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Spreadsheetman said:Here's a good one. This is a property we spotted, set up a viewing, but then all viewings were pulled as someone made a stratospheric blind offer to buy. Some weeks later we had a call from the estate agent asking if we were still interested, but they disclosed why the sale fell through as it was a bit major.Knowing what I know now I can't believe the estate agent haven't disclosed the issue and I feel very sorry for the poor seller.A virtual prize for the right guess
Where, exactly, will the new estate be located? And, how many houses?
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No mains water?Spreadsheetman said:Here's a good one. This is a property we spotted, set up a viewing, but then all viewings were pulled as someone made a stratospheric blind offer to buy. Some weeks later we had a call from the estate agent asking if we were still interested, but they disclosed why the sale fell through as it was a bit major.Knowing what I know now I can't believe the estate agent haven't disclosed the issue and I feel very sorry for the poor seller.A virtual prize for the right guess0 -
Massive Chancel repair liability ?Spreadsheetman said: Knowing what I know now I can't believe the estate agent haven't disclosed the issue and I feel very sorry for the poor seller.A virtual prize for the right guess
Her courage will change the world.
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That's mentioned in the listing.Ditzy_Mitzy said:
No mains water?Spreadsheetman said:Here's a good one. This is a property we spotted, set up a viewing, but then all viewings were pulled as someone made a stratospheric blind offer to buy. Some weeks later we had a call from the estate agent asking if we were still interested, but they disclosed why the sale fell through as it was a bit major.Knowing what I know now I can't believe the estate agent haven't disclosed the issue and I feel very sorry for the poor seller.A virtual prize for the right guessNo reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Just as a wild guess, completely a stab in the dark, is it possible that some electricity cables are being installed nearby? Possibly something to do with a new windfarm project?
Maybe, this one? https://hornseaproject3.co.uk/
It's not at all hard to find out about this, if you know how to go about it, by the way.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?1 -
Serial killer?
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GDB2222 said:Just as a wild guess, completely a stab in the dark, is it possible that some electricity cables are being installed nearby? Possibly something to do with a new windfarm project?
Maybe, this one? https://hornseaproject3.co.uk/
It's not at all hard to find out about this, if you know how to go about it, by the way.Just found one of the consultation documents for the Hornsea interconnect - One of the maps shows the route passing just outside the side of the property. Also looks like they will be using the old RAF Oulton as the main construction site. So loads of traffic coming past the door while the thing is being constructed over an 8 year period.On the bright side, the cables will be buried underground, so there won't be any visual impact once the scheme is completed.Her courage will change the world.
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Reminds me of a property we viewed a few years back. It was lovely and we couldn't work out why it was (a) being marketed at such a reasonable price, and (b) why it hadn't been snapped up immediately. We'd arranged a second viewing when we spotted a planning permission sign nearby and on doing some research, discovered adjacent fields were earmarked for the largest gas storage area in the UK. I think it would have been OK actually, once the work was completed but it was clearly going to run on for years.
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FreeBear said:GDB2222 said:Just as a wild guess, completely a stab in the dark, is it possible that some electricity cables are being installed nearby? Possibly something to do with a new windfarm project?
Maybe, this one? https://hornseaproject3.co.uk/
It's not at all hard to find out about this, if you know how to go about it, by the way.Just found one of the consultation documents for the Hornsea interconnect - One of the maps shows the route passing just outside the side of the property. Also looks like they will be using the old RAF Oulton as the main construction site. So loads of traffic coming past the door while the thing is being constructed over an 8 year period.On the bright side, the cables will be buried underground, so there won't be any visual impact once the scheme is completed.Neck and neck win for @FreeBear and @GDB2222, it's the Hornsea 3 cable route that runs right next to the garden.My guess is that either the owner will hang on to sell until the project is done, or an investor will pick the property up cheap and sit on it until it is saleable again. I do know that the owner has purchased and is renovating another property, I hope for their sakes that they didn't have to pay for that out of the sale of the house.One other snag is that the extension design planning is dependent on the owner buying a slice of land from the farmer that owns it. Now the cables may run under part of that land. I spotted that landowners get compensated for the construction on their land, so there is no way a farmer would sell land if there is money to be squeezed out of it. (I'm actually surprised that any farmer would agree to sell land, they hate doing that)
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Not really, my mother's house was similar when sold. It all needed doing, but after the bathroom was done (about 2 years before she died), she couldn't/wouldn't face any more disruption and people in the house and for the last year or so of her life she was living with me and wasn't fit to go back to her house by herself anyway. The bathroom was beautiful, but the rest wasn't much better than this one.[Deleted User] said:
Funny how in the first one the bathroom has been done but nothing else in the house.1
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