What do you think of this 2 bed flat in Bristol?

bristol_pilot

Two-beds in North Bristol (not ex-LA) are typically £250k+. My previous comment about this flat being good value was based on it being in Westbury - not Southmead - but I still think its fair value.

melancholly

tomstickland wrote: »

He has run a vermin check and found that there was a high concentration of daily mail readers about a mile away from the house though.

:rotfl::rotfl:
i'm going to have to remember that line to use it at some point - genius!

tomstickland

The first thing my friend said was "it looks like a prison from the outside, but it's great inside".

Regarding the Westbury-Southmead thing, take a look at this map.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=357865&y=177431&z=3&sv=357865,177431&st=4&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&ax=357865&ay=177431

The buyer used to live in a rented house in Henleaze about a mile from where the flat is. I know the area around by Eastfield pretty well and it's fine. I don't regard that location as Southmead. If it is, then so be it, not that it makes any difference to what the location is like. I agree that it's not Westbury on Trym, it's sort of inbetween and close to Westbury.

A lot of fair points in this thread.

candygirl

I've no idea about the area, but it looks nice inside, and the garden is great.:p

Madcatgirl

We've just bought a 2 bed ex council flat in Manor Farm (about 1/2 mile east, but not in Southmead - its a nicer area) for £116K. That is very expensive for the area. He could get a house for that in Southmead, which might be better value. I've seen 1 bed flats in Southmead on the market for under £100K, which is cheap in this part of Bristol. Or he could try looking around Easton to get a cheapish period property. The rental potential ffor the second room would be better.

tomstickland

I went to take a look at the location today because I was in Bristol. It's not Southmead. Look at the map I linked to above. It's just off the end of Eastfield.

stamford

tomstickland wrote: »

I went to take a look at the location today because I was in Bristol. It's not Southmead. Look at the map I linked to above. It's just off the end of Eastfield.

Maybe the agents should describe it as Westbury on Trym borders

tomstickland

Yes, calling it Westbury on Trym was classic estate agent speak.

Running_Horse

I can remember an estate agent in the 80s trying to rename an area of London as Ile des Chiens, and Hackney as Islington Borders.

tomstickland

It might have been a while, but an article in the local paper reminded me of this thread.

Southmead Ward:
http://environment.uwe.ac.uk/commsafe/southmeadHandC.asp

The "Clov" of "Clover Ground"is just visible at the bottom of the map, outside the Southmead area.

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Westbury-Southmead-Google-enters-debate/article-1145177-detail/article.html