Reply to: Property of the week

[jamesbrown]

Nice that we have actual facts to prove how knowledgeable CUKs 'experts' are... historical house sale prices.

Here it is on StreetView
Here are past prices on Zoopla

Next door sold for £480k 2 years ago. A couple of doors down the same a year earlier.

Nice that we have people that know the actual area, rather than random internet cretins from oop norf that purport to be "experts".

They won't get £350k for that with a massive pilon in the front garden, FFS; it is borderline unsaleable. Rentable, perhaps. It isn't in an area with a ton of rentals, but there's a hospital not too far away.

[d000hg]

Does next door have a climbing frame in the garden?

That's why it's £130k less presumably. Actually, that was 2 years ago, the estimated price post-Covid is £560k so it's 200k cheaper, about a 40% discount. And next door still has power lines directly overhead and a huge pylon 5m away so yes, the claim £350k is unrealistic seems fastastical - take a look on street-view. And see if next door looks like it's £200k better.

[Paralytic]

Next door sold for £480k 2 years ago. A couple of doors down the same a year earlier.

Does next door have a climbing frame in the garden?

[d000hg]

It would have some rental value, but otherwise, yes. It's laughable that they have a guide of £350k on this. It isn't even a particularly nice area.

Nice that we have actual facts to prove how knowledgeable CUKs 'experts' are... historical house sale prices.

Here it is on StreetView
Here are past prices on Zoopla

Next door sold for £480k 2 years ago. A couple of doors down the same a year earlier.

[jamesbrown]

It's got a value of £0 for me.

Even if they gave it to me for free...I'd never be able to spend 1 night in it.

It would have some rental value, but otherwise, yes. It's laughable that they have a guide of £350k on this. It isn't even a particularly nice area.

[Paddy]

It's got a value of £0 for me.

Even if they gave it to me for free...I'd never be able to spend 1 night in it.

[OwlHoot]

It's got a value of £0 for me.

Even if they gave it to me for free...I'd never be able to spend 1 night in it.

The other snag with a giant pylon is that presumably a lot of birds like to roost on it, so presumably one would have a problem with their droppings

[PCTNN]

Although it doesn't explicitly say so, I expect this is an auction property. Regardless, they won't get £350k for it.

It's got a value of £0 for me.

Even if they gave it to me for free...I'd never be able to spend 1 night in it.

[jamesbrown]

Although it doesn't explicitly say so, I expect this is an auction property. Regardless, they won't get £350k for it.

[xoggoth]

Seriously, I wonder if one could plant a load of ivy round it and let that grow a few feet. As long as it didn't reach the naughty bits at the top, or become too heavy, I'd have thought it would be an excellent refuge for birds and would disguise the full hideousness of having a giant pylon in the front garden. The downside is that eventually it would block a lot of light as the ivy thickened.

There actually are some pylons in my area that are screened all the way up with faux leaves.

PS Or was it a phone mast? Darn it. I'll be awake all night now trying to think where they are.

PPS They are phone masts. Matched this with the grainy little photo from my old phone. One less worry!

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-...-31202367.html

[Gibbon]

Potential for a cannabis farm methinks.

[ladymuck]

Think of listening to this every morning -

No worse than living under the flight path for an airport

[Paralytic]

I'm sensing something awry here - there's no mention in the brochure of whether the property has electricity.

[d000hg]

Seriously, I wonder if one could plant a load of ivy round it and let that grow a few feet. As long as it didn't reach the naughty bits at the top, or become too heavy, I'd have thought it would be an excellent refuge for birds and would disguise the full hideousness of having a giant pylon in the front garden. The downside is that eventually it would block a lot of light as the ivy thickened.

If it's anything like having a pole on your property, your local Grid company will do regular inspections of the cable run and the pylon - they check our private line for tree branches annually - and likely remove anything like that which would prevent them properly inspecting it or potentially causing damage.

[SueEllen]

Seriously, I wonder if one could plant a load of ivy round it and let that grow a few feet. As long as it didn't reach the naughty bits at the top, or become too heavy, I'd have thought it would be an excellent refuge for birds and would disguise the full hideousness of having a giant pylon in the front garden. The downside is that eventually it would block a lot of light as the ivy thickened.

They've changed the design of them to big Ts, so would you get an upgrade at some point and have to hack the ivy off?


https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories...tricity-pylons