ugly house, nice location?

kunekune

OK, so in the village we want to live in is this -

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-20701886.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=buy

It is pretty hideous, though the agent's photos don't help (typical for the agent, don't know how they ever sell anything). The cladding is pinky coloured. I'm always suspicious if they don't show the kitchen. The bathroom is kind of yucky. The third bedroom is kind of smal. But ... it's not obvious from the terrible photos but the views are amazing, and can't be built out easily - golf course to the front, church & graveyard on the other side of the road. And maybe it has potential, especially once a deck is on the front to take advantage of the view. New paint, better curtains, it will be nicer instantly.

It is overpriced, as is everything - looks like owner has gone into rest home or died, and nothing has been changed for years. Question (and no, it is not "what is it worth?" because how can anyone work that out): would the sheer ugliness of it put you off? Or would you be willing to put up with it in order to look out over green and hills every morning?

bandraoi

The house isn't that ugly and a coat of paint and a few nice plants in the front to break it up with take the worst of it away. Different windows would fix the rest of it, but that could be done a few years down the line.
The house can be fixed, its location can't.

Generali

Nice view.

carolpinkdreamer

I'd buy it. Lovely location.

BobProperty

Looks like you'll be safe next time the Aire floods :rotfl:
I can't work out where exactly it is off the map and aerial pictures, can you help? I've got a possibility but I'm not sure.
Paint the render in an off white. Sort the bathroom out later.
What was it built as? It looks slightly Local Authority, Police house? Something like that?

TBeckett100

buy it, as they say, its better to have the worst house is the best location.........

besides, its not bad looking and a nice size

pennylane99

Morton Banks House, refused planning permission for garage in July 2007

reformedEffortMaker_2

if you think that's ugly, im just glad you dont live near me haha

phil_b_2

Wait a minute... 'the Butts'??? Buy it!!!

Davesnave

Ugly? There are hundreds of thousands, if not a million or more, built to this basic design. Round my way it would be well over £300k. It's very like the house I live in, before I extended, but that's the only drawback I see; not much space around and overlooked at the rear. (So was I but I had room for real trees.)

Ignore whoever it was saying that the windows were naff, because they're in keeping with the property. In my road, half have been replaced with huge picture windows, which look like shop fronts and make the rooms feel like goldfish bowls when you're in them! However, your position means no one looking in at the front anyway.

Not a lot of character and, if mine is anything to go by, possibly jerry-built, but these 30/40s places are light and airy to live in and you can put your stamp on them easily. I'd say if you're happy with the size of the plot, go for it.

dopester

My builder (came to do an extension) told me houses built during the 50s are often very well built.

Is that true? He certainly was convincing. That looks 50s (but a lot different to my house) but I might be wrong.

I prefer to see the brick tbh. It's brick at the bottom but then what? Has the brick been covered with something? As you can tell I'm no expert on building techniques. There's a term for brick that's been caked/covered with something but forgotten the technical name for it. And my mum once told me it can help disguise problems with bricks, cracks, crevices and stuff... so I've always been wary of that, even if she probably made it up.