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Magpie Hall Road, Chatham ME4, 3 bed terraced house for sale - 70606835 | PrimeLocationIf you have nothing constructive to say just move along.2 -
Agreed - and I love the garden too and the views 😍Ditzy_Mitzy said:
That really is nice, though, isn't it. I'd say splitting the kitchen-diner into kitchen proper and separate dining room, as well as putting in a shower downstairs, would make it perfect.Lancashire
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What's wrong in pic 14?
Four Bedrooms, Sycamore Avenue, Newport NP19, 4 bed semi-detached house for sale - 70606819 | PrimeLocationIf you have nothing constructive to say just move along.2 -
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/162038876Former pub - I wish they had spared some of that expense.& reckon you would want an in ground pool for a smidge under 2mil. Apologies - an in ground ‘swim spa’Lancashire
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No toilet seat! And toilet seat up in their other photo loljoho said:Lancashire
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A lot of money for a shed!joho said:3 -
This is a house I'm interested to see what happens.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/149830508
It has an interesting sales history. It sold in March 2024 for £155k, and was immediately listed for auction, and sold in April 2024 for £180k. Here's the listing from the auction: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/property-history/103-anstey-lane/leicester/le4-0fg/66771705/
In July 2024, it was then listed for £310k. It has been reduced twice. From £310 to £260k in August 2024, and then again down to £250k just the other day.
I would have thought it would have been possible to buy one of the more impressive detached 3 bed houses in that road for £310k, but none have sold recently. This house sold for £298k in June 2023. I don't believe that there has been much house price inflation since then.
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/property-history/211-anstey-lane/leicester/le4-0fh/64439001/
Hence, I believe that the initial asking price of £310 for the house at the top was utterly ludicrous, and even £250k is much more than it's worth. I believe that the true value will be similar to the £200k that a nearby similarly sized house sold for. https://www.zoopla.co.uk/property/uprn/2465044160/
Looking through the photos, the inside has been cleaned up a bit with perhaps new paint, but I can't see much work at all. E.g. here is the kitchen as per the auction in March/April 2024 listing.
And, here it is from the current listing.
Much better lighting, but more or less the same.
The big change they made post-180k auction is to remove the front garden, replace it with ugly looking gravel, and remove the front fence. This in theory would allow car parking there (and a recent Google maps photo shows a car there), but it will be a bit of a cross-country trip to get the car in. Not too difficult, but not direct. There is no dropped curb directly in front of the house.
The auction photo doesn't do the garden justice. It was neat and tidy about the time that the house was auctioned. (I discussed it in this forum, but can't find the post). Past history on Google Streetview gives a hint as to what it was.
But, I've lived in this area for 20 years now, and it looked nicer in real life. I feel that the buyers took something reasonably attractive and uglified it.
Soon after the auction sale, a hand-written note appeared in the window asking anyone interested in renting the property to phone a mobile number. Given the demand for rentals around here, I would guess that they would have had bites. But, the house seems to have remained continuously on sale for years now.
I apologise if this is a 'small things amuse small minds' thing, and there are no cats or toilets without seats on show, but I'm interested in seeing what happens to this property.
Surely the EA would have known that the initial listing price was way over what the property is worth. And, even though the first price reduction was soon after the initial listing, the house has stuck since then and as mentioned I think it's overpriced.
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https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/154131542 6 acres. Scope for planning permission I guess.joho said:2 -
Dandie89 said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/154131542 6 acres. Scope for planning permission I guess.joho said:A planning application was made to build a detached house on the site back in 1996 - Permission was refused.Late 2012, an application was made to erect an agricultural storage unit (granted early 2013). Eventually, permission was granted in 2018 to convert the building to residential - So much for the 10 year rule on converting agricultural buildings.Whilst there is a dilapidated "shed" that might be a candidate for another barn conversion, I doubt permission would be granted for any further development of the site.
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