Why hasn't this house sold yet?

moneysaver12

usefulmale wrote: »

I think they may be referring to Lupset, although I thought that Eastmoor has the dubious distinction of being the roughest estate in Wakefield.

It might have changed over the last few years. I can remember lupset been the area where people didn't want to live and the place where there was daily drug raids. EastMoor might have beaten it for been the roughest.

moneysaver12

For the amount you are looking at. Have you considered Stanley. That is nice. Or there is Horbury and ossett.

phoebe1989seb

I don't know the area at all, but having lived on a (rural) A road, I wouldn't choose to buy a house on a main road again! Our house was bought as a project and the amount of work - it was unmortgageable so pretty bad - plus the proximity of the road was reflected in the price we paid.

Naively, despite having previously owned several houses in a city, I wasn't prepared for the noise (and dust ) from the road. Worst of all for me though was the way the house shook when hgv lorries went past at more than the 30 mph limit

We had little trouble selling three years later, but the standard of restoration we had done to the period house helped enormously. The family - with three kids aged approx 8 - 13 - admitted they couldn't have afforded the house had it been in a quieter location, road-wise.

Personally we wouldn't buy a house with a paved, overlooked garden either, but we both love gardening.......which you've admitted you don't!

IMHO the detached house linked looks a better buy......

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Andypandyboy wrote: »

The garden looks like a car park and is overlooked.

rifat490 wrote: »

The garden looks like a car park and is overlooked.

Andypandyboy wrote: »

Great minds!!:T:rotfl:

Given Mr rifat490 is a first time poster from the USA, I think post building and his home page spam may be a more likely conclusion...

warby68

Not sure whether I'm an 'average' buyer or not but I don't like it

- no downstairs loo
- rubbish 3rd & 4th bedrooms
- those railings look like jail
- all those hard external surfaces are ugly to me
- cellar
- main road

I put main road last even though its a big factor as this house wouldn't work for me anywhere. Its one of those where the offering is just a bit 'wrong' and not easily fixed - no ground floor loo and its not really a 4 bed when 2 are boxes.

I guess it will depend on what else is available and how good the price is though

dadtobe

moneysaver12 wrote: »

For the amount you are looking at. Have you considered Stanley. That is nice. Or there is Horbury and ossett.

Maybe! I'm looking at something commutable to Leeds there's a number of places I've seen in Ossett actually.

dadtobe

warby68 wrote: »

Not sure whether I'm an 'average' buyer or not but I don't like it

- no downstairs loo
- rubbish 3rd & 4th bedrooms
- those railings look like jail
- all those hard external surfaces are ugly to me
- cellar
- main road

I put main road last even though its a big factor as this house wouldn't work for me anywhere. Its one of those where the offering is just a bit 'wrong' and not easily fixed - no ground floor loo and its not really a 4 bed when 2 are boxes.

I guess it will depend on what else is available and how good the price is though

Is a downstairs loo a deal breaker? I live in a 3 storey town house so I'm used to going up and down stairs!

Downstairs loo is easily solvable though.

warby68

dadtobe wrote: »

Is a downstairs loo a deal breaker? I live in a 3 storey town house so I'm used to going up and down stairs!

Downstairs loo is easily solvable though.

Well I'd want one and 4 beds generally have them but like I said it depends what else there is where you want to live.

With toddlers a loo on each floor is useful.

dadtobe

So all being said then do I have a good list of reasons to offer something like 190k then?

BrassicWoman

if there's a cellar you could be 2 floors up to the nearest loo from it

offer what you think it is worth, you don't need to give reasons.