Owning your own home

I had a really positive experience with Granville from Top Spec windows. Based in Croydon. Found him via mybuilder.

https://www.mybuilder.com/myjobs/job/3424765/tradesman/top-spec_windows

We live in the house where my wife's nan died, my father in law likes to point out where he found her...

without going into details, you could tell

It was like that scene from Se7en amirite?

When people who believe in that sort of bollocks stay over, I like to tell them that the reason their room is cold is because it’s haunted (and not due to the uneven central heating).
They’re welcome to their new build rabbit hutch!

Surely as long as you haven’t had a notorious serial killer who flushed bits of his victims down the drains as a previous resident, then buying an old house comes with the likelihood that bad things happened in it?

Topical given he died a few days ago. Apprently the residents of the Nilson house did get it cheap.

If it were me, I’d be making a fortune on Airbnb, letting out the room to freaks and ghouls, then selling them shit merchandise when they survived the night.

Sink plungers?

Assume you got a new bed?

Hark at him!

The house of horrors in E11 will be borderline unmortgagable I'd imagine..

And it’s live...

Feels odd selling a place I’ve lived in for so long.

https://www.currell.com/residential/london-property/hackney/the-driftway-e3/VIC170181

Yeh I saw that yesterday. It photographed well. Will be interesting to see how much interest you'll get.. you'll know if you've priced it right within a week or so I'd say.

Cheers. You don’t think the price is right? Went between the 3 valuations we had and don’t feel there is much comparable for the price.

I know the area very well and if you'd asked me to value it blind from the pics , I'd have said put it on for 525 and you'd probably get 510/515. But values are so up and down who knows- you can always reduce it but it's harder to put the price up.

Nice but pricey

Cheers for the input guys, maybe we are blinkered because it’s our home. Foxtons were almost tempted to try over 575 but felt that was crackers. Guess only time will tell, like which film will be the biggest...

Looks good Chris. Hope you get the money you are after.

We started viewings in October, offer was accepted in November, signed exchange today.

My old flat in Connaught works:

https://m.zoopla.co.uk/property/flat-27/connaught-works/251-old-ford-road/london/e3-5ps/7671820

I sold it at what was generally accepted to be the London peak (there or thereabouts ) and only had one offer on it after marketing it for 3 odd months.

You may be lucky because as u say it's pretty unique/sash windows/ well decorated and it's close to the tube. The lack of comparables may be a problem for a mortgage valuer as and when it does sell..

Cheers buddy. I’m worried it’s over priced now?! How much we get for it doesn’t really effect how much we can afford on the next place but don’t want to give it away...

I know that place well, always stuck me as the closest set up and location wise and they are usually priced 50k higher than places in our building. Although what you say contradicts that?!

Yours was a one bed though...

Good position to be in, when we started we were in a position where we couldnt accept anything a certain amount but given that it has taken so long and several paycheques later we are fine plus we upped the price by £5k after first 2 buyers fucked off, 3rd one went with it.

I like your style...

The more expensive 2 beds in Connaught works are duplexes and oversized at 900 sq ft. They also have gardens and parking.

The cheaper 2 beds (500+) are smaller on one level with no outside space or parking. A parking space alone is worth 25k these days if not more.

Oh and the service charges are killer in Connaught. One bed service charge was 2.4k 2 beds were 3.5k and 3 beds are 5.4k a year !

Oh man, what have you done. Photo 13. The lamp.