Monday, May 11, 2009
Bargain!
BBC: 'Modest' Beckham home to be sold
In short, EA advertised for £850,000. Now being sold by auction under a guide price of £215,000. But EA reckons it is really worth at least £500,000. If you want to experience the UK HPC in a miniature mode, this is it.
Posted by peter_2008 @ 01:03 PM (1420 views) Add Comment
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1. techieman said...
peter - dont understand your point. Surely its not the home that has the intrinsic value of £850k or £500k but its probably only worth £215k if it was not associated with DB. Isnt that why you pay more for a signed shirt than one from JJB / Sportsdirect?
2. peter_2008 said...
Hmm... I see your point techieman. So, this article explains that if Beckham brand is adding 300% to the property value, it is totally reasonable to add 25% for having ASBO neighbours, 50% for living next to a railway, 100% for have no parking space, 150% for having economy 7 heating, 200% for dodgy loft convertion and 250% just because the punks feel lucky.
3. hpwatcher said...
This is a joke.....the house is probably only worth about 210K.
4. little professor said...
The original asking price was almost four times the ceiling price for that road. They said they would get £1m+ for it back in August. Complete nonsense, just a publicity stunt.
5. crunchy said...
Bend it like Beckham.
J. Hendricks guitar sold for a fortune, but for anyone other than the master, it is unplayable. A true test of celebrity status. Nothing to do with house prices.
6. doomwatch said...
Anyone who's been to Leytonstone (with a brain, so not many) wouldn't expect it to reach the guide.
7. hpwatcher said...
J. Hendricks guitar sold for a fortune, but for anyone other than the master, it is unplayable. A true test of celebrity status. Nothing to do with house prices.
There is a big difference between Beckham and Hendrix......Moreover, Beckham only lived there when he was really small, and probably even before he began to play football.
This just smacks of absolute greed........
8. crunchy said...
7. hpwatcher Please read your comment again. The end line!
9. Sneaker said...
If it's worth £500k, why isn't the guide price £500k?
Answer: because it's not worth £500k.
And as far as I'm aware, you can't hang a house on a wall, or plug it into an amplifier. You can't even move it to America.
10. sneaker said...
If it's worth £500k, why isn't the guide price £500k?
Answer: because it's not worth £500k.
And as far as I'm aware, you can't hang a house on a wall, or plug it into an amplifier. You can't even move it to America.
11. crunchy said...
The end line is the bottom line. It's all greed!
12. happy mondays said...
I live next door to Ann Widdecombe, does this add value to my property ?
13. crunchy said...
That's why house prices are where they are. It has nothing to do with there built in value. Hope I have made my point!
Move on.
14. crunchy said...
11. happy mondays
Ever thought of knocking the wall through. lol
15. wdbeast said...
I have no problem with this.
If the property sells to someone who wants to live in this area, it will sell for circa 200k.
If a rich Beckham fan wants it as a trophy house they will pay more, maybe much more.
If so good luck to the owners, I would definitely be doing the same (moving away from Leytonstone).
16. happy mondays said...
@ 13
NO! Knocking the house down, YES!
17. crunchy said...
Big LOL, and I though that I may get a Wedding invite! D'oh.
18. happy mondays said...
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrragh, i feel sick! must be the swine flu again, no offence Ann...
19. crunchy said...
Sorry to ruin your Monday!
20. lenny said...
Ah, a good BTL investment there. Weekend rents to any Man Utd fans who fancy a stopover at Beck's old house when their team is playing Arsenal, Spurs etc.
Oh hang on a minute, most of the United fans live in London anyway......