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New Omaze London house - original brochure

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DiscoHippo · 20/03/2025 09:14

https://www.circalondon.com/property/2662910/se1/london/take-courage-house-21-park-street

I think I preferred it before Omaze got their hands on it, though it's a stunning building either way.

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NameNumber2 · 20/03/2025 12:02

Thanks for sharing...

NameNumber2 · 20/03/2025 12:06

I love the location

PenneyFouryourthoughts · 20/03/2025 19:20

Have entered. Borough is a great place to live. Can be noisy at times but there's so much to do round there, and the transport links are awesome! I like the decor, and it's such a historic house.

Hhoudini · 21/03/2025 22:32

Looking at this house has made me feel like I need a shower and to escape to the fresh air.

I don’t think I’m a city dweller.

I think I’ll wait for the next one.

EnjoyingTheSilence · 24/03/2025 23:28

I love this new house. Saw it when I was looking at houses last year and loved it then. It must be destiny 🤣🤣🤣

wand3rer · 04/09/2025 14:23

It has just been put back on the market, at full "Omaze price" 😁
www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/71212882/

Ginmonkeyagain · 04/09/2025 14:45

oops - I mean good luck to them but there is a reason why the original owners had to dispose of it via a charity lottery rather than on the open market. Clue - it ain't worth £4.5m

tanstaafl · 04/09/2025 15:54

Just noticed on Pic8 of the estate agents site the red wall ties astride a big vertical run of repointing down the wall.
Dont remember seeing it , at least not that prominently when Omaze were raffling it.

wand3rer · 04/09/2025 16:03

@tanstaafl

Well spotted! Structural issues?

Workisntworking · 04/09/2025 16:08

It's a very expensive area though and has 5 bedrooms.
Worth putting it on too high and seeing what offers are made.

If I'd won I'd be deciding what furniture to keep to put t in my somewhat shabbier decorated home.

Ginmonkeyagain · 04/09/2025 16:11

@tanstaafl I remember it was left in a pretty sad state for a good number of years before begin sold.

HarrietBond · 04/09/2025 16:14

Ginmonkeyagain · 04/09/2025 14:45

oops - I mean good luck to them but there is a reason why the original owners had to dispose of it via a charity lottery rather than on the open market. Clue - it ain't worth £4.5m

Well, it sold last November for 4.6m and it’s had an awful lot of publicity since then so 4.5m already represents a paper loss and it feels like a reasonable starting point.

Ginmonkeyagain · 04/09/2025 16:18

Well before the Omaze draw they tried to sell it for £5m and failed.

HarrietBond · 04/09/2025 16:20

But they sold it for 4.6m. More than its current asking price.

Ginmonkeyagain · 04/09/2025 16:23

Yes but to a company that then uses a lottery to recoup the costs. It wasn't sold on the open market. One presumes they went that way because they couldn't sell for the price the wanted on the open market.

Therefore I am still doubtful it is "worth" £4.5m

HarrietBond · 04/09/2025 16:38

We'll see. 500k is a big drop from 5m, and I'd assume it's their starting price with a view to getting c 4m, which would probably be a fairly reasonable expectation? Why would you start it lower unless you needed to sell it immediately?

sundayfundayclub · 04/09/2025 16:40

Why would you start it lower unless you needed to sell it immediately?

the market is tough & could get tougher. Maybe they just want to cash in now.

HarrietBond · 04/09/2025 16:44

But they get a wodge of cash for running costs so they don't need to offload it on day one. Every penny they get from it is profit so they're laughing whatever it eventually goes for - why not put it back on at what it sold for and let it find its level? Even in a falling market they'll get a decent chunk from it and this way they'll feel they didn't undersell it by mistake.

I'm just thinking as I'd always though if I won an Omaze house I'd just whack it on at half its supposed value and be grateful for 2m or whatever. But then I might wonder if someone might not have paid 2.5m. So this way you know when you actually get an offer that you're getting the most someone was prepared to pay for it, whatever that ends up being.

sundayfundayclub · 04/09/2025 16:47

London property prices are a little shaky though and will likely get a little shakier. Maybe their dream house elsewhere is available and they want to buy it.

sundayfundayclub · 04/09/2025 16:49

I'm talking prime property obviously

Ginmonkeyagain · 04/09/2025 16:51

I think the pool of buyers for this house is limited.

Yes it is lovely but it is behind a noisy pub and jammed between a busy railway line and a council estate. None of those things a deal breakers per se but people with that budget can probably find less problematic properties in the area.

HarrietBond · 04/09/2025 16:52

Well, if it is, they can make that decision if it sits on the market for months. I suspect they are just seeing this as a cash windfall though. The winners lived in a rented place when they won this so I assume anything at all from it will enable them to buy a house, and they'd like as much as they can get.

HarrietBond · 04/09/2025 16:54

It's an unusual house. It'll probably go for less. I'm just saying I can see why they've put it on at this price and I suspect they'll be happy with what they do get for it without worrying too much about market tactics.

sundayfundayclub · 04/09/2025 17:52

I agree they are probably aiming for 4m

sundayfundayclub · 04/09/2025 17:53

And presumably they had advice from the estate agents

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