The "have a look at this!" thread II

RedFraggle

ScarletMarble wrote: »

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-49717563.html

spot the cat!

Never mind the cat, they have my longed for chairs!!! Waited months for Ikea to restock poangs in that fabric and they never did!

Davesnave

StumpyPumpy wrote: »

Whenever I see a (non-derelict) house put up for auction my first thoughts are "Why are they so desperate to sell: what it wrong with it?" Auction is the last chance saloon for properties and a bit of digging usually reveals the issue(s). Though in this case it is right there in the listing:

Auctioneers' Note:
When the property was constructed it was not signed off at building control.

Which could explain the auction sale, if not the actual reason why as a new build it failed to get signed off.

They might well need all their dreams in full working order to find a buyer willing to put up £450k+ in cash to buy it and then fix whatever problems there are.

SP

It looks as if it was never quite finished to sign-off, so there's all sorts of possibilities and the devil's in the detail.

Certainly, there's evidence of care in design, and in some of the execution, though I wouldn't want their plasterer!

NaughtiusMaximus

After clicking on the map view and zooming out, I'm concerned there may be a risk of flooding here.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-51722304.html

Cakeguts

NaughtiusMaximus wrote: »

After clicking on the map view and zooming out, I'm concerned there may be a risk of flooding here.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-51722304.html

What an ugly house. The back garden is awful. It just shows that some people will buy anything.

NaughtiusMaximus

Cakeguts wrote: »

What an ugly house. The back garden is awful. It just shows that some people will buy anything.

Yes, it's a new build alright.

I do know that area of Brum quite well but had never heard of the road, have jutst looked it up and the development is next door to Reaside Hospital, which to quote the website of the NHS trust who manage it:

"Our service based at Reaside Clinic provides assessment, treatment and rehabilitation to service users with severe mental health problems who have committed a criminal offence or who have shown seriously aggressive or threatening behaviour."
http://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/our-services/secure-care/medium-secure-forensic-service-for-men/

Of course I'm sure the dodgy mapping was an honest mistake and in no way a clumsy attempt to hide this fact.

badger09

NaughtiusMaximus wrote: »

Yes, it's a new build alright.

I do know that area of Brum quite well but had never heard of the road, have jutst looked it up and the development is next door to Reaside Hospital, which to quote the website of the NHS trust who manage it:

"Our service based at Reaside Clinic provides assessment, treatment and rehabilitation to service users with severe mental health problems who have committed a criminal offence or who have shown seriously aggressive or threatening behaviour."
http://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/our-services/secure-care/medium-secure-forensic-service-for-men/

Of course I'm sure the dodgy mapping was an honest mistake and in no way a clumsy attempt to hide this fact.

Not sure which is worse:cool:

moneyistooshorttomention

Davesnave wrote: »

It looks as if it was never quite finished to sign-off, so there's all sorts of possibilities and the devil's in the detail.

Certainly, there's evidence of care in design, and in some of the execution, though I wouldn't want their plasterer!

I gotta ask - as my first thought was "Wonder if the useless plasterer I had here has done some work elsewhere in the country?" and googled back for a look at it

= what are you spotting as defects in the plaster you don't like (as that is a point I'm not spotting myself).

Davesnave

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

= what are you spotting as defects in the plaster you don't like (as that is a point I'm not spotting myself).

The whole thing looks as if it was shot on an old phone, so maybe I'm wrong, but I'm picking up subtle changes of shade in the ceilings and on some of the walls, which suggests unevenness. It could be dirt on the walls, though. The whole thing just doesn't look as crisp as it should.

Pics 7 & 9 for example.

bouicca21

I think is one of those 'if you have to ask, you can't afford it' cases
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-51666258.html

karcher

bouicca21 wrote: »

I think is one of those 'if you have to ask, you can't afford it' cases
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-51666258.html

Exactly, but it is rather nice...although I'm not sure about some of the wall art!

...it wouldn't be cheap to heat either.