Real Estate nightmares (Vol 2)
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at least it's cleanishYeah I’m not too keen coming down that ‘staircase’ 
The loft has been made into a room, the only salvage will be the Velux windows, it will have to be ripped out and done again. The front bay window will probably have to be rebuilt and possibly the windows above, the centre mullion is slightly out of plumb The poor and none existent guttering has caused most of the problems, slight movement and wet and dry rot, the dry rot had been removed prior to the sale. No idea why it has no floor above the kitchen. No one has lived at the property for at least 12 years, work was done by the owner a few weeks here and there, en-suites were being added while the roof was leaking like a sieve, eccentric was the word the neighbour used to describe him.
I only realised it had a garage on my third visit after buying it, it still has clothes in the washing machine and some food in the fridge, the gas meter is slightly in debt
Probably needs rewire
The loft has been made into a room, the only salvage will be the Velux windows, it will have to be ripped out and done again. The front bay window will probably have to be rebuilt and possibly the windows above, the centre mullion is slightly out of plumb The poor and none existent guttering has caused most of the problems, slight movement and wet and dry rot, the dry rot had been removed prior to the sale. No idea why it has no floor above the kitchen. No one has lived at the property for at least 12 years, work was done by the owner a few weeks here and there, en-suites were being added while the roof was leaking like a sieve, eccentric was the word the neighbour used to describe him.I only realised it had a garage on my third visit after buying it, it still has clothes in the washing machine and some food in the fridge, the gas meter is slightly in debt
Probably needs rewire
Ah, its going to be a posh place is it Best of luck.
Love the stairs... we have some 'you are so going to die' stairs to our attic courtesy of 1870's 'design'. Even better, if there is a fire you'll never survive the drop out of the hand cut skylight which is >20m off the floor.
Have a guess where I can find my kids playing when they crack the 3 number 'code' on the door.
Best of luck. Love the stairs... we have some 'you are so going to die' stairs to our attic courtesy of 1870's 'design'. Even better, if there is a fire you'll never survive the drop out of the hand cut skylight which is >20m off the floor.
Have a guess where I can find my kids playing when they crack the 3 number 'code' on the door.
Little Lofty said:
I’ve just bought this with a mate, probably the worst one we have done. It’s in a nice area and will sell easily once refurbed.
I have not touched it yet, this is how it was bought.
‘As you enter the house you will not fail to be attracted to the double-height reception hall’I have not touched it yet, this is how it was bought.
‘The property retains a number of period features including exposed brick work’
I spent an unholy amount of time on the phone sorting out debts that the vendor had racked up, then after that I still had several months stuck with the card meter and the ridiculous surcharges because persuading a utility supplier to replace the f
king thing was harder than landing men on the moon.
king thing was harder than landing men on the moon.hidetheelephants said:
I spent an unholy amount of time on the phone sorting out debts that the vendor had racked up, then after that I still had several months stuck with the card meter and the ridiculous surcharges because persuading a utility supplier to replace the fking thing was harder than landing men on the moon.
On a different flip last year I inherited Boost pay as you go meters with a load of debt. Holy moly what a sking thing was harder than landing men on the moon.t show they are, the first thing they told me was that I was liable for the debt It took months to sort out, they threatened bailiffs and all sorts, I had to go to the Ombudsman to get it sorted ( they are almost as useless) They still owe me £400 compensation, but I simply don’t have the will to speak to them ever again. My first house was an ex-rental with prepay meters. It's eye-opening how quickly the treatment you get from certain utility companies changes, not that it's great at the best of times but their willingness to lie, cancel appointments without telling you, not provide agreed compensation, supply compensation vouchers which claim £30 but only give £5 meter credit when scanned... it feels like they take a gamble that the average prepay customer is not going to have either the time, energy or skill to go through all the places where procedure has not been followed and pick them up on it.
Of course for me this became a matter of principle, making the prepay meter one of the cheapest tariffs I've ever had, on the basis that almost everything I paid to a certain large utility provider ended up getting paid back to me at the point "typical dumb feckless idiot who gets themselves in trouble" suddenly turned into someone who had a very well itemised list of six months' worth of inexcusable behaviour...
Of course for me this became a matter of principle, making the prepay meter one of the cheapest tariffs I've ever had, on the basis that almost everything I paid to a certain large utility provider ended up getting paid back to me at the point "typical dumb feckless idiot who gets themselves in trouble" suddenly turned into someone who had a very well itemised list of six months' worth of inexcusable behaviour...
Our last house, we moved in and there was a pre-pay meter installed as the previous occupants were a little rough…
The first time I put £20 on it and it lasted a day we decided it had to go.
eon decided that seeing as we hadn’t lived in the house for 3 years(!) they wouldn’t change it until we had.
My wife rang up and massively laid into them and they changed it the next week!
The first time I put £20 on it and it lasted a day we decided it had to go.
eon decided that seeing as we hadn’t lived in the house for 3 years(!) they wouldn’t change it until we had.
My wife rang up and massively laid into them and they changed it the next week!
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/135202490
Spotted this on a walk yesterday. It's Grade II listed, needs loads of work, only has pedestrian access, is attached to a damp church, and it probably floods since it's right by the river and everything that close to the Wye does.
No surprise, it's been on the market for ages. I can't fathom why anyone would buy it.
Edited by MajorMantra on Sunday 9th June 15:14
MajorMantra said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/135202490
Spotted this on a walk yesterday. It's Grade II listed, needs loads of work, only has pedestrian access, is attached to a damp church, and it probably floods since it's right by the river and everything that close to the Wye does.
No surprise, it's been on the market for ages. I can't fathom why anyone would buy it.
Edited by MajorMantra on Sunday 9th June 15:14
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MajorMantra said:
Spotted this on a walk yesterday. It's Grade II listed, needs loads of work, only has pedestrian access, is attached to a damp church, and it probably floods since it's right by the river and everything that close to the Wye does.
No surprise, it's been on the market for ages. I can't fathom why anyone would buy it.
Yup, it's in a flood zone 3 (the worst).No surprise, it's been on the market for ages. I can't fathom why anyone would buy it.
edit: And here's a picture of it under water:
https://www.alamy.com/the-riverside-moravian-churc...
Gareth79 said:
MajorMantra said:
Spotted this on a walk yesterday. It's Grade II listed, needs loads of work, only has pedestrian access, is attached to a damp church, and it probably floods since it's right by the river and everything that close to the Wye does.
No surprise, it's been on the market for ages. I can't fathom why anyone would buy it.
Yup, it's in a flood zone 3 (the worst).No surprise, it's been on the market for ages. I can't fathom why anyone would buy it.
edit: And here's a picture of it under water:
https://www.alamy.com/the-riverside-moravian-churc...
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