yess that's exactly what I thought and now Anna is doing the same by putting her 700 pound pieces of furniture strategically up against a giant damp spotI’m sure I remember her saying that her parents had come with them on their second viewing of the house.
The only reason I can think of as to why her parents didn’t advise them not to pay such a huge amount for such a damaged property is that the previous owners had some very strategically placed furniture in these rooms.
She dressed like Peter PanYay new thread!
Those shoes she wears in her new daily edit video… the monk edit anyone?!
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Imagine it was all the fireplace that sold it to them, it is quite a bog-standard Victorian Semi-D.yess that's exactly what I thought and now Anna is doing the same by putting her 700 pound pieces of furniture strategically up against a giant damp spot
The thing is, you can smell damp when you walk into somewhere, no matter how much air freshener someone’s used. Where I live, there are thousands of Victorian/Edwardian terraced houses and it’s well known that they weren’t built to the highest standards and they tend to suffer from damp. We looked round a few when we were buying and there were some where you knew there was a bigger problem the moment you walked through the door, because they smelt so fusty (or they’d reek of damp overlaid with Febreeze/Glade Plug-ins because they were trying to cover it up). I really don’t think this was all hidden and I just think they wanted the house and got caught in a bidding war. Anna has said it’s their forever home so maybe they’re just thinking that anything they spend, they‘ll get back eventually. I do think that ‘Super Project Man’ maybe hasn’t done his homework though and it’s a bigger job than they thought.I’m sure I remember her saying that her parents had come with them on their second viewing of the house.
The only reason I can think of as to why her parents didn’t advise them not to pay such a huge amount for such a damaged property is that the previous owners had some very strategically placed furniture in these rooms.
She got so caught up by the marble fire place I think, her front door and hallway isn't that impressive other than is very bog standard.The thing is, you can smell damp when you walk into somewhere, no matter how much air freshener someone’s used. Where I live, there are thousands of Victorian/Edwardian terraced houses and it’s well known that they weren’t built to the highest standards and they tend to suffer from damp. We looked round a few when we were buying and there were some where you knew there was a bigger problem the moment you walked through the door, because they smelt so fusty (or they’d reek of damp overlaid with Febreeze/Glade Plug-ins because they were trying to cover it up). I really don’t think this was all hidden and I just think they wanted the house and got caught in a bidding war. Anna has said it’s their forever home so maybe they’re just thinking that anything they spend, they‘ll get back eventually. I do think that ‘Super Project Man’ maybe hasn’t done his homework though and it’s a bigger job than they thought.
Probably - I mean, it’s not a horrible house by any means, it’s got some nice spaces but it just needs work and it’s the million-quid price tag that blows me away. Where I live something like that, in that state, would probably be less than half the price but then I don’t live on the South Coast.She got so caught up by the marble fire place I think, her front door and hallway isn't that impressive other than is very big standard.
Is a flat before because we have all seen the Rightmove link for the flat.Is there a (solidish) proof that both of them actually had lived in the flat and not a house previously?
I am asking because I wasn't following her closely back then, and knowing her obsession with relatability to say, oh we just live in a tiny poky flat in Brighton whereas it could as well be a house?
Like dame Ana needs a house
No, she mentioned they had the more detailed and extensive technical report done on the house (not sure what that’s called in the U.K., but more like a building survey), this must been reported. Maybe they were just more optimistic on how to solve those problems.I’m sure I remember her saying that her parents had come with them on their second viewing of the house.
The only reason I can think of as to why her parents didn’t advise them not to pay such a huge amount for such a damaged property is that the previous owners had some very strategically placed furniture in these rooms.
I wonder if they assumed that it would be ~content~ and they'd get the reno paid for by sponsorships and then tried to sell it to companies who were like nah, we ain't doing that for free and it won't be a quick fix. I don't know about the UK, but in the US, there's a construction labor/materials demand that is sky high due to prices/lack of materials/COVID and people wanting to do work right now.No, she mentioned they had the more detailed and extensive technical report done on the house (not sure what that’s called in the U.K., but more like a building survey), this must been reported. Maybe they were just more optimistic on how to solve those problems.
It can't have been that good of a survey if they didn't move furniture to find these damp spots.Well, yes, they obviously had a survey done. Everybody has a survey done, it’s part of due process when purchasing a property.
I was more commenting on why on earth her parents, in that early stage of house viewing, hadn’t advised against the purchase. And I can only conclude that the previous owners must have hidden the extent old the damp from physical view.
That’s why I don’t think this damp was a surprise to them.It can't have been that good of a survey if they didn't move furniture to find these damp spots.
Sometimes I feel bad for Anna if this really fell apart in front of her, but then I remember she had enough money to take a mortgage out on this house and somehow chose the worst house while I am seeing home ownership as a fantasy in my lifetime, not a potential, and I decide I don't care anymore.
Yes, but they didn’t have the standard survey, they had a more detailed one, which is normal with this type of property. I just don’t think they didn’t know about the damp. It just was not a deal breaker for them.Well, yes, they obviously had a survey done. Everybody has a survey done, it’s part of due process when purchasing a property.
I was more commenting on why on earth her parents, in that early stage of house viewing, hadn’t advised against the purchase. And I can only conclude that the previous owners must have hidden the extent old the damp from physical view.
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