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The "have a look at this!" thread II

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  • StumpyPumpy
    StumpyPumpy Posts: 1,458 Forumite
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    DON79 wrote: »
    You can only buy this 4 bed house for £301,500 if you are aged 60 or over!

    If you are under 60 years old, then cough up £150k extra for the privilege! :eek::eek:

    Shame as I like that house a lot but even 300k is well out of my price range, not to mention age range....

    I can't imagine loads of over 60's wanting a huge 4 bed house either.... bit strange. The owner themselves says that they are downsizing now that their kids are all grown up after going to school just across the road...
    It may be £150k extra, but at least you get to buy the whole house.

    All this is doing is touting a part ownership scheme, so the price really is "from". It's a bit like advertising a house as "From £15k" where, in fact, that is the price to buy one bedroom, or the shed at the bottom of the garden: want the living room too? That'll be an extra £45k.

    Plus, as far as I know, these "Home for Life" schemes base there charges on a lot of factors, including the age and health of the client. So it is unlikely that a fit 60 year old, married couple would get it for £301k either. Though a single, asthmatic 90 year old smoker might.

    SP
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  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    Delicate, subdued decoration. Then you get to picture 8. Only the pic on the screen suggests it's the same house...

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-23769363.html
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • bigmomma051204
    bigmomma051204 Posts: 1,776 Forumite
    vivatifosi wrote: »
    Delicate, subdued decoration. Then you get to picture 8. Only the pic on the screen suggests it's the same house...

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-23769363.html


    Pic 11 - OMG amazing!!!
    Baldrick, does it have to be this way? Our valued friendship ending with me cutting you up into strips and telling the prince that you walked over a very sharp cattle grid in an extremely heavy hat?
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    bigmomma051204 wrote: »
    Pic 11 - OMG amazing!!!

    The whole house is stunning. I just can't believe that pic 8 is in the same house... Though how much would any of us given to have one of those (pic 11) in our garden when we were kids?
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    OK, from the sublime to the ridiculous. This is student housing with 13 double bedrooms. You could get 26 people living there, part or full time with gfs and bfs staying over. How the heck do 26 people cook dinner/store food/wash up in that kitchen?

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/student-accommodation/property-35756890.html
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • Bogof_Babe
    Bogof_Babe Posts: 10,803 Forumite
    vivatifosi wrote: »
    OK, from the sublime to the ridiculous. This is student housing with 13 double bedrooms. You could get 26 people living there, part or full time with gfs and bfs staying over. How the heck do 26 people cook dinner/store food/wash up in that kitchen?

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/student-accommodation/property-35756890.html

    Funny how they don't seem keen to show any photos of the "big or massive" rooms.

    I suppose they are not intended to have two people in each room, the "double" is meant to indicate the size. Presumably "£77 per person per week" would be doubled if anyone did want to share with a second person.

    £1,001 a week if they are all let. Nice little earner if it's owned outright.
    :D I haven't bogged off yet, and I ain't no babe :D

  • V_Chic_Chick
    V_Chic_Chick Posts: 2,441 Forumite
    £35k for a whole pub - around here you'd barely get half a studio flat for that - and I don't live in the nicest area of Manchester by any means!

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-for-sale/property-22183350.html
  • robatwork
    robatwork Posts: 7,268 Forumite
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    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-23468775.html?premiumA=true

    You are definitely buying a TREE
  • Frogletina
    Frogletina Posts: 3,914 Forumite
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    V_Chic_Chick wrote: »
    £35k for a whole pub - around here you'd barely get half a studio flat for that - and I don't live in the nicest area of Manchester by any means!

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-for-sale/property-22183350.html

    The business is offered for sale as a leasehold re-assignment with 8 years remaining of a 10yr private free-of-tie lease with a rent of £24,000 p.a.
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    But Nyman
    The heart asks for pleasure first
    SPC 8 £1567.31 SPC 9 £1014.64 SPC 10 # £1164.13 SPC 11 £1598.15 SPC 12 # £994.67 SPC 13 £962.54 SPC 14 £1154.79 SPC15 £715.38 SPC16 £1071.81⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Declutter thread - ⭐⭐🏅
  • Bogof_Babe
    Bogof_Babe Posts: 10,803 Forumite
    robatwork wrote: »
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-23468775.html?premiumA=true

    You are definitely buying a TREE

    Complete with tree preservation order, no doubt.
    :D I haven't bogged off yet, and I ain't no babe :D

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