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Worst house on Rightmove?

Running_Horse
Running_Horse Posts: 11,809 Forumite
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£100,000 for a house in Chatham with no bath?

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-17405711.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=buy

Then I saw this in Burnley. Did everyone suddenly abandon the town?:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-8514570.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=buy

Incidentally, check out the "bird's eye" on the map of the same house. Great feature.

What is the worst property you have seen on Rightmove?
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  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Jesus that Burnley one's creepy!
    It'd be good if a local could pop in and give us the low down on that street
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    Is the Burnley place one of those ones that the Govt is going to buy on our behalf and bulldoze?
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,062 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    Is the Burnley place one of those ones that the Govt is going to buy on our behalf and bulldoze?

    I saw a program once where someone accidentally purchased a house at auction that was subject to a CPO. They'd already started doing it up when they were told. Turned out they made a big fat profit when the offer was finally made by the relevant authority.

    I wish I was that stupid.
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  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Yeah, I did some quick research on that road and it is a CPO area.
    Made a posting, but as this site's currently experiencing issues, the posting was lost .... so I wandered off for a cigarette, coffee and banana

    :)
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,062 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Yeah, I did some quick research on that road and it is a CPO area.

    :)

    Oooooh! Shall I buy it!!
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  • Running_Horse
    Running_Horse Posts: 11,809 Forumite
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    Doozergirl wrote: »
    Oooooh! Shall I buy it!!
    No, buy this London flat, for just £1.

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-17754746.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=buy

    In fact the legal pack costs 10 times as much.
    Been away for a while.
  • wymondham
    wymondham Posts: 6,355 Forumite
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    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-16131097.rsp?pa_n=2&tr_t=buy
  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
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    Doozergirl wrote: »
    I saw a program once where someone accidentally purchased a house at auction that was subject to a CPO. They'd already started doing it up when they were told. Turned out they made a big fat profit when the offer was finally made by the relevant authority.

    I wish I was that stupid.

    I saw that!

    It was the one with the grinning idiot in the bad suits.
    :beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
    Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
    This Ive come to know...
    So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:
  • real1314
    real1314 Posts: 4,432 Forumite
    There are large tracts of Burnley that are equally grim - it features regularly in the Edward Mellor and Pugh & Co auctions.
    Until recently people were buying houses in these sort of areas in one auction for about £28k and then selling them 1 or 2 months later for £33k, hence the so-called fast rising areas. They hadn't done anything to them, they hadn't even rented them out, they just let the headlines do their work. Same goes for a lot of Openshaw, it's all still as grim as it was and what really keeps it down there is that the surrounding areas are better and never that much more money.
  • kitchpoo
    kitchpoo Posts: 1,255 Forumite
    wymondham wrote: »
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-16131097.rsp?pa_n=2&tr_t=buy

    Hey!! Stop putting my house on here!!

    I was in Wymondham yesterday....had a meal at the Railway pub!
    Praying at the church of MSE should be compulsory!

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