Owning your own home

good base for a project, price seems high though with a lot of £ to spend per sqm

Street view suggests you could build up over the garage. Has the potential to be quite a bit larger but an obvious project and usual Stow Brothers premium for the luxury

I was mostly posting bc it's nextdoor to the haunted house that @princeperch posted - be interesting to see what happens to both of them. Either way still a long walk to Gail's

I used this guy and he was very good. Not the quickest but very exacting
https://www.sashrepairs.co.uk/

Not sure where he covers but he did North London with me and is down in Barnes doing a job for my friend so seems fairly wide range.

you can do a lot with it, but this is almost more expensive than places within walking distance to Kings Cross, madness

price seems high though with a lot of £ to spend per sqm

A lot of £ to spend on the existing sqm and further sqm to construct to justify the valuation.

The example upthread tells you that the "done" value is £750 / sqft. Can you extend this one to 1,750 sqft for £300k (as well as doing a gut reno on the existing 1,100 sqft)? Seems like a stretch.

It is probably absolutely horrific internally, even worse than the pictures, and has been neglected for decades. If someone had asked me to place a value on it blind I'd have said 750 to 800 at the absolute max.

I can't see any radiators so I doubt it has central heating. Peeling ceiling and damp in pic 13 is a bit worrying as well.

You'd be lucky to spend 1.5k per square meter for a quality renovation.
As you say an extension might justify it... but It is probably only worth it for an investor with builders at hand. unless you have deep pockets and a thirst for a project.

Peeling ceiling and damp in pic 13 is a bit worrying as well.

Roof looks knackered, valley is probably cracked and leaking. Sort out the roof, allow the walls to dry for a bit and all good.

Since we are doing Aldersbrook renos, the place my mate bought last year was on the same road:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=64331294&sale=13375723&country=england

I think he will be looking at the thick end of £200k minimum on a renovation. Northumberland Avenue is wildly expensive.

I can't say I've heard about Aldersbrook other than on here. What's the attraction, why is it so expensive compared to better connected places? It looks like it has a bit of greenery but not a huge amount.

Probably because it is an archetype of the East London housing market at the moment.

Or because perch has bought there, and we want to troll him to breaking point about the 35 minute walk to a Gails.

Or because we all got bored of talking about Catford.

Aldersbrook IS Catford

Both give you the pretence of still being relevant. revenant.

No1 can afford Peckham/Stokey anymore so squeezed out desk wanking hipsters need SOMETHING!

And I am here for it.

#TeamCatford

That one makes much more sense to me - yes he won't have much change from £1.5 mm, but it's almost twice the size of the other one at 2k sqft.

Oh completely, asking price is wild. Will no doubt get loads of interest from people under estimating how much it would cost to do up and the fact it is "Ripe for Re-Development".

Catford is more like Walhtamstow / Leyton / etc.

He said he gets a cab into the city when he has to go in

WAC

Here's the thing: I've never been into a Gail's and I probably never will do so.

My wife on the other hand probably has and has probably spent a sum of money in Gail's and all the other wanker magnet shops there that would entitle her to a position on the board of directors of many of the said businesses,however, as far as I am concerned ignorance is bliss in that respect. Its for the sake of my sanity we don't have a shared bank account !

aldersbrook alert aldersbrook alert

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/122554796#/?channel=RES_BUY

I looked at this house back in September and it was so depressing and creepy even my 3 year old son said he wanted to go within 5 minutes.

It's also the home of the disgraced peer lord nazir Ahmed of Rotherham which made it doubly creepy.

Cheeky git has listed it as being in Manor Park too.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/115270349#/?channel=RES_BUY

Yeah but if I lived over 30 minutes away from Gails I'd never go either...

Knock it down and start again!

Aesop and Hague blue in catford!

I dont belong here.

You'd need take-out, for risk of perishing on the return leg home.