Just spent nearly a million quid on a new garage for the Maserati and it wouldn't fit..............

[MarkMas]

So which would you have, that for £6,650,000 or this little out of town place for £4,300,000 with plenty left for car shopping?

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PH

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/8261909/

15 years ago, 6 bedrooms in the country. Now, the little town pad.

 

[Phil H]

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/8261909/

15 years ago, 6 bedrooms in the country. Now, the little town pad.

That's the one, and still better vfm than properties in London. If I had that sort of money I would love to go for something like this:

https://www.carterjonas.co.uk/house/for-sale/lacock/btr150022

Yes I know the restoration costs have to be factored in, but what price when it's done?

PH

 

[MarkMas]

That's the one, and still better vfm than properties in London. If I had that sort of money I would love to go for something like this:

https://www.carterjonas.co.uk/house/for-sale/lacock/btr150022

Yes I know the restoration costs have to be factored in, but what price when it's done?

PH

Strangely, I know that little road quite well, as it used to be one of the little dog-legs on my horrible commute between Stroud and Bournemouth 10 years ago.
And Sandy Lane is a weird little place full of Hobbit-houses.

 

[Phil H]

Hobbit houses, but not Hobbit prices. Nice neck of the woods though.

PH

 

[Vampyrebat]

That's the one, and still better vfm than properties in London. If I had that sort of money I would love to go for something like this:

https://www.carterjonas.co.uk/house/for-sale/lacock/btr150022

Yes I know the restoration costs have to be factored in, but what price when it's done?

PH

Wow!!................I'm a sucker for Flemish Gables!!

 

[lifes2short]

That's the one, and still better vfm than properties in London. If I had that sort of money I would love to go for something like this:

https://www.carterjonas.co.uk/house/for-sale/lacock/btr150022

Yes I know the restoration costs have to be factored in, but what price when it's done?

PH

lovely grounds, doesn't look in bad nick, bit of plastering, some nice woodchip paper and artexed ceilings would sort the internals out fairly swiftly

 

[Doctor Houx]

lovely grounds, doesn't look in bad nick, bit of plastering, some nice woodchip paper and artexed ceilings would sort the internals out fairly swiftly

Woidchip and artex? What’s your name? Barratt Holmes?

 

[lifes2short]

Woidchip and artex? What’s your name? Barratt Holmes?

I thought woodchip anaglypta and nicotined artex ceilings were making a come back

 

[Felonious Crud]

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/8261909/

15 years ago, 6 bedrooms in the country. Now, the little town pad.

Virginia Water... I thought it looked Russian.

 

[bigbob]

Virginia Water... I thought it looked Russian.

I used to live down the road (geographically and financially) but came back to clean air and no M25/M3 perpetual noise a decade and a half ago. It has always been very diverse population wise - international schools in area - remember Gen. Pinochet hid there for a while. What surprises me is how much that house costs when it is not overlooking the golf course.

 

[Phil H]

Continuing the comparison just for the h3ll of it, the following two properties are local to me and are/were available with a combined price of £7.1m as opposed to £6.65m for the mews place in London.

The first was offered last year at c£4m, following restoration after a major fire.
https://www.donaldinsallassociates.co.uk/projects/cholderton-house/
https://www.countrylife.co.uk/prope...n-facilities-good-let-olympic-champion-205506

The second is currently on offer at £3.1m
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-77525530.html

Five minutes on property websites make me wonder just what the attraction of London is, but then I'm just a simple country boy.

PH

 

[MarkMas]

Continuing the comparison just for the h3ll of it, the following two properties are local to me and are/were available with a combined price of £7.1m as opposed to £6.65m for the mews place in London.

The first was offered last year at c£4m, following restoration after a major fire.
https://www.donaldinsallassociates.co.uk/projects/cholderton-house/
https://www.countrylife.co.uk/prope...n-facilities-good-let-olympic-champion-205506
.....
PH

Well, my late father-in-law's house in Malvern is for sale for 'offers over £1m' following a major rebuild after a big fire in 2016, if you are interested in that sort of thing. It's actually under offer at the moment, but things are moving a bit slowly.

Before-During-After:



Interiors:



https://www.johngoodwin.co.uk/property?for-sale-id=2390

 

[rivarama]

I have always been amazed about the prices differences when you cross the channel...

That’s what you get in the north of France for £300k... looks like a nice holiday house for the price of a studio flat in London

Maison de maître à vendre à Flavy-le-Martel | 345 000 € | 11 Pièces | 366 m² - Belles Demeures

Découvrez cette maison de maître en vente qui dispose des atouts suivants: Terrasse

www.bellesdemeures.com

And for the price of a 1 bedroom, you can buy yourselves of a Lord estate

Château à vendre à Soissons | 615 000 € | 14 Pièces | 480 m² - Belles Demeures

Découvrez ce Château en vente qui dispose des atouts suivants: Piscine

www.bellesdemeures.com

Château à vendre à Mareuil-sur-Ourcq | 595 000 € | 14 Pièces | 617 m² - Belles Demeures

Découvrez ce Château en vente qui dispose des atouts suivants:

www.bellesdemeures.com

Maison et villa de luxe à vendre à Beauvais | 682 000 € | 12 Pièces | 200 m² - Belles Demeures

Découvrez cette Maison et villa de luxe en vente qui dispose des atouts suivants: Terrasse

www.bellesdemeures.com

 

[Phil H]

Given the examples above, is the London bubble sustainable or will it burst one day?

PH

 

[rivarama]

Given the examples above, is the London bubble sustainable or will it burst one day?

PH

Well, hard to commute from those magnificent properties

 

[philw696]

Well, hard to commute from those magnificent properties

Not if you're someone who can work from home and many have done that over the last two months.

 

[Phil H]

Not if you're someone who can work from home and many have done that over the last two months.

That's what I was thinking. One thing CV has done is to force companies to work differently and in the process re-examine their operating costs. Just as airports are now under threat so, I suspect, will be expensive city centre offices.

Interesting times ahead I think.

PH

 

[Wattie]

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I have always been amazed about the prices differences when you cross the channel...

That’s what you get in the north of France for £300k... looks like a nice holiday house for the price of a studio flat in London

Maison de maître à vendre à Flavy-le-Martel | 345 000 € | 11 Pièces | 366 m² - Belles Demeures

Découvrez cette maison de maître en vente qui dispose des atouts suivants: Terrasse

www.bellesdemeures.com

And for the price of a 1 bedroom, you can buy yourselves of a Lord estate

Château à vendre à Soissons | 615 000 € | 14 Pièces | 480 m² - Belles Demeures

Découvrez ce Château en vente qui dispose des atouts suivants: Piscine

www.bellesdemeures.com

Château à vendre à Mareuil-sur-Ourcq | 595 000 € | 14 Pièces | 617 m² - Belles Demeures

Découvrez ce Château en vente qui dispose des atouts suivants:

www.bellesdemeures.com

Maison et villa de luxe à vendre à Beauvais | 682 000 € | 12 Pièces | 200 m² - Belles Demeures

Découvrez cette Maison et villa de luxe en vente qui dispose des atouts suivants: Terrasse

www.bellesdemeures.com

Ive been researching French property prices and have noticed a serious downturn since Phil moved there.
Purely a coincidence I’m sure.

 

[philw696]

France is certainly exceptional value indeed and something for everyone.
I'm sure I've said many times it's a nice place to live too.
They might not understand your accent though Wattie

 

[Wattie]

France is certainly exceptional value indeed and something for everyone.
I'm sure I've said many times it's a nice place to live too.
They might not understand your accent though Wattie

There’s no “might” about it Phil, my Scottish o grade Frenchie ain’t gonna cut la moustarde.