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First impression was "Wow.". I could easily see my heart tugging me to buy that.

And opposite a Lidl!

Just to add to the listed building points - My place is a grade 2 listed block of leasehold apartments and so we are dependant on a Building Management company for maintenance . This Building Management company are terrible and do the very minimum of upkeep. They are very good on covering themselves e.g. fire regs but otherwise hopeless. It is more managed decline of an old building and the excuse they use for delay to general repairs is often the fact that it is a listed building so , for example getting matching brickwork/tiles/window frames etc is not 'straight forward'.
Listed+leasehold+building management co = wouldn't do it again.

And opposite a Lidl!

Surprised they didn’t mention that in the listing to be honest. Missed a trick there

Yeah, I can imagine that’s a real headache

First impression was "Wow.". I could easily see my heart tugging me to buy that

My wife’s having Pride and Prejudice fantasies. Head needs to rule over heart here though I think

Surprised they didn’t mention that in the listing to be honest. Missed a trick there

Just imagine the middle-aisle possibilities you could furnish your home with!

Been in communication with them directly so decided best to fess up rather than find out through solicitors.
they have already decamped North so no big chain, was straight up with them and just heard back with a remarkably chilled response and ‘hope you get some sensible offers’ .

What a superb frontage.
thats ripe to be ‘done’ and featured on INIGO

It does fall in a conservation area, but that greenhouse is a 2015 addition with planning permission. It did have a solar panel refused though.
I wouldn't write it off due to grade 2 listing. But it ain't my money.

That photographer should be given a few lessons. Made me feel a bit sick scrolling through.

Not everywhere can have a castle in the garden.

I'd be happier buying a place that looked a bit sad than one that was suspiciously not-sad tbh. Not going to link to the one we ended up in, but despite being in a conservation area it's an awfully rendered PVC-windowed shitter with a lot of fixing up ahead of it. Yours looks charming.

Gorgeous! I’d love to be the lord/lady of that manor.
Why so relatively cheap?

Edit: didn’t read the Lidl comment- does that devalue it?

Not sure yet, viewing it Friday. Location isn’t great, being on the main road between Malvern and Worcester. However it is set back and walled off.

I wanted to buy one!

I think we stayed in an airbnb that was part of that group of houses.

Just had a quote for replacing tank system with a new combi (new location) and replacing 10 radiators with boggo new ones - £8000.

Feels v punchy, or is it just what it is?

I’m up north and paying almost 9k for similar, without radiators* (but with re-arranging the bathroom fittings/furniture/pipes and moving the downstairs loo).
That’s looking at a Vaillant EcoFit Pure 35. Also the current boiler is upstairs and the new one will be downstairs.

Definitely know there’s cheaper options, but this company comes highly rated and the chap in charge lives around the corner.

*about 1.5k in total for rads and TRVs

Okay. Reassuring to know I’m in the ballpark. Time to gulp and spec the radiators I actually want.

That sounds a lot, we paid £4k for a replacement combi (same location), 8 rads (one fancy one) and some extra bits and pieces (pipe work rerouting, new fridge water feed, etc). Probably would have been slightly less but we did the boiler and rads 6 months apart.

Maybe the strip out is quite labour intensive but I’d get another quote.

Take a decent torch, and a ladder. I'd try to have a look in cellar and attic space. Might be able to see joists.

Mine was 4.8 for new Combi, 4 bog standard, 1 column,(2 radiators were replacement, rest needed new runs) gas pipe rerouting, and new hot and cold runs for kitchen, utility and bathroom.

Good shout

Found this in the shed of our new place. We’re fucked right?

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You should call old bill to investigate.

I've seen this before, you'll need these chaps instead