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just been to view auction property in wilmslow, guide 180. sold a couple of years ago for 310 or thereabouts. somebody has been in and done a bodge up work half finished etc, and quite understandably loads of viewings. and a few offers over 200. if it goes to auction I reckon nearer 300. will keep you posted.

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A link would be nice if you want to retain interest in this property thread.

This one maybe? Not so bad, but a slightly narrow road. Driveways are not staggered from the houses opposite. I think I prefer every other house on that avenue but area is fairly good.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-37413497.html with a bit more info in the brochure from that page, but I can't find any recent sales data for it.

Streetview.

This house is on the same road/postcode (SK9 5JX): http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-22467840.html

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just been to view auction property in wilmslow, guide 180. sold a couple of years ago for 310 or thereabouts. somebody has been in and done a bodge up work half finished etc, and quite understandably loads of viewings. and a few offers over 200. if it goes to auction I reckon nearer 300. will keep you posted.

You might be dead set on Wilmslow, but with that house at a guide of £180K and a few offers over £200K and your thoughts about what it might reach at auction.... have you got any thoughts to this place down the road in Alderley Edge? Now at Offers in Region of £225,000.

Downsides no garden and main road, but perhaps a few upsides at the right price.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28586206.html

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You might be dead set on Wilmslow, but with that house at a guide of £180K and a few offers over £200K and your thoughts about what it might reach at auction.... have you got any thoughts to this place down the road in Alderley Edge? Now at Offers in Region of £225,000.

Downsides no garden and main road, but perhaps a few upsides at the right price.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28586206.html

looks to be good value, large flat. good area. downsides as you say no garden, main road, also bus stop, restaurant next door you will have have to listen to out of towners boasting how rich they are. where is the restaurant extractor fan. the bench outside the bank is a favourite haunt of the local tramp. in spite of all that I 've lived in much worse places in london. if I was 25 yrs younger.

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Good points lol. Thanks.

Sorry for tagging my question on to your Wilmslow thread, but I just hoped to get another opinion on it.

If things for buyers turn for the better in the next few months, I was thinking I could compromise on the bad points, if the seller was willing to accept a substantially lower offer.

It's not a flat though, but the entire 4 bedroom house at that price. There are small poxy flats in the village asking the same or more money.

It's been allowed to sit empty for many many years, so the owner has been happy to just take HPI without years of extra of rental income. So I was thinking it could be owned by a lazy bank or other commercial entity.

However I made the mistake of accepting at first glance the Rightmove page saying it's Freehold. I've just seen in the brochure it's only Leasehold with 125 years remaining, and a groundrent of £250 a year.

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I looked at it the other day and it's clearly the leasehold duration dictating the price, otherwise it would be up for much more. A risky one as it requires a lot spending on it and then you need to next person to be happy with a short lease. No-one wants to be caught holding the hot potato!

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Take a look on the Summerfields estate. The rest of Wilmslow, for me, is away in la-la land and it's not even a particularly nice town.

I remember the first time we visited Wilmslow only knowing that it was a wealthy 'upmarket' town. We looked at the centre and thought this is a ****hole - the pedestrianised centre is more reminiscent of Sale-60s style than anything. My opinion's mellowed as some of the surrounding residential areas, the Carrs etc are fairly appealing, but bar decent London/Manchester rail links I can't see how it built up its image.

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I remember the first time we visited Wilmslow only knowing that it was a wealthy 'upmarket' town. We looked at the centre and thought this is a ****hole - the pedestrianised centre is more reminiscent of Sale-60s style than anything. My opinion's mellowed as some of the surrounding residential areas, the Carrs etc are fairly appealing, but bar decent London/Manchester rail links I can't see how it built up its image.

I think there's something in what this guy says: http://menmedia.co.u...ous_is_to_close

He said there had been massive changes since he arrived in Wilmslow during the 1980s when the town centre was buzzing and the Wilmslow Card was currency at key stores.

"Wilmslow now is not the Wilmslow it once was. "Retail trade in the town centre is completely different. "It was once choc a bloc full of different, interesting shops. It was a vibrant local economy. It provided shoppers with all their needs, there was diversity and interest. "There were no empty units and people came to Wilmslow to shop, there were fantastic shops to browse around. "Trade has been dented here now. The bypass opened, followed by the Trafford Centre. "And parking has always been an issue in Wilmslow. "Estate agents, charity shops, hair dressers, a lot of duplication has replaced the individuality.

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For me, it's not about what the shops are - I just find it an ugly town centre. Mind you most of the neighbouring town centres south of Manc are pretty bland and ugly too

the reason most town centres in s manchester are bland and ugly is simply because the planners in the 50s 60s allowed their chums to do whatever they liked, so we ended up with grey concrete, which was then compounded by out of town shopping. you can see this across the whole country. locally altrincham cheadle bramhall handforth hale barns have all been blighted.

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For me, the only 'centres' that are at all visually attractive around the area are Hale (altho I'm not a huge fan of the place beyond that), Marple Bridge, Ramsbottom, Prestbury and Knutsford. Going further afield in Cheshire then Nantwich (bar Crew's closeness) Tarporley and Chester, Although looking at that list it probably just means I'm getting older...

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For me, the only 'centres' that are at all visually attractive around the area are Hale (altho I'm not a huge fan of the place beyond that), Marple Bridge, Ramsbottom, Prestbury and Knutsford. Going further afield in Cheshire then Nantwich (bar Crew's closeness) Tarporley and Chester, Although looking at that list it probably just means I'm getting older...

Lymm? Maybe Stockton Heath?

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For me, the only 'centres' that are at all visually attractive around the area are Hale (altho I'm not a huge fan of the place beyond that), Marple Bridge, Ramsbottom, Prestbury and Knutsford. Going further afield in Cheshire then Nantwich (bar Crew's closeness) Tarporley and Chester, Although looking at that list it probably just means I'm getting older...

What do people want/need apart from somewhere to get your haircut, a few pubs/eateries and perhaps a local co-op?

If you excluded over-priced independent women's clothes retailers from those more affluent towns, there's really not much left.

My question would be what's the 'point' of most town centres?

I'd disagree with the point made earlier about 60's planning blight. It is still ongoing to this day. Altrincham bears witness to that. Complete planning f*ck up from start to finish. Every addition just makes it worse, seemingly by intention. The 'old' pot holed car park (before the flats) on Goose Green was preferable to the dystopia that obtains today.

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Ideally within walking distance, we'd look for: doctor, corner shop, primary school, couple of decent pubs. Wouldn't say no to butcher/baker/fishmonger/cafe.

I don't see the point in clothes shops etc - surely you just want to be able to get into Chester or Manchester by train/road every now and then.

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Ideally within walking distance, we'd look for: doctor, corner shop, primary school, couple of decent pubs. Wouldn't say no to butcher/baker/fishmonger/cafe.

I don't see the point in clothes shops etc - surely you just want to be able to get into Chester or Manchester by train/road every now and then.

Pretty much and nowadays a cafe is more important that a pub/restaurant :blink:

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Ideally within walking distance, we'd look for: doctor, corner shop, primary school, couple of decent pubs. Wouldn't say no to butcher/baker/fishmonger/cafe.

I don't see the point in clothes shops etc - surely you just want to be able to get into Chester or Manchester by train/road every now and then.

Sure, yep. In which case you get most if not all those things in most if not all the places you listed above (from memory!).

I'd add good rail access within walking distance too. Again, available in Hale, Altrincham, Knutsford, Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme and so on, but notably NOT in Tarporley. Nearest is prob. Cuddington for Chester-M/cr line else Crewe for mainline. Hence I wouldn't ever buy in Tarporley if you want to 'hedge' possible outcome of the oil/electric car scenario. Plus it's more or less 1/2 hour to decent supermarket/large shops/cinema etc. Believe me it's a royal pain in the ****

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Sure, yep. In which case you get most if not all those things in most if not all the places you listed above (from memory!).

I'd add good rail access within walking distance too. Again, available in Hale, Altrincham, Knutsford, Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme and so on, but notably NOT in Tarporley. Nearest is prob. Cuddington for Chester-M/cr line else Crewe for mainline. Hence I wouldn't ever buy in Tarporley if you want to 'hedge' possible outcome of the oil/electric car scenario. Plus it's more or less 1/2 hour to decent supermarket/large shops/cinema etc. Believe me it's a royal pain in the ****

Yes, the places you list all have the facilities, but most have had five decades of planners with white sticks. Once you get SW of the Manchester > Wilsmlow > Holmes Chapel rail line the trains become either so slow as to be virtually pointless (e.g. Knutsford; rail out to Chester) or non-existent (e.g. round Tarporley).

The drive to large shops/cinemas/supermarkets doesn't particularly bother me - we have to drive to everything where we are now, you just adapt. Don't get me wrong - a walk to a decent trainline is a huge plus for me, but not everything.

Am in the same place as SYNT in that I use cafes a hell of a lot more than restaurants and cinemas. I'd assumed Stockton Heath would be a similar style place to Didsbury - not really our scene although was a fan 10 years ago

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What do people want/need apart from somewhere to get your haircut, a few pubs/eateries and perhaps a local co-op?

If you excluded over-priced independent women's clothes retailers from those more affluent towns, there's really not much left.

My question would be what's the 'point' of most town centres?

It's a good point.

Last year I bumped into a friend of a friend who was very distraught at just getting the news she'd been made redundant at Hoopers. Argos has recently closed down in Wilmslow. There are lots of units in Wilmslow.

There's no point investing money to make a town centre more charming if the money isn't going to bring in the spending, and when it really comes down to it, people don't care that much. Not when so many of the shopping clones make their way to the Trafford Centre to shop. Then there are the ones who can't see anything they want to spend money on to buy, especially those who don't own houses to spend doing up and making nice.

Last time I was in The Swan pub in Wilmslow they had quite a few framed photos of old Wimslow on the walls. Horse and cart coming down Water Lane with one early motorcars, and a few other parts of it.

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Then there are the ones who can't see anything they want to spend money on to buy, especially those who don't own houses to spend doing up and making nice.

Whilst renting we've spent a hell of a lot less than 'house tat' than when we last owned. Also, despite petrol costs, we spend miles less living somewhere more rural with no shops around - you don't just end up going into shops out of boredom/because it's a Saturday.

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cambridge ave went for 242 on friday. which would indicate that the bodge up was a bit more work than my cursory glane first indicated. maybe a good deal for someone

Was this the one you said this about earlier: "sold a couple of years ago for 310 or thereabouts"?

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