Viewing a house you can't afford = well would you?

[gables]

For that kind of money you could have this:
https://lc.zoocdn.com/d595e07d29a3de...822c321ae3.pdf

Or this:
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/de...1QDQBPhUOjg.97

(Which we looked at 8 years ago but we found a better option. I see the current owners have added a "family room" on the end)

Nope, they really don't do it for me anymore, and as Owly says not really near me.

[gables]

If I was based in Lowland Scotland and maybe contracting in Edinburgh or Glasgow I'd seriously consider this place Old Harehope, just down the road from Selkirk, and set in its own Forestry Commission forest, five miles from the nearest house, six miles from the nearest town (Peebles) but only 20 miles from Edinburgh.

Mind you it may be a bit small for a family, and its cottagey style is very different to that giant bungalow-cum-school-annexe you like. So I doubt it would appeal to you.

Cracking location, especially as I bike a lot up that way, Peebles is nice town one, on par with where I live..

Kids have left so not looking for a family home as such, but as you say the cottage style isn't for me anymore.

[Mordac]

That's what I want to do, but got all guilt ridden about wasting people's time hence this thread :-)

You're worried about wasting peoples time yet you still post on here...?

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Nope this Bernat Klein designed by Peter Womersly

That looks familiar...didn't it pop up on an episode of Grand Designs a few years ago?

Can't say its my cup of tea. For some reason the outside reminds me of a 40 year old school building.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

My 1970s-built primary school called and it wants its roof back.

Phew, its not just me then.

[gables]

You're worried about wasting peoples time yet you still post on here...?

touché

[gables]

That looks familiar...didn't it pop up on an episode of Grand Designs a few years ago?

Can't say its my cup of tea. For some reason the outside reminds me of a 40 year old school building.

It might have as a reference building, as a few years ago Grand Designs featured the building of house just south of Pathhead, which is this building Grand Designs house in Pathhead on the market for £1m | Daily Mail Online which ironically I'm not that keen on.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

It might have as a reference building

Yes, it wasn't the actual build, it was one of those bits where Kevin goes walking about something similar to the project.

[greenlake]

Anyway, I registered for a viewing and have been contacted to arrange a time, but now I'm getting cold feet\feelings of guilt as I've no intention of buying it as I can't afford it, and hence will take a viewing slot and be wasting their time. Having said that I'd buy it in a heartbeat if I had the £795k.

Something like this may be more in your price range....

[Big Blue Plymouth]

Looks like a 1960s telephone exchange.

Not my cup of tea at all.