Saturday, Sep 05, 2009
There's more to being an estate than meets the eye
Rightmove: Property for sale
With the help of PropertyBee or a gift for observation and the benefit of a good memory, you may have noticed the following developments regarding a property on Stonebridge Rd (asking price £420,000 - down from £450,000) in Canterbury:
04 May 2009
* Status changed: from 'New home' to 'New home, Premium Listing'
21 May 2009
* Status changed: from 'New home, Premium Listing' to 'Premium Listing, New home'
23 May 2009
* Status changed: from 'Premium Listing, New home' to 'New home, Premium Listing'
29 June 2009
* Status changed: from 'New home, Premium Listing' to 'Premium Listing, New home'
02 July 2009
* Status changed: from 'Premium Listing, New home' to 'New home, Premium Listing'
Posted by greenshootsandleaves @ 02:16 AM (1759 views) Add Comment
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1. mrflibble said...
£420k for a lousy new built terraced, only in the UK can such fantasy exist...
2. greenshootsandleaves said...
Yes, but its status is absolutely spot on ... every now and then.
PS It should of course be 'estate agent' and not 'estate'
3. the number cruncher said...
I pass this estate on my way to work
it is in a pretty poor area of town, it is bordered by a cash and carry/street of car salerooms, council estate and old council yard(soon to be developed into a super market). It is also boarders a big field where travelling fairs and circuses go.
on the plus side, It is on the river Stour and you do get the occasional otter swim by and its about 1000 yards from an more exclusive area of town.
Overall its madness, there are two other major developemnts of a similar ilk in town, so there is massive oversupply.
I have been told by a freind of my wife who bought a flat in one of the other developers that her life was made a misery because a few of her neighbours are BTL'ers and because they could not find 'professional' tenants stuffed them full of students partying to all hours.
This has turned into a bit of a vicious circle as professional tenants move away, leaving the other BTL's the only option to put students in
4. Qpete72 said...
420k for an end of terraced? on a new build? what % of the build will be social housing? you would have to be mad very rich and as stupid as you can get!
My dad is looking at moving to canterbury, we looked at a few houses and it seems 275k-300k will get you a very good 4 bed detached with garage and garden on the right side of the city.
5. paul said...
What you're saying is that these estate agents are trying to game the system by relisting it as a new property rather than having potential buyers notice that it is languishing there not selling because its too expensive?
Nothing particularly new in estate agents being cheap shiny-suited crooks.
6. Mikelivingstone said...
It's a Schrodinger's Property. It is both sold and unsold until someone observes it.
7. uncle tom said...
Do estate agents have special lenses for their cameras? Or do they have special tools on photoshop?
Have a look at some of the room photos - either that lounge photo is stretched, or those are incredibly long sofas..
8. greenshootsandleaves said...
paul@4 said 'What you're saying is that these estate agents are trying to game the system by relisting it as a new property (...)'
I cannot tell a lie (that's why I could never be an EA, I suppose). That said, I can't wait to find out what the next change in status is going to be.
9. mystie010 said...
The really sad thing is though that I bet there will be some mug out there who will buy it.
10. holyroller said...
@uncle tom: A lot is down to the angle of the camera and perhaps using a special lens or photo shop. (I once did some work experience for an EA and was sent to take photos, use to try and take photos to make the place look as big as possible i.e. from some strange angles.) Also in new properties they often use shrunken furniture to make it look bigger in the photos.
If you look at the light in the shot it is slightly oval and also the scatter cushions are rectangle. So to me it looks like it is distorted.
11. wiltshire said...
Well, as a fake estate agent myself I can definitely confirm that room is 13 yards by 17 yards. By the way, those are top of the range DFS 'limousine' sofas.
Oh hang on, it's 13 feet by 17 feet!! I apologise. Take a ton off the price.