Anything wrong with that house?

Thanks for the comments, I appreciate them. I don't like London, it's just that the IT sector I work in is virtually centred in the city.

I used to live in Tamworth, Staffordshire, which I remember as kind of posh and now when I compare the lower prices there to this area my heart cries. I also lived in Slough before which looked chav-ish at least the same if not more and the prices have gone there up too.

Ealing, even though I like the area to the north of Ealing Broadway, prices there are not in my range for now so I need to find something further away with still a good distance to a tube station. The thing is I want a private garden, a parking space and no neighbours around/above as I'm fed up of years of renting other's places where I can hear a neighbour above doing some jogging exercises or living in a 11 person smelly house with nobody giving a single monkey about some basic level of care. I have missed a loved home.

I went there today and I must say the owners took off everything they could before the works, I couldn't spot a single thing inside not renovated. No cracks inside but everything was repainted so hard to tell.

No smell of damp anywhere at all, no mould, it's clean and dry below a sink and around the window frames; windows and doors look not worn and good.

Owners are no smokers and have replaced all:
- heaters are new, together with a new boiler that replaced an old, loud one located on the top floor,
- classy sinks, taps, a bath,
- nicely adapted loft even with a carpet laid out,
- new kitchen furniture,
- in the loft I saw grey-ish external bricks around all three walls and although the owner lady didn't know its age it hasn't looked old; insulation was there and the tiles looked good,
- the garden looks like it does as they didn't get enough of time to take care of it, fair enough.

In overall, they had put a lot of work there by themselves within less than two years of living there and now they're thinking about a bigger place for them, especially the male owner. She is less inclined to leave, I feel. That means they might be quite emotionally attached to it and it will be hard to have the price reduced. Definitely I like it was put lots of love into it though.

I asked the agent directly later about other people looking at the property and she mentioned another person being interested. I actually told her very lousily I might offer the price 20k lower when she told me she could check with her manager if a similar offer wasn't already rejected before.

@getmore4less, not sure what about those coniferous trees? I actually like the idea of having some of them behind a shelter and they don't make such a mess like poplar ones for example.

I asked a neighbour walking with a dog if he liked that place and if he would buy a house there, he said he had lived there for 30 years, he described the area as nice, quiet. That was also my impression when observing people when wandering and driving around, I saw everybody, white natives, Asians, Eastern Europeans... they all were calm and OK. Cars around pretty decent.

Ok, I have realised I'm now writing all that stuff probably more for myself than actually asking for anything more but hopefully it's not a pain to read it

I wouldn't mind having that house but we will see how it goes from here, I don't also need it and I don't want to overpay it.

Debtslayer wrote: »

Seems really overpriced compared to what's under offer / sold.
I know it's been made over but one within half a mile of this one is under offer and was on at 300k. Improvements won't be worth the extra 50k price tag

Thanks for checking, I can see some nice two bedroom maisonettes for much cheaper, it makes the price more questionable.

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

The premium on London property is much higher than the premium on wages.

Cakeguts wrote: »

A lot of people aren't intelligent enough to realise that although a job in London pays more than it does in other parts of the country the pay doesn't mean that it makes it affordable for them to live in London.

I can't disagree with you guys, London itself, an hour long commuting, dusty and hot Central Line - you can take it all and I won't miss it :rotfl:

I doubt it is the case, they took that arc like entrance out but I can see the same cracks on the neighbour's side too:
- photos.app.goo.gl/vgJHcwzWFTTQKd073

and that's on my side:
- photos.app.goo.gl/LURhY9v5hAjPHB0n2

I have checked on the loft and the bricks look pretty decent (0:17):
- photos.app.goo.gl/QumAIBsI5Ck0ZNHq1

Here is a full album shared, if anybody was interested you are welcome to check:
photos.app.goo.gl/MFECheZWbV5tUBuo2

ProDave wrote: »

I tried to look at your photo's and my browser told me:
"This Connection is Untrusted

Ouch, shame I can't post links yet. Probably your browser added www automatically because I've just checked on mine and it parsed it as https://[noparse]photos.app.goo.gl[/noparse], without www. Thanks for checking, by the way.

Let me try if I can post the links like that for now:

cracks on the neighbour's side:

https://[noparse]photos.app.goo.gl/vgJHcwzWFTTQKd073[/noparse]

cracks on my side:

https://[noparse]photos.app.goo.gl/LURhY9v5hAjPHB0n2[/noparse]

the bricks as visible from the loft (0:17):

https://[noparse]photos.app.goo.gl/QumAIBsI5Ck0ZNHq1[/noparse]

full album shared, you are welcome to check:

https://[noparse]photos.app.goo.gl/MFECheZWbV5tUBuo2[/noparse]