New "Have a Look at This" thread

ManuelG

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13195973/Our-neighbours-fairytale-house-buried-beneath-jungle-years-finally-whats-underneath.html

markin

Dandie89 said:

markin said:

[Deleted User] said:

On the plus side, your archers will be well protected.

Both are bathroom windows.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/144710438#/?channel=RES_LET



Another one on the same street. Its a flat with 3 garage doors on the back.




This one has fake window headers so the owner has added 'windows' 

 


just keeps giving.

 

I don't understand what you mean. Surely you would not expect windows at the back of the garages beneath the two flats.  What's wrong with the last one?

On the last one, its had a loft room plonked on top as a master bedroom, and it certainly looks original, They should be symmetrical. Both are listed as 3bed, The right house lost 15k between 2006-2015 and the left lost nearly 40k by 2013.

right

£150,000	5 Jan 2015
£165,000	17 Nov 2006(New Build)

left

£141,500	28 Mar 2013
£179,950	4 Sep 2006(New Build)  14k more when new.

robatwork

ManuelG said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13195973/Our-neighbours-fairytale-house-buried-beneath-jungle-years-finally-whats-underneath.html

Why is the ,nn, necessary when it seems so irrelevant?

mark_cycling00

RHemmings said:

mark_cycling00 said:

There are many terraces in the estate where one house has a roof about 1ft lower than the others or a 5 degree steeper pitch. 
As if they had a few disjointed house designs and either decided to or were made to attach them to form terraces 

When I was 17 I had a summer job at major building company sending out designs to subcontractors. To be honest I did make some small amendments to the plans just to make the job more interesting 

Lol

What kind of changes did you make? When I was young, there was a news story in the paper about some school students on summer jobs that worked on the 'Yellow Pages', phone book for businesses. They made some 'anatomical additions' to some cartoons in feature adverts, and they got printed. 

I was 17..
There's a shopping centre somewhere in the UK where the layout of the restaurant seating area when viewed from above resembles boobies lolz

FreeBear

Cheap - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/145552067# - Looks to have some nasty problems with damp though (and acres of grey paint).

RHemmings

FreeBear said:

Cheap - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/145552067# - Looks to have some nasty problems with damp though (and acres of grey paint).

It's an auction guide price, however. And it seems to be common that these will be about half what the property will actually sell for. At least for properties that I have looked at. I had a quick look at Allsop's past auctions, but could only find commercial properties in a quick leaf through.

This auction property is near me, and I passed it several times today. It has a guide price of £59,000, but I predict it will easily top twice that. The front garden, in my opinion, looks much better than it does in the listing photos, and to my untrained eye the glazing appears to be in good condition. I've not done a survey or viewing or anything. I find it a bit annoying that auction houses put ridiculously low 'guide price' on properties, as I'd like to know how much they would actually sell for. 

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/145330883#/?channel=RES_BUY

Hmmm.... This listing claims that the house stands back from the road behind a driveway and a fore-garden. But, I can't see any driveway for that property. Which may be an issue for car owners as I think that on-road parking for that property may be problematic. Bus stop is convenient, however. 

ProDave

FreeBear said:

Cheap - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/145552067# - Looks to have some nasty problems with damp though (and acres of grey paint).

The damp on the left of the front wall, picture 1, is the result of the rainwater downpipe missing.  Sheer neglect and so easy to put right.  Hopefully it will then dry out.

https://media.rightmove.co.uk/76k/75673/145552067/75673_R240327_346_IMG_00_0001.jpeg

markin

RHemmings said:

FreeBear said:

Cheap - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/145552067# - Looks to have some nasty problems with damp though (and acres of grey paint).

It's an auction guide price, however. And it seems to be common that these will be about half what the property will actually sell for. At least for properties that I have looked at. I had a quick look at Allsop's past auctions, but could only find commercial properties in a quick leaf through.

This auction property is near me, and I passed it several times today. It has a guide price of £59,000, but I predict it will easily top twice that. The front garden, in my opinion, looks much better than it does in the listing photos, and to my untrained eye the glazing appears to be in good condition. I've not done a survey or viewing or anything. I find it a bit annoying that auction houses put ridiculously low 'guide price' on properties, as I'd like to know how much they would actually sell for. 

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/145330883#/?channel=RES_BUY

Hmmm.... This listing claims that the house stands back from the road behind a driveway and a fore-garden. But, I can't see any driveway for that property. Which may be an issue for car owners as I think that on-road parking for that property may be problematic. Bus stop is convenient, however. 

They marked the wrong house on the plan photo!

RHemmings

markin said:

RHemmings said:

FreeBear said:

Cheap - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/145552067# - Looks to have some nasty problems with damp though (and acres of grey paint).

It's an auction guide price, however. And it seems to be common that these will be about half what the property will actually sell for. At least for properties that I have looked at. I had a quick look at Allsop's past auctions, but could only find commercial properties in a quick leaf through.

This auction property is near me, and I passed it several times today. It has a guide price of £59,000, but I predict it will easily top twice that. The front garden, in my opinion, looks much better than it does in the listing photos, and to my untrained eye the glazing appears to be in good condition. I've not done a survey or viewing or anything. I find it a bit annoying that auction houses put ridiculously low 'guide price' on properties, as I'd like to know how much they would actually sell for. 

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/145330883#/?channel=RES_BUY

Hmmm.... This listing claims that the house stands back from the road behind a driveway and a fore-garden. But, I can't see any driveway for that property. Which may be an issue for car owners as I think that on-road parking for that property may be problematic. Bus stop is convenient, however. 

They marked the wrong house on the plan photo!

Oh yes, well spotted. The house outlined in red is 105 not 103. Given the photos clearly indicate the house I would hope nobody would be misled by that. 

I took a photo this morning thinking that the garden looks much better in real life than the listing - there are some traditional auction houses that look unkept and unloved, but the front of this one looks better IMHO. But, my photo of the garden looks pretty much as bad as the listing - it seems to be a non-photogenic front garden.

[Deleted User]

Dandie89 said:

markin said:

[Deleted User] said:

On the plus side, your archers will be well protected.

Both are bathroom windows.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/144710438#/?channel=RES_LET



Another one on the same street. Its a flat with 3 garage doors on the back.




This one has fake window headers so the owner has added 'windows' 

 


just keeps giving.

 

I don't understand what you mean. Surely you would not expect windows at the back of the garages beneath the two flats.  What's wrong with the last one?

There is a chronic shortage of windows in the UK, it's the only explanation.

These estates are thrown together slap-dash, with little thought or effort beyond reducing cost and appealing to people who are daft enough to buy a new build.