What to look for re reselling a property

franklee

getmore4less wrote: »

the side path is the rear access for the mid house.

this link might work

Well found :T Link is working fine.

So the plans say 1.8m screen fence between path and garden. The current fence isn't and doesn't give privacy, I wonder why that is.

Someone is going to need a thin lawnmower too. I've a hand push cylinder mower that would fit the path.

kazzamunga

franklee wrote: »

Well found :T Link is working fine.

So the plans say 1.8m screen fence between path and garden. The current fence isn't and doesn't give privacy, I wonder why that is.

Someone is going to need a thin lawnmower too. I've a hand push cylinder mower that would fit the path.

I reckon the gaps between the posts would fit a lawnmower through, ha?

kazzamunga

getmore4less wrote: »

https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/planning-applications/search-for-planning-applications/default.aspx

on a map

Application number
2016/60/90017/W
2016/61/93304/W
2017/44/91832/W


Conservation area

the side path is the rear access for the mid house.

this link might work

The plans have a culvert in the garden connecting to the pond at the bottom.

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Thanks, I was looking at this last night before you posted this too. Although there wasn't a planning condition about this, there was correspondence about drainage, and the houses added in extra aco drains to mitigate surface water to the front of the house, so it was obviously in mind when they were building. In terms of flood risk to the actual house, there don't seem to be any. There was an ALDI store built just on the other side of the 'pond' and that had a flood risk report done, but that's on land 4m lower than the house.

kazzamunga

JayRitchie wrote: »

Oops - sorry - I meant buying in Slowit! I know it better than my 2 hours in Eastcote (good pub there btw). I guess to me the Manchester Road area seems a bit unusual for a house of that style and price. I've not been for a few years but would check:

- how steep the roads are and what the drive would be like in snow and ice.
- which are the local schools. My guess is that anyone buying in that area might find that a problem.
- where do people who want executive looking houses want to buy? I get the impression that places nearer to motorway links have got far more popular over the years.

In a lot of ways its an unusual house for the area and I can see the attraction - especially at the price. I'd be very nervous about needing to sell in a rush as the market looks a bit limited.

Ahhh, that makes sense - that is a coincidence! Did you go to the Case is Altered? It's a good'un!

WRT the area, I think it may have changed a lot in the last few years? Check this out from the guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/lets-move-slaithwaite-colne-valley-west-yorkshire

My experience of it is loads of arts and crafts, lots of nice cafes, cool new burger joint that seems to have been built in a container next to the pub, a coffee roastery a mile down the tow path towards marsden, a cooperative artisan bakery, microbrewery, gin bar, an eco t shirt makers and a whole food store, etc etc. Oh and a sustainable toy shop that is also a cafe. Slawit and Marsden are also eco transition towns, so a lot of the ideas for shops came from meetings on how to save energy etc. Which I like. So I think it's gone quite hipster (some of you will groan), and having liked the whole Walthamstow scene in London (it's where my boyfriend lived) this seems quite close to that to me.

In addition to the changes that they've already made, the big worsted mill in the middle of the village is mid-refurbishment (granted, it's taking a long time), and they've replaced all the windows and fire escapes etc etc. It is meant to be some sort of mixed use hub which the company 3M and Huddersfield Uni have bought into. Offices and research, incubation centre, doctor's surgery, artisan food hall, etc. If it does open up in the next 5 years, I suppose my idea is that there will be a lot more people who might like 'executive' type houses, and young people with families would be keen to be minutes from the office.

Even if that doesn't happen, from speaking to local people it seems that it's a trend that people are moving out of hudds centre to the villages outside, and Slawit is good for travel to Manchester and Leeds - which is why we came over to look at it (we live in Glossop at the moment, and even though it's closer to Manchester the traffic is about to finish me off). For us, if there was ice and snow we'd want to get the train into Manchester instead of driving, as apparently it gets pretty hairy out towards Marsden. So we saw this place and thought it's great for driving in good weather, but it's only 7 minutes' walk to the station in bad weather - winner! We also thought that would maximise appeal to a lodger if we did decide to go down that route.

kazzamunga

franklee wrote: »

Why is there a fenced off path from the gate and along the side and bottom of the garden. Does anyone, like a neighbour, have a right of way?

Land registry has price as £120,000 on 2017-06-08. Is that low price explained by shared ownership or what?

I can see the appeal, clean lines and sleek looks. In particular the kitchen and bathrooms are a strong statement which is great now but will they stand the test of time or look dated and cold? Will a kitchen without windows so as to be part of the living space remain fashionable? I like it but you did ask about selling again.

Re the price, I think it seems like a small developer who had the land and built three houses on it. I wondered whether the people living in it until now are in the family, so no transaction has taken place. Yeah, streetcheck said it is a 'non standard sale', so that's it I think - the developer's company bought it, or something like that.

kazzamunga

For comparison, this is much more like the sort of thing we'd usually go for, and this one might still be on the cards for us:



https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-76761793.html

getmore4less

Some issues, I see with the place.

Entrance on middle floor all shopping is doing down the stairs or all the way round the house.

Downstairs toilet as far from the garden as you can get.

middle floor the en suite is the most convenient toilet for the living room.
down stairs to get a drink

the living room doors look like they open in, a glass safety barrier.
they won't be usable if you have furniture

Study room is useless due to ceiling slope and stairs
(the table can't take a monitor where it is)

Could do with some sort of large patio at door height

garden slope not that family friendly for a family sized house.

another developer only wants £193k for their 4bed town house(3 levels)
***JANUARY EVENT SALE*** WAS £209,995 NOW £193,000! Take a look at our brand-new, luxurious, 4 bedroom townhouse complete with parking spaces

kazzamunga

Good point re the other developer, but that is nowhere near Slaithwaite, and I've been up there to look at the estate, it's in the middle of nowhere.

kazzamunga

getmore4less wrote: »

Some issues, I see with the place.

Entrance on middle floor all shopping is doing down the stairs or all the way round the house.

Downstairs toilet as far from the garden as you can get.

middle floor the en suite is the most convenient toilet for the living room.
down stairs to get a drink

the living room doors look like they open in, a glass safety barrier.
they won't be usable if you have furniture

Study room is useless due to ceiling slope and stairs
(the table can't take a monitor where it is)

Could do with some sort of large patio at door height

garden slope not that family friendly for a family sized house.

another developer only wants £193k for their 4bed town house(3 levels)
***JANUARY EVENT SALE*** WAS £209,995 NOW £193,000! Take a look at our brand-new, luxurious, 4 bedroom townhouse complete with parking spaces

Agree re the study room, that is literally useless space - but I was thinking it could be converted quite easily into an en suite for bed 2?


Re the developer I see it as a plus that this was just a little development of 3 houses, rather than that Kier one you mentioned, which has hundreds, which I think decreases the value, as well as the location being crap.

Skiddaw1

kazzamunga wrote: »

For comparison, this is much more like the sort of thing we'd usually go for, and this one might still be on the cards for us:



https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-76761793.html

Oooh, that's lovely! I much prefer that one.