Moved; Michael Carrol's home improvements
Moved; Michael Carrol's home improvements
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agric

Original Poster:

367 posts

207 months

Tuesday 10th August 2010
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Said on this mornings news,
The erstwhile bin operative has obtained a buyer on his former pad.
£142,000
In some need of refurbishment,

Never mentioned the banger racing circuit or cock-fighting pit out back,
were offered at this price

Deva Link

26,934 posts

268 months

Tuesday 10th August 2010
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agric said:
Said on this mornings news,
The erstwhile bin operative has obtained a buyer on his former pad.
£142,000
In some need of refurbishment,

Never mentioned the banger racing circuit or cock-fighting pit out back,
were offered at this price
Seems it was sold with all the land. It needs a bit of tidying up hehe but the price seems astonishing. A semi-detached bungalow described as derelict (and it is) in a Cheshire village near us just sold at auction for £166K. Worth £250K tops in perfect condition.

agric

Original Poster:

367 posts

207 months

Tuesday 10th August 2010
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Buyers market of course,
Although in this instance,
Seller probably would need that money, IWonder what he'd hve liked for it really.

I remember someone on here's brother helped create the demolition derby with his digger,
so there's one contribution to the local economy.


What might that property be worth restored.
(And landscaped) half mil?

FourWheelDrift

91,824 posts

307 months

Tuesday 10th August 2010
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You could probably get £100,000 back just by hoovering up all the dust and filtering out the cocaine left over.

Alfa numeric

3,156 posts

202 months

Tuesday 10th August 2010
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I can see a landrover and a S2 XJ6, and is that a Supra behind the blue truck?

FourWheelDrift

91,824 posts

307 months

Tuesday 10th August 2010
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Dear Daily Mail.

It's not a "mansion".

Yours A Laughing Reader.

RedLeicester

6,869 posts

268 months

Tuesday 10th August 2010
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DailyMail said:
he bought the house, called The Grange, for £340,000.

He spent a further £400,000 extending it and installing a swimming pool and Jacuzzi.

Had he looked after it, the property is thought to have been worth at least £700,000.
Piss poor investment then if it would have ended up worth less when finished than it cost him to buy and extend...


Assuming all those cars and tractors are still there, it could be worth a bit, if not only in scrap - the tractors alone are worth a bob or two.

Dupont666

22,515 posts

215 months

Tuesday 10th August 2010
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RedLeicester said:
DailyMail said:
he bought the house, called The Grange, for £340,000.

He spent a further £400,000 extending it and installing a swimming pool and Jacuzzi.

Had he looked after it, the property is thought to have been worth at least £700,000.
Piss poor investment then if it would have ended up worth less when finished than it cost him to buy and extend...


Assuming all those cars and tractors are still there, it could be worth a bit, if not only in scrap - the tractors alone are worth a bob or two.
bought for £142k and the person is looking to spend £150 on it... not bad for a £600k house and then its a stload of money on restocking the gardens and bringing them back from the dead.

agric

Original Poster:

367 posts

207 months

Tuesday 10th August 2010
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Wonder if that's the last of his 'small change'
I know his mates/local pushers all got a wedge each or possibly a rangie'
Presumably his collection of medieval weaponry and the 'throne' he was often pictured on, have now gonew back to cash converterters,


There was always his mercedes man of course, the number plate should be worth a fiver

RedLeicester

6,869 posts

268 months

Tuesday 10th August 2010
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Dupont666 said:
RedLeicester said:
DailyMail said:
he bought the house, called The Grange, for £340,000.

He spent a further £400,000 extending it and installing a swimming pool and Jacuzzi.

Had he looked after it, the property is thought to have been worth at least £700,000.
Piss poor investment then if it would have ended up worth less when finished than it cost him to buy and extend...


Assuming all those cars and tractors are still there, it could be worth a bit, if not only in scrap - the tractors alone are worth a bob or two.
bought for £142k and the person is looking to spend £150 on it... not bad for a £600k house and then its a stload of money on restocking the gardens and bringing them back from the dead.
Not the chap who has now bought it, the mouthbreather lotto pillock who had it beforehand. Certainly the new chap can make a killing on it.

Motorwaymick

88 posts

210 months

Tuesday 10th August 2010
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Alfa numeric said:


I can see a landrover and a S2 XJ6, and is that a Supra behind the blue truck?
Camelot should use that picture.... It could be you smile.

Si 330

1,306 posts

232 months

Tuesday 10th August 2010
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Motorwaymick said:
Alfa numeric said:


I can see a landrover and a S2 XJ6, and is that a Supra behind the blue truck?
the white coupe i was thinking opel monza

Deva Link

26,934 posts

268 months

Tuesday 10th August 2010
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RedLeicester said:
DailyMail said:
he bought the house, called The Grange, for £340,000.

He spent a further £400,000 extending it and installing a swimming pool and Jacuzzi.

Had he looked after it, the property is thought to have been worth at least £700,000.
Piss poor investment then if it would have ended up worth less when finished than it cost him to buy and extend...
rofl - he hosed £10M so we can assume that "investment" wasn't what he was thinking about when he bought the house.

I don't know the area at all, but there are other 5 bed houses for £350K so it was probably never worth £700K. There's always hoardes of people looking for houses to fix up and it's been for sale for several months so a lot of people will surely have looked at it and walked away.

M3333

2,330 posts

237 months

Wednesday 11th August 2010
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He spent his money on women, drink and partying so..where exactly did he waste it? can someone tell me hehe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN4WCAxCwPM&fea...

Depressing watching.

Edited by M3333 on Wednesday 11th August 17:34

thinfourth2

32,414 posts

227 months

Wednesday 11th August 2010
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Alfa numeric said:


I can see a landrover and a S2 XJ6, and is that a Supra behind the blue truck?
Hey that looks like my place if i won the lottery

Lots of heavy machinery and old cars

Currently i just have the old cars

GTIR

24,741 posts

289 months

Wednesday 11th August 2010
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That looks like any other house in Norfolk. It's quite normal to have a load of cars dumped around ones house, those Norfolkians love their banger racing. yes
The obligatory truck and tractor is a must.

People love to hate Carroll, partly jelousy - liking the fact he's "lost" all that money, and a lot of spite directed at him. For a forum always deriding the media you sure do suck up all the rubbish they print about him. nono

I've met him and he was actually ok, bit dumb but not a bad person.


Flintstone

8,644 posts

270 months

Wednesday 11th August 2010
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GTIR said:
I've met him and he was actually ok, bit dumb but not a bad person.
What were you selling him? biggrin




Sadly I get the impression of a bloke surrounded by spongers and hangers-on. Wonder how many are still around to help him now?