Seriously. Mind I said initially I would offer £76K? I must have been mental.
They have lowered the ceiling in the bathroom, which if you peel back the plastic fence skylight riddled with damp, all the roof strappings broken. This might not mean theres a problem with the roof right enough, it could mean its just been broken from the inside. It does mean that we would have to either fix this strapping removing the dropped ceiling. Leaving a big high bathroom. This is not so bad
There were were cockroaches. Dead ones.
Its nicotine stained
The garden needs skipped.
Upstairs smells of wee.
They have wallpapered the ceiling, I think this is to hide cracks in the plaster.
Light fittings are taped to the ceiling with black tape
Looking at the toilet walls are like being on acid,"Tiled" bathroom. Aye its tiled but no two are on the same level.
Its a green bathroom suite, and the toilet bowls cracked, and been plastered. Lovely.
The kitchen tiles are falling off. The kitchen needs skipped.
Theres wires hanging out walls and built in kitchen cabinets upstairs instead of built in wardrobes.
But the piece de resistance. They have built a "conservatory". On plywood and bricks. Its a green house that comes up half way on the living room windows, and cuts off half the light. You step into it via a sliding door held on by a nail and the whole thing moves. It wobbles. Because its on plywood and bricks. Not a lot of bricks. I think about 4 in total. I doubt this has been approved with planning permission.
Its immense. I am hoping though still to get a survey done, as I think it does have potential, but its a room at a time job. If the survey comes back clear I'll hedge an offer in for £65K. I am quietly optimistic about this as everyone else that came in got as far as the kitchen and walked out again.
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Go for £76.
It sounds like a place that will allow you and Paul to put your own stamp on the place.
I would also make sure that the surveyor went over the palce with a fine tooth comb.
It might also be worthwhile getting an exterminator in for a look. Cockroches are notoriously hard to get rid of.
Frances
I'm loathe to go even £69 actually given the state of the place.
I need to apply for planning permission for all this:
to demolish the "conservatory" and "lean to" out the back, even though they blatantly have no planning permission.
I then need to brick up the old back door and install new door where back living room window is.
After that I need to knock through the kitchen and bathroom together creating a larger bathroom, remove the false ceiling, plaster board the strapping at the roof, plaster and paint.
and the kitchen will move to the back of the living room and we will use approx 12 ft of the living room length to create kitchen with open plan aspects.
Add to that the cost of the kitchen fittings, new windows, carpets, skip hire, tree surgeon, electrician, plumber, builder carpets, and general redecorating? I dont think its worth "wasting" £76K to ensure we get it to work with.
I have kicked estate agents arse today re misleading schedule, and asked for planing permission/letters of comfort for the "lean to" and "conservatory" before we go any further, never mind sinking £300 into a survey. Not pleased.
I'm not impressed with the place and as such am considering not taking it any further.
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