A property one: would you describe this house as a “blank canvas”?

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It’s the bathroom that sold it to me.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/139827323#/?channel=RES_BUY

This is a derelict/inhabitable property.

Something that only a builder could possibly take on...

The asking price is a joke.

I'd take it on for 200k less, because tradies are impossible to find at the moment. It's the garden that's sold it to me.

Oh my word.

Bet the neighbours are absolutely desperate for it to get done up.

Bloody hell, London is expensive!

Surely a builder will buy, do it up and sell it on.

Fuck that.

It'll take hundreds of thousands to sort.

Think of the heating bills though! : )

There's one like that near me not for sale, uninhabitable and just sat there. The family cut the grass occasionally.
I can't understand it.

I would describe it as a complete overpriced money pit!! How the hell did it get like that

@TotalOverhaul Yep- I will have the flat thanks!! The obsession with 'houses' is nuts if it's a complete dump

Your comments are hilarious.

The London house needs to be knocked down. I bet there are a few furry friends living underneath the floorboards.

The price of it is crazy, the amount you would need to spend on it, criminal!

Has that garden been tarmacked and then moss grown over the tarmac? There’s surely no way it would be cost effective to take that on.

No a blank canvas...
Someone went to gret lengths to stage this as as a cheap for London property!

Just looking at the bathroom picture made me feel dirty

Reminds me that when I was looking for a shared rental as a student, we saw that you could buy a house for £15k, and clearly that would work out cheaper than rent. Called a mortgage adviser to discuss the possibility, and he (quite kindly) asked how much research I’d done and whether this £15k house was habitable- for example, did it have a bathroom? I very snootily informed him that all houses have bathrooms and if he wasn’t going to take me seriously I’d take my business elsewhere.

Nearly 700k for that?! 😂

More ecologically sustainable blank canvas than a perfect adequate house which people seem to want to replace the kitchens and bathrooms in "because".

I always feel a pang of sadness when I see these kinds of houses. It was obviously a home at one point.

I’m even worse when I see a home offered with no onward chain and then in the corner of the lounge photo there’ll be a walking frame or something.

I quite like the wallpaper!

Please tell me the house in the OP is located in a VERY expensive area of London... 😮

I know it's an expensive area but there are houses nearby in good condition for sale for £75k to £100k more. This should be much cheaper. You do wonder how someone has let such a valuable asset go to waste like this.

I saw a house for sale and noticed cat bowls in the kitchen - aww, they've got cats, thinks cat-lover me. On the photo of the master bedroom I noticed the cat had been sick on the duvet! A real home-from-home for me 😃

I think to highlight the state of the windows. The estate agent doesn’t want anyone viewing just to say there is more work than expected.

I love photo 8, the arty shot showing the rotten window frame. Because that’s sold it to me, of course.

The 'bathroom' gives me horror moves vibes