*The housing market today is in no way reasonable in my opinion. But it is what it is, so my comment should be taken in the context of a stupidly expensive market.

bouicca21

I don't know how much building costs are either but a real life example from my neck of leafy suburbia is a derelict edwardian house that sold for £1 million, was then demolished and replaced by a block of 7 flats, grossing a total of just under £3,500,000.

That bungalow is small change in comparison, but, hey, everyone has to start somewhere.

Lummoxley

I can hear the photographer in an artistic voice saying "The light is vital, Vital I tell you!" Especially pic 4, I think I count nine ceiling and lamp lights on.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-45896310.html

bagpussbear

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/42640764?tmad=c&tmcampid=35&utm_campaign=buy-alert&utm_content=contact-type-listing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=alert#qLkdv7yHrHo6oE4R.97


Is that a thing now, to hang a picture like that (pic 4)?

Oh and decor and beds!

beedeedee

It's all too much for my poor old eyes"........!

moneyistooshorttomention

bagpussbear wrote: »

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/42640764?tmad=c&tmcampid=35&utm_campaign=buy-alert&utm_content=contact-type-listing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=alert#qLkdv7yHrHo6oE4R.97


Is that a thing now, to hang a picture like that (pic 4)?

Oh and decor and beds!

:eek: Where does one start with a house like that? Well - the house was obviously okay once. The second I walked into that reception room and saw a boiler on a wall I'd have thought "There's a first for everything - and I've never seen a boiler in a reception room before" and literally walked out of the house on the spot. Never mind before I spotted a bed in a hallway and beds in the loft. I just wouldnt stick around long enough to wonder just what might be in the garage...

Unless I'd taken it into my head to deliberately go round the whole house (inc. garage) out of sheer curiosity - and a tale to tell about just how many people some try to cram into a house...I'll take a guess at 7 (and who knows whether there might be more beds in the garage).