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The "have a look at this!" thread II

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  • phoebe1989seb
    phoebe1989seb Posts: 4,452 Forumite
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    unhappy_shopper wrote: »
    How about this home situated on the same road?

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-36024745.html?premiumA=true

    Lovely interesting building, but I hate how they've designed the interior.........apart from the pool ;)
    Mortgage-free for fourteen years!

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  • unhappy_shopper
    unhappy_shopper Posts: 1,304 Forumite
    Raksha wrote: »
    Right under the flight path for the airport...

    Yes, directly underneath the flight path. But then those who live in such situations will vouch that they get used to it and are no longer bothered by the aircraft noise. Fortunately, the traffic at the Luton airport is much less than other London airports.
    Mortgage: @ Feb. 2007: £133,200; Apr. 2011: £24,373; May 2011: £175,999; Jun 2013: ~£97K; Mar. 2014 £392,212.73; Dec. 2015: £327,051.77; Mar. 2016: ~£480K; Mar. 2017 £444,445.74
  • Upsidedown_Bear
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    poet123 wrote: »
    Love it. I would want a lift though, and an escape shute!!
    You're in luck - there's a lift :D but no escape chute :(

    I'd quite like a slide :D
  • tabbyfish
    tabbyfish Posts: 129 Forumite
    poet123 wrote: »
    Love it. I would want a lift though, and an escape shute!!

    It has a lift, floor plan, top right corner
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  • tabbyfish
    tabbyfish Posts: 129 Forumite
    phoebe1989seb wrote: »
    Lovely interesting building, but I hate how they've designed the interior.........apart from the pool ;)


    Don't think that's a pool. It's glass floor above bedroom one. Top floor of the building.
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  • StumpyPumpy
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    phoebe1989seb wrote: »
    Lovely interesting building, but I hate how they've designed the interior.........apart from the pool ;)
    Huh? There hasn't been a pool in that house since it was converted from a water tower.
    Come on people, it's not difficult: lose means to be unable to find, loose means not being fixed in place. So if you have a hole in your pocket you might lose your loose change.
  • StumpyPumpy
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    unhappy_shopper wrote: »
    How about this home situated on the same road?

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-36024745.html?premiumA=true
    I don't like the kitchen/dining room on the ground floor, but the rest of it looks ok to me, much better than this conversion, anyway:
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-26590737.html

    SP
    Come on people, it's not difficult: lose means to be unable to find, loose means not being fixed in place. So if you have a hole in your pocket you might lose your loose change.
  • Upsidedown_Bear
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    edited 14 April 2013 at 2:09PM
    unhappy_shopper wrote: »
    How about this home situated on the same road?

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-36024745.html?premiumA=true
    Just had a look at sold prices on Rightmove for this.

    Sold for £500 000 in 2006 and £175 000 :eek: in 2011.

    ETA
    More photo's here:
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-40193771.html?premiumA=true
  • StumpyPumpy
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    Upsidedown_Bear wrote: »
    Just had a look at sold prices on Rightmove for this.

    Sold for £500 000 in 2006 and £175 000 :eek: in 2011.
    My guess would be that developers bought the tower and (more importantly) the land and access around the tower, then sold the tower on as they weren't interested in it.
    Looking on Google earth, it would appear that the only access to the flats behind the tower is through the gates and straight past it. Looks like you have no land at all, and are effectively a roundabout in the middle of a car park. Don't like it nearly as much now.

    SP
    Come on people, it's not difficult: lose means to be unable to find, loose means not being fixed in place. So if you have a hole in your pocket you might lose your loose change.
  • Upsidedown_Bear
    Upsidedown_Bear Posts: 18,264 Forumite
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    StumpyPumpy wrote: »
    My guess would be that developers bought the tower and (more importantly) the land and access around the tower, then sold the tower on as they weren't interested in it.
    Looking on Google earth, it would appear that the only access to the flats behind the tower is through the gates and straight past it. Looks like you have no land at all, and are effectively a roundabout in the middle of a car park. Don't like it nearly as much now.

    SP
    Me neither :(
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