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dantheram

Thoughts on prospective price? 

dantheram

Had a think about this and I have a possible solution, thoughts on practicality welcome 😊. 

So, if I split bedroom 1 by a third I could have the bathroom directly opposite on the other side of the house, giving a much better size / shape. 

Bedroom 2 would then be the master bedroom with the current bathroom removed and the 2nd bedroom using the other 2 thirds of the current master. 

Doozergirl

Makes sense to me.  The waste would have a fairly long run to the soil pipe, but it is doable.  

singhini

Not sure i would bother, your not gaining anything (and the house looks fine to me already IMHO).
Its been on the market since 2nd December i.e. 3 months and it doesn't look like they have dropped the price in that time (perhaps they will hold out for the asking price in the knowledge that its the cheapest property available), but might be worth having a chat with the estate agents and offering perhaps £250,000 assuming they haven't had much interest in those 3 months (say your offering 6% below the asking price as i don't think that sounds too bad). 
I stress i do think its a very expensive area and looking just a few miles outside of this area properties seem a bit more affordable. 

dantheram

singhini said:

Not sure i would bother, your not gaining anything (and the house looks fine to me already IMHO).
Its been on the market since 2nd December i.e. 3 months and it doesn't look like they have dropped the price in that time (perhaps they will hold out for the asking price in the knowledge that its the cheapest property available), but might be worth having a chat with the estate agents and offering perhaps £250,000 assuming they haven't had much interest in those 3 months (say your offering 6% below the asking price as i don't think that sounds too bad). 
I stress i do think its a very expensive area and looking just a few miles outside of this area properties seem a bit more affordable. 

Just some more info, was on with another agent at £270k since circa September last year. My fear is when i come to move on I will be stuck in the same position, with something that is a pain to sell. 

lookstraightahead

I'm in a similar position to you - sometimes you can only afford quirky and then all of a sudden you love quirky. It looks fab 

NinjaTune

I really like the quirkiness of it.

For a 2 bed it has a great sized kitchen and master bedroom, 'conventional' shape to the front room which makes it easy to furnish, good storage in the second bedroom, nice outside space and plenty of off road parking.

How much would you be willing to pay for it?

dantheram

NinjaTune said:

I really like the quirkiness of it.

For a 2 bed it has a great sized kitchen and master bedroom, 'conventional' shape to the front room which makes it easy to furnish, good storage in the second bedroom, nice outside space and plenty of off road parking.

How much would you be willing to pay for it?

My fear isn’t so much the cost as the issues I may have selling it on in the future, I’d do it up, so hopefully that would help, but I don’t want the stress of being stuck with it, as appears to be the case with its current owner. 

niceguyed

It's in a desirable area (because of the school) but still hasn't sold even with the stamp duty holiday so you're right to concerned. Just my opinion (and for the price I think it's reasonable no more no less) I think it has little kerb appeal. It's not a family home so the market is smaller so you miss out on those willing to pay a premium for Ecclesbourne. It's not sold because a few miles in either direction you'd get 3 beds and a much nicer house with a proper garden. 

Crashy_Time

singhini said:

Not sure i would bother, your not gaining anything (and the house looks fine to me already IMHO).
Its been on the market since 2nd December i.e. 3 months and it doesn't look like they have dropped the price in that time (perhaps they will hold out for the asking price in the knowledge that its the cheapest property available), but might be worth having a chat with the estate agents and offering perhaps £250,000 assuming they haven't had much interest in those 3 months (say your offering 6% below the asking price as i don't think that sounds too bad). 
I stress i do think its a very expensive area and looking just a few miles outside of this area properties seem a bit more affordable. 

They have dropped the price by 6k so far and IMO that is nowhere near enough of a price drop for this house.