Rightmove gems #3

[HowlOwl]

A lot of the 'improvements' that have been done look really cheap or overly modern, or both - like the fitted wardrobes in the master bedroom, or some of the wood flooring. Whereas other rooms with the patterned carpet look like pub function rooms (which tracks given it used to be a Beefeater ) or an old peoples home.
I don't know the area but it feels very overpriced considering you'd need to redo pretty much every room (just replacing the carpets would cost thousands). Maybe the sellers feel it's worth more due to their 'celebrity' status?!

I’ve never heard of them.

 

[Archduchess of Luxembourg]

Anyone remember a film from years ago, I think it was called ‘The Hole’ and a load of teenage kids were trapped in some kind of bunker like this? I’d be worried about getting locked in and not being able to escape!

I loved that film at the time!!

 

[skronkywildcat]

Plus it’s only a studio. Do I want cooking smells/the humming of the fridge in my living room - no, I do not. Also where is the storage?

 

[SarcasmSpecialist]

God, that's so lovely.

 

[skronkywildcat]

That bit of London is still affordable and has crossrail now. I wonder who built the mini castle and why. It reminds me a bit of Maison Picassiette in Chartres. https://www.discover-chartres.com/maison-picassiette.html

 

[Miss Begotten]

Just read the description.

Check out this 4 bedroom terraced house for sale on Rightmove

4 bedroom terraced house for sale in Alcester Terrace, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 for £90,000. Marketed by Auction House, West Yorkshire - Property Auctioneers

www.rightmove.co.uk

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Squatters?

 

[Falkor]

Arrgggh I wish I was rich.

Check out this 5 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove

5 bedroom detached house for sale in Bathwick Hill, Bath, BA2 for £2,950,000. Marketed by Savills, Bath

www.rightmove.co.uk

Oh that is absolutely my kind of house, just gorgeous!

 

[Blurp]

Service charge/mooring fee sounds incredibly cheap! I know of residential moorings in much less desirable locations which cost far more for a smaller vessel. Wouldn't be surprised if they've put annual instead of monthly on there, or it's meant to say mooring and membership extra.

Hermitage website seems to suggest an actual charge of around £8k per metre of boat for the membership when you buy the boat and service charge of about another £7k. But no monthly/annual mooring fee as such.

If I had the cash I'd absolutely be viewing that, although location on the pontoon might be a challenge given how busy the river can be around there.

Oh, if I had to live in London (or even visit regularly) and had the money I'd be right down there.

 

[BlackberryScience]

Why aren't they all pointing at each other? Why have three spidermen if you aren't going to get them to point???

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Stan Lee had died before the meme so you'll have to ask his daughter

 

[Notworthy]

I wonder who lives there that there needs to be a confidentiality agreement in place

Looks like it might be the Aga Khan but he doesn't live there.
The gardens are absolutely stunning

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

Soooo I got a bit intense and I am 90% certain it's this guys house - https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/founder-stack-leisure-company-eyes-28438011 (mods please delete if not allowed)

If you put the address into Companies House it brings up his wife's name, linked to a now dissolved company, and a little bit of googling tells me that they've been trying to sell since early 2022, when the Stacks business started to fail...

Bloody hell. I know someone who knows him! 🫤

 

[BlackberryScience]

Can't edit my post but it was a garage not an old entrance. Street view showed it was the only house that looked like that. Nobody on that street looked to be using their garages for cars so might as well convert it and there's a good chance you'll walk out of your house and straight into the back of a car.

 

[Phil Anne Throw Pee]

^That is absolutely BEAUTIFUL, apart from the weird games room, I would rip that out and have as an extended dining area.

 

[kingseven]

Is that really his place?

I'm surprised at the expense and the bland-ness of it. So boring!

Yeah, stands to net a tidy profit as well.

Huw Edwards’ Dulwich family home is up for sale for £4.75million

The six-bedroom mid-century house boasts a neutral decor, leafy garden and stylish, modern kitchen

www.standard.co.uk

 

[Swinging Pineapple]

Isn't that exactly the definition of a studio though - living and sleeping all in the same room? Be interesting to see how small the bathroom is.

Surely it can’t be a shared bathroom?
This is what the description is

SHOWER ROOM Shower cubicle with electric shower, pedestal wash hand basin and low flush wc. Extractor fan.

 

[BlackberryScience]

To be honest I hadn't looked at the listing.
I'd seem the floor plan and the garage.
It needs a good redo. Get rid of that garage

 

[CocoCottesmore]

I was going to say exactly the same thing! It looks beautiful but dear God I bet its cold in winter.

 

[HowlOwl]

For Sale: Victoria Street II, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | The Modern House

Built in the 19th century, this award-winning two-bedroom house in central Cambridge was radically transformed by architects 5th Studio. Its ingeniously manipulated plan has been enhanced by channels of glazing that funnel light into each room; the resulting sense of space and volume belies the...

www.themodernhouse.com

I like this a lot but the price! Also think I'd be second guessing the glass floor upstairs like a nervous dog

It all irritates me somehow ... it’s trying so hard to be tasteful and perfect. Great chain bannister, so practical!

 

[HowlOwl]

I see places like that and think "the spiders that are going to be hanging out there". Oh, the spiders that will be in there.

They certainly like using white! (probably so the spiders show up better!)
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The picture of the seashell made me laugh with its pointlessness.

Why is half the screen taken up with the property name and scrolling arrows? I want full screen photos, dammit!

 

[Kthxbye]

Was just going to say this! It’s half Hogwarts half modern.

It's giving me Toad Hall from The Wind in the Willows!!