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Who lives in a house like this?
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Does anyone have a house like the one on the left in their area?
This house is actually near where I live - but not exactly sure where cos I'd love to go see if it's still in this state.
I reckon houses like these are potenital gold mines for people who have good DIY Skills.
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This house is actually near where I live - but not exactly sure where cos I'd love to go see if it's still in this state.
I reckon houses like these are potenital gold mines for people who have good DIY Skills.
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Must only be worth about £60,000-£100,000 in it's current state if you're after a bargain.
I contacted my local council once and they aren't allowed to give ou tthe locations of these empty prooperties for you to look at - I guess cos of squatters or something - so you have to spot one yourself and trackd own the owner. For years they've talked about giving back the VAT on material used to bring properties like this back to life - but it's never happened - I think how it make apply if a building's purpose is changed i.e. fom offices to houses then the builders can claim back the VAt and not have to pass the cost on to the public - which makes their profits much larger.
You can get decent 3 bed detached houses in decent areas for that much
Doc... what areas are you talking about???
There is a huge difference between various regions of the country - for instance where I like the average pirce of a semi-detached is £270,000 - even 2 bedroom flats are over £200,000 - they've just knocked down the OAP home at the end of my road and built 12 new flats - all 2 bedroom and all going for over £200,000.
If you go to certain parts of the country you could get a house for £2,000 -
basically it's all down to location, location ,location...
Seems a bit risky to me :chin:
there was another house in my town, was a gorgeous big mansion, but in the 20's there was a few child murders which happend there (fact, not urban legend) so the murderer killed himself in the house and its been left ever since. a couple of months ago me and my mates went in there and it was like a time capsule, stepping back in time. really weird.
my town has lots of old victorian/edwardian sort of houses that need doing up but there the two that spring to mind right now
I saw this old pub in southhall in a residiental road that someone has bought and converted into a massive house - that would be so cool.
Another guy around the corner fro mme bought this old detached house with a garage and built aother room above the garage - it's looks so nice now that their neighbour is doing the same exact thing to theirs.
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even in different regions of the same city.
in the centre of leeds, an apartment by the river or the canal will probably set you back about 400,000.
round the corner from my parent's house, there's a 5 bed detached house going for 500,000. a bungalow on their road sold for 250,000 earlier this year.
down beeston way you can pick up a 4 bed terraced house for under 30,000.
From mine to my sisters its about a 5 minutes drive and there are about 15 houses(just in view from the main roads) boarded up like that. My mum said its because Birmingham city council cant afford to make then fit for people to live in. she said they should sell them off as they are and people can do the repairs and stuff themselves from what they save on buying it in the state they are in.
This one-roomed 'shed' in a Cornish town was for sale when I was there on holiday. It was selling for more than double what my 3-bedroomed Lincolnshire semi is worth.
she bought it for about £10,000 15 years ago.
they're currently selling for upwards of £80,000.
for a SHED.
Thats because Beeston is shit, the South Leeds version of Halton Moor
We're in the process of selling our house to one of these renovation companies, some of the decor is a bit outdated, and it needs some structural work. House's on this estate (3 bed semi) go for £120,000, We've sold ours for £110,000, so its a bargain really!