How much to offer (next to a rubbish dump)

Fosterdog

Another reason for it not being a desirable spot and may put some people off more than the depot is the cemetery right behind it. It wouldn't bother me in the slightest and I think it's a lovely house but some people wouldn't like the "neighbours" at all.

Bossypants

HappyMJ wrote: »

It might do. You need to visit on the hottest day possible in the next few weeks and find out.

It looks very clean though. It's more a recycling sorting place than household rubbish.

http://www.veolia.co.uk/southdowns/facilities/facilities/hollingdean-materials-recovery-facility

It's not just parking for you...it's visitors. Delivery people. They cannot park on a one way road with double yellow lines on it. The double yellows extend all the way to the neighbours garage so where are your visitors going to park.

Speaking as someone who has spent her entire adult life living in flats and houses with 0 parking, where there is a will there is a way.

Bossypants

Fosterdog wrote: »

Another reason for it not being a desirable spot and may put some people off more than the depot is the cemetery right behind it. It wouldn't bother me in the slightest and I think it's a lovely house but some people wouldn't like the "neighbours" at all.

Really, people don't like cemeteries? How come? Practical reasons or just superstition? I would consider backing onto one a bonus. More green space, less noisy people.

HappyMJ

Bossypants wrote: »

Speaking as someone who has spent her entire adult life living in flats and houses with 0 parking, where there is a will there is a way.

It's £389,950. I would expect someone in the future buying a property as expensive as this to own a car. They've got to park it somewhere. A car can't even be parked on the road.

I think that alone will put off future buyers.

A good investment would be to build a garage or even just a carport which can accessed from the one way road.

Bossypants

HappyMJ wrote: »

It's £389,950. I would expect someone in the future buying a property as expensive as this to own a car. They've got to park it somewhere. A car can't even be parked on the road.

I think that alone will put off future buyers.

A good investment would be to build a garage or even just a carport which can accessed from the one way road.

That is a good point. Unfortunately I don't see how one could do that without knocking part of the house down. I suppose one could take out most of the front garden to create a space? The set-up doesn't really allow for anything else.

Fosterdog

The side garden looks more suitable for converting to a drive or garage but then you would lose most of the space.

Bossypants

Fosterdog wrote: »

The side garden looks more suitable for converting to a drive or garage but then you would lose most of the space.

That red fencing doesn't belong to the house, it's next door (which is currently being built (it will be a street of 3). The cottage stops at the dark brown gate, nowhere near wide enough for a car.

(But also do bear in mind that houses in Brighton sell for £500,000 and up with no parking to speak of. There just isn't much room here so people tailor their expectations accordingly.)

HappyMJ

Bossypants wrote: »

That red fencing doesn't belong to the house, it's next door (which is currently being built (it will be a street of 3). The cottage stops at the dark brown gate, nowhere near wide enough for a car.

(But also do bear in mind that houses in Brighton sell for £500,000 and up with no parking to speak of. There just isn't much room here so people tailor their expectations accordingly.)

The garden's not yours!!!!

Oh...forget it. Sorry that garden looked really nice.

I would have bought it with the garden but now you say that's going to be a new house. NO.

Bossypants

HappyMJ wrote: »

The garden's not yours!!!!

Oh...forget it. Sorry that garden looked really nice.

I would have bought it with the garden but now you say that's going to be a new house. NO.

The garden you see in the pictures is (the one with the flint wall), it extends out the back rather than to the side.

phoebe1989seb

It's a very sweet, nicely presented cottage

DS and his GF bought a flat in Brighton (Kemptown) almost two years ago, so I know all about the craziness of the market......and the parking issues!

I'm also experienced in buying houses in (slightly) less than desirable areas/extremely quirky properties so appreciate the difficulties of selling on when the time comes. We've never bought a place next to a dump/recycling centre but have owned houses that for their own specific reasons are what some people would definitely term *marmite*. Our current house for example is built into an escarpment with an incredibly pretty frontage that is only seen once you are allowed access via a locked gate - from the lane it rather resembles a poorly fenestrated grey fortress, lol!

When selling those houses on we have found that there will always be a buyer - but obviously it has to be the right price to compensate.

We've always managed to sell quickly - except the time we naively believed our detached Victorian villa (that had no parking, plus double yellow lines both outside and opposite, a bus stop outside one half of the double-frontage and traffic lights a few metres away) would sell as fast and for the same price as one without these negatives. We did find a buyer - an elderly lady that didn't drive, but it took five long months.

With more recent sales we've succeeded in finding a buyer - by pricing realistically to compensate for perceived *issues* - far quicker than predicted.

So, for me as long as I was aware of the resale factor, wasn't bothered by the noise/smell issues - I'm personally uber sensitive to both - and it was the only way we could afford that type of house in my chosen area, it would be a yes to purchasing.

As for price, it does seem to me that owners that have been in residence a lengthy time are often the ones less willing to accept their house is worth less than they'd hoped. Nonetheless - and I don't know the property's pricing history or your budget - I think I'd start by offering 340k. We did something similar on a ramshackle grade 2 listed house that had been altered without LBC a few years back and were surprised when our offer was accepted......

GL with whatever you decide!

Edited to add - just noticed the price history (forgot the house was on Zoopla) and still think I'd go in with a low-ish offer.