The estate agents describe this house as requiring "a full programme of modernisation and refurbishment" with "mature gardens" which seems, to me, somewhat euphemistic.

"First Floor Landing With original decorative stained glass leaded window to the side elevation" Arguably true -- very little left of the wooden frame but the glass and lead are original.


Streetview:

http://i42.tinypic.com/kx0kp.jpg


It went on at £185K. A month later it dropped to £175K. Zoopla lists similar nearby properties as worth £190K.



Outside front through arboretum:

http://i40.tinypic.com/296ontc.jpg


Couldn't get a panoramic view of the back because of the brambles and remains of burnt mattresses but here it is in pieces:


Back right:

http://i43.tinypic.com/11txueh.jpg


Back left downstairs:

http://i39.tinypic.com/21bpqtd.jpg


Back left upstairs:

http://i43.tinypic.com/9howmb.jpg


Side:

http://i41.tinypic.com/2z6se44.jpg


There are gaping holes in the floors where the boards and joists have disintegrated through rot and woodworm.

What remains of the kitchen is subsiding into the floor.

The bathroom looks like something out of Trainspotting (or possibly "movie-style bathroom" in estate agent lingo).

The original 1930s plaster seems to be adhering to the wall through the power of prayer --- apart from where a partial re-wire has seen the chases filled (very roughly) with mortar.


Even allowing for offers, does that price not seem hopelessly optimistic?

Wouldn't you struggle to insure something with trees taller than the house just yards away? What would you do with those trees - leave the stumps or try and dig them out?

I ask only out of curiosity.