Reply to: House price excitement!

[DealorNoDeal]

Ouch! That's a bedsit really. I always look at the floor plans as you can see what tricks they've pulled to claim additional rooms. I suspect at 400 sq ft and "one bed" that means the kitchen is literally in the living room.

The "best" kitchen I saw was the entrance corridor that runs front to back being used as the kitchen so it looks like they converted a room that probably was a kitchen into being a bedroom to say it was a two-bed property!

Yep, looks like we'd need to up the budget by £200k to get a half decent 1-bed. Bonkers.

[SimonMac]

So buy a nice house in southern France or Spain for price of your deposit - WFH and fly into London twice a month for clients and cocktails With friends




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Or move to Yorkshire and have a house here and in Spain

Just a shame I can't fly out there at the moment

[ladymuck]

I looked at a handful, and they were all around 400, which must be pokey because that's not much bigger than our lounge.

Ouch! That's a bedsit really. I always look at the floor plans as you can see what tricks they've pulled to claim additional rooms. I suspect at 400 sq ft and "one bed" that means the kitchen is literally in the living room.

The "best" kitchen I saw was the entrance corridor that runs front to back being used as the kitchen so it looks like they converted a room that probably was a kitchen into being a bedroom to say it was a two-bed property!

[DealorNoDeal]

What sq ft is that? No more than 600 I bet.

I looked at a handful, and they were all around 400, which must be pokey because that's not much bigger than our lounge.

[ladymuck]

Looks like we could just about be mortgage free in a 1-bed. Not sure where the 2 horses will go though.

What sq ft is that? No more than 600 I bet.

[DealorNoDeal]

That area is W8 up to roughly half way between Marloes Road and Gloucester Road at which point it becomes SW7. That isn't a straight line though, sadly, it's a bit wiggly.

The easiest way is to draw a custom search area on Zoopla.

Looks like we could just about be mortgage free in a 1-bed. Not sure where the 2 horses will go though.

[ladymuck]

Do you know the postcode prefix? I'm curious to see what we could swap our house for.

That area is W8 up to roughly half way between Marloes Road and Gloucester Road at which point it becomes SW7. That isn't a straight line though, sadly, it's a bit wiggly.

The easiest way is to draw a custom search area on Zoopla.

[Gibbon]

Well that was a very entertaining irony fail.

Loving those that believed me when I said "It's in the best part of town. All the top shops are nearby."

I would never share a link to a property I was seriously going to go for.

I should have shared this one instead - even more of a bargain...

Clem Attlee Court, Fulham 3 bed flat for sale - GBP475,000

Actually my only concern was whether your bush trimming skills would get you through that garden!

[DealorNoDeal]

Holland Park is nicer or my favourite stomping ground is the area bounded by Kensington High Street to the north, Earl's Court Road to the west, Gloucester Road (or Marlows Road if I was really going to narrow it down more) to the east, and Cromwell Road (aka the A4) to the South. Lots of very nice cupboards to be had for the price of a couple of kidneys and a pancreas.

Do you know the postcode prefix? I'm curious to see what we could swap our house for.

[ladymuck]

Well that was a very entertaining irony fail.

Loving those that believed me when I said "It's in the best part of town. All the top shops are nearby."

I would never share a link to a property I was seriously going to go for.

I should have shared this one instead - even more of a bargain...

Clem Attlee Court, Fulham 3 bed flat for sale - GBP475,000

[mjcp]

That area is horrible and full of crime. (I used to live nearby).

Cause = effect ?

[Paralytic]

Jesus christ, £550k for a 2-bed flat to live like that.

I'd rather be in a bedsit in a nicer area.

Exactly what I was thinking when reading this thread. I love my visits to London for work, but talk of such accommodations as being a bargain and cheap reconfirms that there are issues with the housing in this country (or perhaps the simply south-east leaning of this country in general)

Whilst it would hurt some, if Coronavirus allows more people to work outside of London in future, resulting in house price balancing , I can only see that as a good thing long term.

[helen7]

87 years



And have someone steal my steal?

2 bedroom apartment for sale in London | asking price GBP550,000

It's in the best part of town. All the top shops are nearby.

An ex council flat in quite possibly the scummiest part of Fulham.

That area is horrible and full of crime. (I used to live nearby).

[AtW]

I think Court is over egging it a bit. Yes it's a bit salty but is most likely to be safer than you'd imagine. The last place I owned was on an ex-council estate that everyone said was well rough, and it it was priced accordingly. It was nothing of the sort. Some places truly are awful but most estates aren't as bad as they may seem.

I did have a brief walk through that estate the other day and looking at the cars people are willing to leave on the street does tell you a lot. Maybe it is all drug money and the gangs keep them safe but there were few beaten up heaps of crap and instead mostly higher end modern family cars. I never expected it be like my street which has a Ferrari and a Maserati on it all day, every day. My 350z will be just fine.

Granted, North End Road is grim

Stolen?

[AtW]

That estate is more than rough. Its been rougher than the prossie Wayne Rooney shagged since about 1970! Its ok I suppose if you like copious amounts of certain things in white that require a £20 note and a debit card to consume but after that is a s**thole! Home contents insurance quotes should be interesting. Oh and if you drive a nice car. Trade it in for a s**theap. The heap will be less likely to get nicked. I reckon you will be burgled at least once in your first year!

And its North End Road!

And they want 550 grand for that?

FFS, 50K too much