hedgefunded Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) This is a nice enough looking place, and £395k doesn't seem an unreasonable asking price. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31406102.html You'd want to pick it up for £340k or so, but it is a "superb individually built modern detached house", and let's not overlook the "historic village" that it's set in. Then you click on streetview, telling the full story including the chavtastic Corsa parked on the pavement. OK, it's not THAT funny, but I can imagine the frustration of the owner and EA, knowing there's nothing they can do... Edited January 29, 2011 by hedgefunded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Have you got a linky or are you just talking generally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgefunded Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 Had a problem pasting the link. It's there now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilham Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 With Streetview, Goole cache and the Bee, EAs have a much harder time trying to BS us. Not that it stops them trying it of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plb Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 And this one: "Coveted conservation area" http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27293083.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybong Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31406102.html It looks like there used to be a street just with a few largeish reasonable houses and then the council and their architects department got to work on the surrounding land. Edited January 29, 2011 by billybong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonb Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 And this one: "Coveted conservation area" http://www.rightmove...y-27293083.html What it doesn't say: Surprisingly spacious basement; or, there is a chalk mine shaft underneath and all the houses in that road are falling into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinzano Bianco Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 This is a nice enough looking place, and £395k doesn't seem an unreasonable asking price. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31406102.html You'd want to pick it up for £340k or so, but it is a "superb individually built modern detached house", and let's not overlook the "historic village" that it's set in. Then you click on streetview, telling the full story including the chavtastic Corsa parked on the pavement. OK, it's not THAT funny, but I can imagine the frustration of the owner and EA, knowing there's nothing they can do... Is 400k for a house next to the m5 really reasonable? I'm not trying to be facetious, I genuinely think that is a ludicrous price for what, anywhere else in Europe, would be classed as pretty ordinary. What does your ordinary "middle class" family earn around there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlinkTooFast Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 This is a nice enough looking place, and £395k doesn't seem an unreasonable asking price. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31406102.html You'd want to pick it up for £340k or so, but it is a "superb individually built modern detached house", and let's not overlook the "historic village" that it's set in. Then you click on streetview, telling the full story including the chavtastic Corsa parked on the pavement. OK, it's not THAT funny, but I can imagine the frustration of the owner and EA, knowing there's nothing they can do... Nice trampolines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairies Wear Boots Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 The Motorway seems a long way away. So would it be a bonus that it is reasonably close? What is the pricing like? Is it good or bad for that area? i.e. are they asking a reasonable price for what it is in the current market? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xurbia Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 This is a nice enough looking place, and £395k doesn't seem an unreasonable asking price. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31406102.html You'd want to pick it up for £340k or so, but it is a "superb individually built modern detached house", and let's not overlook the "historic village" that it's set in. Then you click on streetview, telling the full story including the chavtastic Corsa parked on the pavement. OK, it's not THAT funny, but I can imagine the frustration of the owner and EA, knowing there's nothing they can do... Are those council-houses opposite? I'd want to buy the cheapest house in the best road not vice-versa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FedupTeddiBear Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) Teehee Edit: Had to add this one, too charming Some of the Reading ones in the dodgier parts have don't have a streetview option! here's one Edited January 29, 2011 by FedupTeddiBear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairies Wear Boots Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Teehee That's funny. Had a job working out where the nice house for sale actually was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgefunded Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 Teehee Edit: Had to add this one, too charming Some of the Reading ones in the dodgier parts have don't have a streetview option! here's one With reference to the other thread, I'd say the first one has had the photoshop treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgefunded Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 The Motorway seems a long way away. So would it be a bonus that it is reasonably close? What is the pricing like? Is it good or bad for that area? i.e. are they asking a reasonable price for what it is in the current market? Well it's a reasonable asking price, and I guess they'd sell for a bit less, or maybe a lot less...... The M5 Junction 23 is less than a mile away, and that does make it very convenient for commuting to Bristol, Taunton or Exeter. The point I wanted to make is how streetview is totally out of the EA's control, and in this case the first thing you see is a bunch of council houses and a blacked out Corsa on the pavement. If that house were in a nicer part of the village it would be a fair price, but it's on the main road and it's a busy road too. Overall I'd say the asking price is a bit high in the current market, but if you picked it up for £350k and enjoyed living in what is a fairly decent sized house you wouldn't go far wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiges Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Streetview, great tool. I've discounted dozens of properties I would otherwise have viewed after seeing their surroundings on Streetview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caparn Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) And this one: "Coveted conservation area" http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27293083.html I used to live in Coley Hill, Reading in a house just like that one that had been converted into flats. In fact I think it was the one just to the right of the one for sale. I was paying £400 per month rent for just one floor of it back in 1992. Edited January 29, 2011 by caparn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StainlessSteelCat Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 I find Streetview tends to make things look better. It never seems to be raining for example. The general rule of thumb is that if it looks a bit scruffy in Streetview, then it is an actual war zone in real life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spord Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I grew up in Puriton from age 4 to 18... It's in easy earshot of the M5, so it's alright as a commuter dormitory for Bilgewater ... sorry, Bridgwater ... and Taunton, or Burnham in the other direction. It's not the nicest though. I can't imagine the average wage in that area is much to shout about. But the Somerset levels are nice, if you like flat countryside, and it's close enough to the Mendips and the Quantocks for those who enjoy a spot of hillwalking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23rdian Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 (edited) Conservation area is a good example but the first doesn't look too bad to me. PS it's an Astra not a Corsa Edited January 30, 2011 by 23rdian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awaytogo Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 With Streetview, Goole cache and the Bee, EAs have a much harder time trying to BS us. Not that it stops them trying it of course. Some times even property Bee cannot keep up, as property is taken off the market and put back up with a different EA so you dont know how long a property has been up for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Woods? Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Oh my. What a hoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superted187 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) The muppet Junior EA that put the listing up probably didn't realise that he can turn streetview off Edited January 31, 2011 by Superted187 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgefunded Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Conservation area is a good example but the first doesn't look too bad to me. PS it's an Astra not a Corsa That's worse in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxe Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) Streetview, great tool. I've discounted dozens of properties I would otherwise have viewed after seeing their surroundings on Streetview. I would imagine EAs love streetview. It means that by the time someone requests are viewing, most of the basics have been sorted out. If you don't like bungalows with Astras in front, then you're not going to buy the house. If street view didn't exist, then you'd still work it out on the day, but at a huge cost in terms of everyone's time. When we bought a few years ago, google earth and streetview allowed us to go to the viewing with the right questions, and there was no chance of us walking away in the first minute due to some unforeseen issue. Edited January 31, 2011 by rxe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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