Drooling over houses I love but can't afford

MrsJam

phoebe1989seb wrote: »

Like LEJC, I usually only drool over fixer uppers as I have some kind of magnet that draws me to abandoned, unloved properties, lol!

Often these are [STRIKE]moneypits[/STRIKE] Arts and Crafts in style, such as the one we're currently sympathetically restoring

One I do have in my RM saved list that I lust after, is this

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-50031001.html

It's Tom Conti's and I love it! For me, it's all about the architectural details (pics 14 and 16) and the history of the place, although this one is waay too big and the kitchen is hideous.

I console myself with the fact that we have some similar features here - Art Nouveau finger plates, a verandah and some of the original fireplaces. We also have the same weathered Lutyens bench (pic 19) and herringbone parquet flooring in two rooms

At the moment though, my searches are concentrated on small, rural properties with a few acres. We miss our last - very rural house - and hope to move again when this one is finished.

For me, the ideal would be to have the best of both worlds - a bolt hole in London and a cosy cottage with acreage in the country.....like a former neighbour of ours in Wiltshire who had a fantastic flat off the Kings Road and a sprawling thatched house in which he spent weekends and holidays. Lucky ***

That is gorgeous, you've upstaged me by a mile!

MrsJam

Cakeguts wrote: »

When I lived in Oldham, Failsworth used to also be a part of Oldham. When did it move to Manchester?

Hi Cake,

It's still comes under Oldham, at least that's who we pay our Council Tax to.

MrsJam

x-caitlin-x wrote: »

Those houses are all gorgeous, but I don't think I'd like living in any of them. I wouldn't know what to do with all those rooms!

Something a bit more simple for me, I think:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-64813907.html

Oh, now I want that one! Best get on the lottery this week!

Sausage11

This is one I've kept my eye on as it's in the town I lived in for my first 18 years. It was on the market a few months ago but doesn't seem to have sold.

Not huge gardens but I love aspects of the layout and it's surprisingly affordable compared to some of the palaces that have been on here!

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-62486579.html?premiumA=true

Cakeguts

MrsJam wrote: »

Hi Cake,

It's still comes under Oldham, at least that's who we pay our Council Tax to.

You would think that an estate agent would know where a house is? I know Manchester and Oldham are not that far away from each other but Oldham is not in Manchester and neither is Failsworth.

Davesnave

Cakeguts wrote: »

You would think that an estate agent would know where a house is? I know Manchester and Oldham are not that far away from each other but Oldham is not in Manchester and neither is Failsworth.

Sometimes, agents and owners deliberately get it wrong, if a property lies close enough to an area with a high reputation.

My first two houses were technically in a place called Lower Weston, but people used to market them as being in Audley Park, which is mainly an area of fine detached properties.

I don't know the Oldham area, so I'm not sure if that might be what's going on.

glasgowdan

If anyone knows north Glasgow, I've seen a property in Possil being described as Milngavie, including half the photos being of Milngavie town centre! Surely nobody fell for that.

moneyistooshorttomention

It would be easy enough, I imagine, for someone outside an area to believe that a property really was in the area of the town/city/etc that the blurb said it was.

I've come from a fast-moving city and certainly those in my area noticed that some houses in next area over were being mis-labelled as being in our area. We knew exactly what streets were (or weren't) in our area and it had a very distinct "boundary" - so there was no excuse.

One does have to live in an area for a while to pick up the area nuances.

glasgowdan

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

It would be easy enough, I imagine, for someone outside an area to believe that a property really was in the area of the town/city/etc that the blurb said it was.

I've come from a fast-moving city and certainly those in my area noticed that some houses in next area over were being mis-labelled as being in our area. We knew exactly what streets were (or weren't) in our area and it had a very distinct "boundary" - so there was no excuse.

One does have to live in an area for a while to pick up the area nuances.

Bench time over I assume?! 😋

Davesnave

glasgowdan wrote: »

Bench time over I assume?! 😋

So there IS life after death! :rotfl: