silver surfer Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Cloonshecahill, Kiltullagh, Co. Galway €259,000 Detached House|4 Bedrooms|5 Bathrooms http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=493717 There'll be someone along soon offering to tarmac that drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustYield Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 A 2 bed leasehold flat in central London. I think you might be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Cloonshecahill, Kiltullagh, Co. Galway €259,000 Detached House|4 Bedrooms|5 Bathrooms http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=493717 Read it and weep bitchez Housing in the UK is so overpriced and generally shitty. but how accessible is the area? Does it compare well with (e.g.) http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29541583.html where I won't have to worry about how I am going to pay for my (increasing) medical care tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 but how accessible is the area? Does it compare well with (e.g.) http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29541583.html where I won't have to worry about how I am going to pay for my (increasing) medical care tim You could have your own live in carer/s....free board and lodgings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Of Highbridge Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 but how accessible is the area? Does it compare well with (e.g.) http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29541583.html where I won't have to worry about how I am going to pay for my (increasing) medical care tim The Irish property is 20 mins from the city center, that is why it is so expensive. Honestly you could buy a rural mansion for £250k. The Dunfries house is nice, but still expensive since it really is isolated. and WTF? A cheaper and warmer option, only an hour from the city: http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=663804 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustYield Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 You could have your own live in carer/s....free board and lodgings. Finally! A reason for all that extra space. Live-in staff. Has that ever been tried before? (That Scottish place must be close to being worth bagging btw at 250K, jeez!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Finally! A reason for all that extra space. Live-in staff. Has that ever been tried before? (That Scottish place must be close to being worth bagging btw at 250K, jeez!) Not a bad pad for the money.....bit out in the back of beyond, a boat would be handy. Live-in-staff.....very common in the past, maybe if it all adds up we will be going back more in that direction filling the empty spaces if family can't fill it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 The Irish property is 20 mins from the city center, that is why it is so expensive. Honestly you could buy a rural mansion for £250k. The Dunfries house is nice, but still expensive since it really is isolated. and WTF? A cheaper and warmer option, only an hour from the city: http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=663804 It's not that isolated. 15 miles from Newton Stewart, which has everyting that you might need - a supermarket and a hospital :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachman Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Cloonshecahill, Kiltullagh, Co. Galway €259,000 Detached House|4 Bedrooms|5 Bathrooms http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=493717 Read it and weep bitchez Housing in the UK is so overpriced and generally shitty. Attractive. Individual ? What, like hundreds of thousands of other Irish houses, let's build a symmetrical house on the cheap, render it, stick a bit of stone on the front, throw a cheap conservatory on one side and a free standing double garage..... no doubt on some land that someone inherited from their mammy too. Has it got mains drainage and sewer connections ? Don't get me wrong, I'd have that ahead of most of the carp in the UK - but, wages still need t plummet in Ireland - which will hurt prices even more, if anyone can actually sell, At the moment, wages are lunatic high (set no doubt by benefits levels, which are barmy - a result of politicians throwing commitment around in the 'good years'). And then you need to add the cost of healthcare and wonder whether a school in the armpit of nowhere gets your kids a good education.... and you need to find a decent paying job as well (and with the systemic rural anti-English racism (my family have mostly returned to rural Ireland after 60 years here and find they are routinely abused for being English....). Great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetset78 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Yeah cos village schools have done really well over the last 13 years. And village pubs open at the rate of 2 a week. As for lovely village shops bursting with locally grown food - well they're popping up all over the place. The noise of the countryside should never be underestimated. There are plenty of very good small primary schools in the countryside villages in my county. Why do you need 2 pubs to open in the village every week? Who said anything about village shops? Your intelligence should not be overestimated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I've been whiling away the dog days of Singapore's summer on Rightmove. Addictive isn't it? (I dreamed of this site being available in the 90s - combined with Google maps/earth and Nethouseprices.) I'm even starting to see relative value in quaint mill-houses in deepest Kent, old rectories in Essex and stone cottages wherever... But hold on. What on earth supports country house prices? Who buys these things at today's prices? Tricky question. I guess it is difficult if it is not a commutable location. We have just bought a house in a village with a population of 400 people in the north Lincolnshire wolds. We have 2.5 acres and a decent sized house for 188K. This was much cheaper than trying to find anything similar in the city across the river. The neighbours are nice and friendly, there is no noise pollution, there are loads of local footpaths through the wolds, there is a pub and a shop (The supermarkets will deliver the major weekly shop). The commute only takes five minutes longer than it used to as I no longer have to hack across town at rush hour. What a breath of fresh air from claustrophobic city life (just my preference). My stress levels have fallen after only 8 weeks there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustYield Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 This one's been on the market for > 2 years now: Hallelujah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tired of Waiting Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 This one's been on the market for > 2 years now: Hallelujah! Quite a few skeletons in the "garden" though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustYield Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 Quite a few skeletons in the "garden" though... ...and aren't most village Summer fetes a way to raise money for the church roof fund? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustYield Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 What's this place really worth? Started off asking for GBP975,000, reduced 18% to GBP795,000 after 12 months: Salutation Farmhouse Barnard Gate Witney Oxfordshire Freehold, 12 miles from Oxford. 1.2 acre grounds 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, "farmhouse" kitchen and large conservatory plus 3 bedroom lodge and a triple garage block with office/studio space above. Both properties benefit from solar water heating systems. An expansive property offering numerous opportunities. (TOTAL FLOOR AREA: 5688 sq ft) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Democorruptcy Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 What's this place really worth? What someone pays for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveinHope Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 What's this place really worth? Started off asking for GBP975,000, reduced 18% to GBP795,000 after 12 months: Salutation Farmhouse Barnard Gate Witney Oxfordshire Freehold, 12 miles from Oxford. 1.2 acre grounds 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, "farmhouse" kitchen and large conservatory plus 3 bedroom lodge and a triple garage block with office/studio space above. Both properties benefit from solar water heating systems. An expansive property offering numerous opportunities. (TOTAL FLOOR AREA: 5688 sq ft) Too much property, not enough land, 350k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Yes, people do tend to lose all sense of proportion when a couple of acres of Land are involved. I dont know why really, most of these country houses arent going to get planning for the land, so its not going to appreciate in value above other properties. They may as well buy an edge of town/village home backing onto farmland and make an offer to the farmer/landowner for a couple of acrea. Sign a clawback and he'll probably sell for its agricultural value, £5k or so. thats what i would do, given i have no desire to build on it. Just hold it to grow stuff on. As it stands, a cottage in the midlands with 3 or 4 acres seems to go for about £500k, instead of under £200k for the house and plot only. An acre of land would otherwise sell for little more than £5k, if that. May as well buy an edge of village cottage, then buy a couple of acres backing onto it seperatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Too much property, not enough land, 350k Indeed. An average lot in the US is 1/2 acre (here in UK, 1/12th). Its simply a largish house on a proportionate sized plot. Not really 'land' as such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustYield Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 How about this pile, an hour's drive from Edinburgh: 7 bedroom house for sale Guide Price £550,000 Eyemouth (BERWICKSHIRE) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Feel cold just looking at that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richc Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 What's this place really worth? Started off asking for GBP975,000, reduced 18% to GBP795,000 after 12 months: Salutation Farmhouse Barnard Gate Witney Oxfordshire Freehold, 12 miles from Oxford. 1.2 acre grounds 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, "farmhouse" kitchen and large conservatory plus 3 bedroom lodge and a triple garage block with office/studio space above. Both properties benefit from solar water heating systems. An expansive property offering numerous opportunities. (TOTAL FLOOR AREA: 5688 sq ft) As it's right on the A40, it's not worth a whole lot. The front door is 50 feet away from a road with motorway levels of traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchester50 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 As it's right on the A40, it's not worth a whole lot. The front door is 50 feet away from a road with motorway levels of traffic. That's the most common downside if you see a cheaper rural place of good size/plot in a popular area. In areas I know well, a house of a certain size, edge of village with amenities and on a quiet/no through road might be 700k. The equivalent on a major A road requiring a drive to amenities will be a good 200k less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InlikeFlynn Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 How about this pile, an hour's drive from Edinburgh: 7 bedroom house for sale Guide Price £550,000 Eyemouth (BERWICKSHIRE) Unfortunately only a stone's throw from the A1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richc Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 That's the most common downside if you see a cheaper rural place of good size/plot in a popular area. In areas I know well, a house of a certain size, edge of village with amenities and on a quiet/no through road might be 700k. The equivalent on a major A road requiring a drive to amenities will be a good 200k less. Whoever spent all that cash doing up this house (new garage, new addition, new kitchen) in this location was seriously delusional. It's rather sad to see so much money simply wasted because no one is ever going to pay anywhere near the cost of it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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