The real estate version of autoshite

[STUNO]

Looking at houses for sale I came across this !

Agent's description... the rustic character of this house is outstanding with it's stained floors....stained by what ?

For some reason there were no internal pics

 

But I did like the back yard

[Dead_E23]

That garage looks top notch. How much are they asking?

[Tayne]

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[pogweasel]

PERFECT!That's the sort of place that I dream of. Sadly anything like that around here is sold as "OMG Development potential!!!1! £1,500,000 (ono)" and is promplty flattened to make way for 8 executive homes with postage-stamp gardens (OIEO £495,000)

[mouseflakes]

Sadly anything like that around here is sold as "OMG Development potential!!!1! £1,500,000 (ono)" and is promplty flattened to make way for 8 executive homes with postage-stamp gardens (OIEO £495,000)

Why do they do that? All these lovely old places just turned to crap - it's so mindless (I know, it's profitable of course - quick profit, long term loss).

[myglaren]

My daughter went to buy a house on Teesside last week. Going by the photo's and the blurb it was exactly what she needed and had sold it to herself in advance.Reality was a little different and it was in dire need of renovations that would far and away exceed the purchase price. The roof had fallen in, among other things, no mention of which in the brochure and the property bore only passing resemblance with the photo's.

[STUNO]

Just for you Pogs.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-me-prope ... 779937.htm

[pogweasel]

Right, I'm coming over. *packs*

[worldofceri]

That's weird. I took this on impulse today; it's just around the corner from me. Makes me sad to see a cool old building in such a state. Before someone set fire to it (can anyone smell insurance fraud?) it probably could have been rescued. In an affluent neighbourhood it would be worth a fortune but no doubt it will be a constant eyesore for the next ten years then be bulldozed to make way for some poky flats.

 

[pogweasel]

I'd wager that the fire happened after an initial planning application was refused. Happens ALOT, then once it's a dangerous eye-sore the plans are re-submitted and they get passed. Amazing how these coincidences happen again and again.

[STUNO]

Right, I'm coming over. *packs*

Pogweasel arrives in the coldest, wettest, windiest and closest part of this tropical island to antarctica.Next time check out the LOCATION

[pogweasel]

Pfft. Can it be colder, wetter and windier than it is here at the minute?I think I am still thawing/drying out from getting battered by the elements last week.I did check the location, also found two firms doing what I do nearby, then remembered my passport is out of date...

[Mr Lobster]

Going by the photo's and the blurb it was exactly what she needed and had sold it to herself in advance.Reality was a little different .... and the property bore only passing resemblance with the photo's.

I've had this same, very depressing situation countless times of late. House looks great on Rightmove, so you ring agent and arrange viewing. Go to view, can't find house, eventually find a house with the appropriate For Sale sign that looks a bit like the one in the pictures just not as nice. Realise it is the same house. Realise you are wasting your time.

[seth]

It saddens me that all those stained glass tulip windows are still chucked away so frequently STUNO, you need to go and offer to clear the garage prior to the sale as a service for which you are willing to be paid only a small quantity.

[worldofceri]

Here's another; spotted on holiday in Devon. I think it must be about to fall into the sea. Grounds are home to an extremely decrepit Allegro and two Scimitars that I'll post in a spots thread if I ever get around to it.

 

[fotorabia]

School of Autoshite?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-me-prope ... 408522.htm

Shitehouse sorted..bring a caravan..

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-me-prope ... 484992.htm

Retro shite..PERFECT!..except your in the middle of..err..nowhere..

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-me-prope ... 710512.htm

Potential field full of Shite?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-me-prope ... 484730.htm

 

this is all Taranaki..its the cheapest area of the nth island..some of the smaller towns have fantastic empty old commercial buildings and abandoned farms..

[garethj]

42 inch plasma TV room? Ha! This is the Autoshite way

 

"Hello, Autoshite General hospital, Ambassador wing"

[Tayne]

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[STUNO]

Another gem. Love the description of how to find the bedroom

And nirvana..a long drop toilet, no need to flush.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-me-prope ... 276894.htm

[mattblack]

South Taranaki School Converted to Residental

 

Bit of a half-arsed attempt at a conversion!

 

GR8 4 PLAYIN SCHOOLGIRLS AND TEACHERS....

[pogweasel]

I don't like it when you make me be the schoolgirl.

[mattblack]

I don't like it when you make me be the schoolgirl.

Shadup an' put the outfit on...!

[wuvvum]

Right, I'm coming over. *packs*

I'm right behind ya Pog.Won't your expired passport be a bit of a hindrance if you're going to be working in Africa?

[wuvvum]

Another gem. Love the description of how to find the bedroom And nirvana..a long drop toilet, no need to flush.http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-me-prope ... 276894.htm

I'd love to live somewhere like that in the middle of nowhere. And it's less than £41,000. I'm going to have to put that site into my favourites - it might just give me the motivation I need to turn my vague project of maybe emigrating to NZ one day into something more concrete...

[Tayne]

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[VWPowered]

all of those are way out of my €50 budget

[Tayne]

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[Claypole]

If some punter would buy my house I'd be packed and off tomorrow, now this is my kind of shite:

 

 

 

Plenty of scope for improvement as they say.

 

The inside is pure shite:

 

 

 

 

 

But I've saved the best for last :

 

 

 

 

Yours for £27,000.

 

Oh and the real reason I want it is it comes with THIRTY THOUSAND square metres of land.

[Tayne]

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[STUNO]

It dont matter , I like it, but the lawn is too big so will have to pass it up.No photo because it happened too fast....I stopped at traffic lights yesterday and saw the ultimate in autohiteness, a Porsche towing a caravan. Clarkson and May are here somewhere and I wondered if they were doing some private touring!just to set your minds at rest, the Porche was a 924.