hobdoll Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I know London is expensive, and this is not exactly a sh*t hole but seems VERY VERY expensive - also, is this really a two bed flat? I wonder if anyone will be suckered into buying it? http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-33938035.html?backListLink=%2Fproperty-for-sale%2Fmap.html%3FlocationIdentifier%3DOUTCODE%255E1685%26insId%3D1%23_includeSSTC%3Don%26auction%3Dfalse%26locationIdentifier%3DOUTCODE%255E1685%26previousSearchLocation%3DN7%26radius%3D0.0%26searchLocation%3DN7%26searchType%3DSALE%26useLocationIdentifier%3Dfalse%26box%3D-0.12978%2C-0.10102%2C51.54996%2C51.56018%26popupPropertyId%3D33938035%26mapType%3DMap&fromMap=true I do love the freudian slip - under description, key features it says 'first fool'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Good grief, it's a fairly modern building. From the interior pics I assumed that had been shoehorned into some sort of attic in a very old structure. It's an absolute mess. You have to work really hard to design a building that ugly, impractical, and cluttered. A utilitarian design that has poor utility. Newly refurbished? The nasty kitchen cabinets and kitchen surfaces don't even match. And WTF is that angled window in the second picture? The crap 'kitchen' floor tiles, cabinets and beige carpet throughout shout of a BTL-er trying to sell up and leave the market. I like the bit that says: Modern Bathroom No Chain Gotta love the fake leaded lights in the neighbouring flat. "It's a London Thing"... WTF does an empty headed EA slogan like that mean? Perhaps the insane price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peetle Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I know London is expensive, and this is not exactly a sh*t hole but seems VERY VERY expensive - also, is this really a two bed flat? I wonder if anyone will be suckered into buying it? http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-33938035.html?backListLink=%2Fproperty-for-sale%2Fmap.html%3FlocationIdentifier%3DOUTCODE%255E1685%26insId%3D1%23_includeSSTC%3Don%26auction%3Dfalse%26locationIdentifier%3DOUTCODE%255E1685%26previousSearchLocation%3DN7%26radius%3D0.0%26searchLocation%3DN7%26searchType%3DSALE%26useLocationIdentifier%3Dfalse%26box%3D-0.12978%2C-0.10102%2C51.54996%2C51.56018%26popupPropertyId%3D33938035%26mapType%3DMap&fromMap=true It's an ex-Council flat and right opposite Holloway Prison, which is why it's cheap. Nearby is this: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-33911419.html I used to live about 5 minutes walk from there (in a top floor duplex on a quieter back street, sold in early 2007...). In its favour are easy access to Islington and Camden and a zone 2 tube station. Against are Holloway and Camden Road which are both very busy at all hours. Not forgetting the ludicrous design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starla Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I know London is expensive, and this is not exactly a sh*t hole but seems VERY VERY expensive - also, is this really a two bed flat? I wonder if anyone will be suckered into buying it? http://www.rightmove...ap&fromMap=true The floorplan is full of wasted space. I just don't get the master bedroom at all. Surely the bathroom would have been better in that extra bedroom space than at the other end of the flat? It's 280k, for an ex LA flat in a not particularly great place, perfect really as both overpriced and sh*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejaksie Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 love this one: £ 550k for a proper sh*t hole http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/15786350?image=-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starla Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 love this one: £ 550k for a proper sh*t hole http://www.zoopla.co...786350?image=-1 Mental. If I had to do a "Price is Right" guess, without knowing what it was really valued at, I'd say £350k? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinzano Bianco Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 love this one: £ 550k for a proper sh*t hole http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/15786350?image=-1 When you see stuff like this, you can't help but think London housing is at the edge of an absolutely enormous precipice. Half a million pounds for a very low spec small 2 bedroom flat? How much do you need to earn to be realistically able to buy this... a couple earning £100K per year plus? I would be expecting a lot more for that much cash, earning that amount of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worried1 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Mental. If I had to do a "Price is Right" guess, without knowing what it was really valued at, I'd say £350k? I'd have gone £250k, and even then only because of the postcode. I can't even believe that they can try to describe this as 'high spec'. Everything looks low spec and a few years old, right down to the brown carpet that they couldn't even be bothered to clean/hoover before taking the photos. This would be unsellable at virtually any price outside of London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peetle Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I'd have gone £250k, and even then only because of the postcode. I can't even believe that they can try to describe this as 'high spec'. Everything looks low spec and a few years old, right down to the brown carpet that they couldn't even be bothered to clean/hoover before taking the photos. This would be unsellable at virtually any price outside of London. True, but if I were a rich Greek with lots of dosh in Euros I think I'd want to park them somewhere outside the Eurozone for a while. Which probably explains these: http://www.bezierlondon.com/availability2bed.php Over a million quid for a new 2 bed flat. It's an ugly building and it's right next to the Old St roundabout, which is hardly W4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyGibbon Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 love this one: £ 550k for a proper sh*t hole http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/15786350?image=-1 The toilet's so stunning it merited TWO photographs. Just love the blue plastic toilet brush. Worth 550K at least; or £1.99 from your local Poundsaver store. What a load of cr*p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramblepicker Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 This isn't really a home (although we've seen recently how people have started to convert garages into spare rooms...). However, I had been down to Swiss Cottage at the weekend to see a film at the IMAX so we parked in one of the nearby residential roads. Very nice area, was wondering what we could afford for the budget we've got right now. Well, this is all that appeared in the area we looked for parking... My link What kind of car you'd want to be storing for that price, I don't know, but nothing is worth paying that much to store, surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russe11 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 This isn't really a home (although we've seen recently how people have started to convert garages into spare rooms...). However, I had been down to Swiss Cottage at the weekend to see a film at the IMAX so we parked in one of the nearby residential roads. Very nice area, was wondering what we could afford for the budget we've got right now. Well, this is all that appeared in the area we looked for parking... My link What kind of car you'd want to be storing for that price, I don't know, but nothing is worth paying that much to store, surely. maybe its a meth lab inside and it would turnover 100-200k a year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkwell Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 A not especially overpriced house for the location at £120k but.... When is a small 2nd bedroom not really a bedroom at all? You're clearly not an estate agent. That's a double bedroom*. *If you mount the bed on the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 You're clearly not an estate agent. That's a double bedroom*. *If you mount the bed on the wall. Bunk bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuffy Chuffnell Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I love how the width of the room seems to have been determined by width of a pre-existing radiator! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Untoward Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 The last couple of pages have thrown up some absolute classics. Truly, London must be the most ridiculous City on Earth and will eat itself. I rushed here after finding a joke of a house but now feel almost pedantic for posting this (From the Regional Bristol thread): In the back of beyond, miles from central Bristol, you get a pool in the Kitchen, an out building at the end of a sweeping drive, gym in the bedroom, bars on the bed and the word dream pasted to the bedroom wall. Dream? It's a F+%*&ng nightmare. Offers in excess of Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand English Pounds please kind Sir. Surely a contender for overpriced shithole 2012. Oh God, just checked the history, they originally wanted £369,950. I need a lie down. Filton: http://www.rightmove...l?premiumA=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russe11 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 The last couple of pages have thrown up some absolute classics. Truly, London must be the most ridiculous City on Earth and will eat itself. have you never looked at hongkong, inner cities in the far east? My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ames Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 This property is now available post auction. Two Bedroom Detached Bungalow of individual design Some work is still required to complete the property My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattW Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Oh joy, a Victorian terraced house on for the same asking price as many other mdernised ones! Norwich NR1 £120-130k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Well :( Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 This property is now available post auction. Two Bedroom Detached Bungalow of individual design Some work is still required to complete the property My link Chip shop right outside adds value! Chip Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinzano Bianco Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 1 Bedroom Terraced House Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 1 Bedroom Terraced House Nice concrete 'garden' Why do the interior pictures show a stairwell???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 looks like a semi too ...... maybe the stairwell leads down to a sleeping space , last used by Sadam Hussain ....... allegedly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russe11 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Nice concrete 'garden' Why do the interior pictures show a stairwell???? you can see its had a utility connected recently, should of painted it green. stairwell to bedroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AThirdWay Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Saw this - Desirable Location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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