The 10 worst property investments ever

[TimberWolf]

Especially since the recent architectural trend has been to use natural wood as a facing material - looks all nice and jolly in year 1, but by year 10 that'll look like an old hobo's shack.

Hoboshackist!

[BoredBloke]

Especially since the recent architectural trend has been to use natural wood as a facing material - looks all nice and jolly in year 1, but by year 10 that'll look like an old hobo's shack.

There are some flats that have been done up like that in Collyhurst in Manchester. They look bloody awfull - only slightly better than the council flats they used to be. My grandma used to live in one of them and they were sh1t

[LittlestHobbo]

There's some half built houses in Port Talbot.

Why anyone would buy any sort of house in Port Talbot is beyond my comprehension.

I love driving through Port Talbot..although why anyone would live there is beyond me...

[TheBigYinJames]

They like the illusion that they're living in Blade Runner...
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclop...bot-Steelworks

Well Androids dream of Electric Sheep, after all. That probably gets most Port Talbotians hot under the collar.

[Bob Dalek]

Fell foul of the Jólnir Beach Property scam in the 60s- it looked so credible, too.

[Bob Dalek]

Can't wait to see your avatar, Bob...

Yours is ... er ... quite lovely!