owelly
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| posted on 12/10/09 at 03:34 PM |
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Way OT! My house(s?) for sale £60k reduction!
I recently posted-up my house and annex for sale. I almost had several folks asking for details. Most admitted to being nothing more than nosey but
whatever, here's the latest.....
Last year I decided to convert my thre storey garage into a house. The plan was to sell the current house and the newly converted property and buy a
little farm. We asked around and had a lot of interest but the majority of folks we spoke to thought that the garage would make a good studio,
workshop or whatever as an alternative to converting it into a two/three bedroom house. So we stripped the building, put a new concrete floor in, a
blockwall inside, a new 1st floor, new staircase, an kitchen sized extension and plopped a complete new roof on. Just as we putting the ridge stones
on, the housing market shat itself.....
The value before the £20k worth of work was £300k with an afterwork estimate of £350-£370k!!
We put the properties on the market earlier this year at £310k. This was for our current three bedroomed house and the renovated shell of the
conversion with all permissions to finish as a two/three bedroomed house, workshop, studio, pair of flats, whatever.....
We havn't had a single enquirey. Not even a nosey neighbour!!
We sold a holiday cottage last year and as a two bedroomed cottage, it averaged £290 a week throughout the year. If the converted garage was completed
as a two bed holiday let (my builder has quoted £15-20k for a turnkey finished job depending on spec), then surely this would cover the cost of a
mortgage to buy both houses!!
So if anyone wants to move to the seaside, collect cash from the guests on a Saturday morning and spend the rest of the week on the pub next door
knowing that the mortgage is paid for, get in touch!!!
We've seen a property we'd like to buy so we've dropped £60k off the price!! Two* houses in Whitby for £250k**!
*Two houses once the barn is converted.
**£250k for the houses in their current state.
And some piccies...
So if you're interested, let me know, or ask around to see if you have any chums with £250k down the back of the sofa...
Cheers, Owelly.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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eznfrank
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| posted on 12/10/09 at 03:50 PM |
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I'll send this onto my dad. I reckon he might be interested, no promises obviously, but on the face of it looks like the kind of thing
he's looking for.
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owelly
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| posted on 12/10/09 at 04:29 PM |
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Cheers. There's a few pints in it for anyone who can find us a buyer!!
The reason for the big reduction is because there is a property that has just come on the market that we'd like to buy. If we miss this, the
price will be going back up!! Not quite up to £310k though. I'll stand by the £250k for any Locostbuilders. Gosh, I'm generous!
The details are also here: http://media.rightmove.co.uk/11k/10599/10599_Atlascottage_DOC_00_0000.pdf
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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rossymond
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| posted on 12/10/09 at 04:54 PM |
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What a lovely house!
Good luck with the sale 
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russbost
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| posted on 12/10/09 at 05:12 PM |
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Geez - why the heck do I live down here!!!
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owelly
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| posted on 12/10/09 at 05:15 PM |
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Now could be the time to move................
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 12/10/09 at 06:08 PM |
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Wish i could move, and had the money.
Good luck with it
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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StevieB
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| posted on 12/10/09 at 06:22 PM |
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Only this week we've been saying that we need more space in both house and garage/workshop...
Spot on price too...
But business isn't good right now
However, it's right up my father in laws street so I'll pass it on.
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owelly
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| posted on 12/10/09 at 06:35 PM |
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Cheers. I'd rather sell to someone I 'know' as it really is a proper little earner!!
Steve, your father in laws lives up my street? I'll lookout for him......
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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scootz
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| posted on 12/10/09 at 06:40 PM |
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Would you consider swapping for my Blackbird engine?
PS - Lovely house!
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StevieB
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| posted on 12/10/09 at 06:40 PM |
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No, but close by - he lives in.....
Aah, I see what you've done there, very funny
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owelly
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| posted on 12/10/09 at 07:18 PM |
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Scootz, I'll swap as long as your Blackbird engine has four bedrooms, 20 acres and enough barns to hide a squadron of Lancasters....
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/10/09 at 08:36 PM |
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nevermind the houses wellyboot, did you sell the jeep?
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owelly
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| posted on 12/10/09 at 09:00 PM |
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Jeep gone. It was on Ebay for one day and a couple turned up with £6500 in cash.......which was nice!
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/10/09 at 09:33 PM |
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ah well. Saw a 51 plate go through the auction for £4k tonight... top spec, but made me think yours was a bit of a bargain!
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owelly
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| posted on 13/10/09 at 08:09 AM |
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Tis always the same. A guy at work walked passed it everyday with a FOR SALE sign in the window and when it sold decided that he would have bought
it!!
So, just the house to sell...
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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scootz
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| posted on 13/10/09 at 03:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by owelly
Scootz, I'll swap as long as your Blackbird engine has four bedrooms, 20 acres and enough barns to hide a squadron of Lancasters....
Bugger... was ticking all the right boxes there and then realized you also wanted 20 acres... the Blackbird only has 19.
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owelly
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| posted on 13/10/09 at 07:53 PM |
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So close, yet so far.......
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owelly
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| posted on 14/10/09 at 06:58 PM |
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BUMPO!!
Come on! Someone must have 1/4 million quid sat in the bank earning not much interest!!
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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owelly
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| posted on 16/10/09 at 10:20 PM |
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Gloomy gloom....
The estate agents selling the property we were hoping to buy need the best and final offers in by next Friday. Unless we can find a buyer for ours,
we'll miss it....
Oh, BUMP!
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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hillbillyracer
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| posted on 17/10/09 at 07:21 AM |
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Well I'll have it no bother, all I ask is it to be moved over to the Brampton area of Cumbria & drop another 100thou...
Good luck with the sale!
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owelly
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| posted on 17/10/09 at 08:47 AM |
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OK matey. I'll start numbering the stonework.....
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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JoelP
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| posted on 17/10/09 at 03:47 PM |
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Have you considered any of the money grabbing bastards at AQS or similar? They would make a dismal offer no doubt, but maybe worth a look.
http://www.a-quick-sale.co.uk/
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owelly
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| posted on 17/10/09 at 08:38 PM |
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I did consider those thieving shits but a guy I work with was trying to shift his house after a divorce last year. He'd had it valued at £345k.
They offered him £170k and that was after he'd paid them £250 for a valuation!!!
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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JoelP
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| posted on 17/10/09 at 09:08 PM |
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maybe not then 
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