To not view this house

[Elaine222]

Name changed as I've spoken about this a lot in real life so don't want other posts linked.

DH wants to view this property. It is in the area we want and he loves it from the outside. I hate how it is set up, think it's really over priced and can't imagine how we would use the space.

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/150168083#/?channel=RES_BUY

Currently we are in a smaller property and I think we'd need to spend a lot to "fill" this house. I worry our current sofas etc. wouldn't fit. Looks like the family there now had the same issue. Lots of badly matched furniture round the sides of the rooms has honestly put me off.

There are 4 of us so the bedrooms would be good. The living areas, dining rooms etc. looks like too much dead space. Not a cosy feel at all has made me unable to see what I could do.
He is keen to go and view but I don't think that would help me get a view of what it could be, just more what it is.

Gut feeling is a no. Possible too much money considering I'd want to re do all the windows, the bathroom etc. But interested on opinions and what ideas for making this a home, other people have please.

What about the land OP, would you use it. Does DH want that land?
Crowland could be a dismal place in January and February (fill dyke)!
I know parts to the East better, but it is top of the pricing.

That's a lot of house for the money. Similar would be millions here. Nothing would need urgently doing and it looks well cared for even if it's not to your taste. I'd buy it for the garden.

They have clearly used the space to accolade a disabled child and the equipment and space needed for having a disabled child. When you’re in this position unfortunately style comes second place over practicality. Htp

@KreedKafer Edited to add that we nearly didn’t view our house when it was on the market because it looked a bit odd in the estate agent pictures. We only went out of desperation. But we ended up putting in an offer as soon as we’d seen it!

We rejected our house the first time we got the listing for it (in the old days when listings were printed & mailed out) because it's in an odd position & has an odd internal layout, so the single photo & the description didn't make much sense.

Only when the agent sent the details again did we decide to view it, & we bought it on the spot & are still here!

Go & take a look, OP, then you & your DH will know where you stand on it.

Sorry, meant to clear that quote.

It’s a perfectly normal house, nice lay out and the rooms aren’t massive they’re a nice size. I think you’d be silly to be put off by the furniture

This is an attempt to make a poster feel bad about a perfectly acceptable comment. From the adaptations we can see, clearly the hoist equipment has been installed to accommodate a disabled child. And the space available would accommodate a wheelchair very easily. But being able to afford a house of this size with expensive none-standard adaptations to accommodate the child is a world away from living in a two bedroom semi and relying on a disabled facilities grant to get what you need.

These things are very personal, but I think the person who pointed out that it's probably been laid out for a wheelchair user - lots of empty space - got it right.

It could be amazing and without spending much. Placing furniture in groups, creating areas - I'd love to use that space in a different way.

Going to look does no harm. You don't have to say yes if you still don't like it.

Well it wasn't clear, because flicking through the photos I didn't see the chair or the hoist because I didn't study each photo. Nothing else about it was clear. I've had a disabled child I'm well aware that style comes last. No idea what htp means sorry.

You're worried that your potential house could be too spacious?

Those pictures have been skewed.

However, if it turns out that the rooms do indeed have a lot of floor space and it's not just photo-tweaking, I could not live there; the proportions are all wrong, as the ceiling height is not in balance with the floor area. It would feel like living in a cereal box, that has been tipped onto its side. I can see from the outside photo that the house looks rather squat.

Thanks, glad you agree it was uncalled for.

If the rooms really are that big - maybe the sofas in the lounge dont need to be right up against the walls but could be moved into the room more - with bookcases/slim tables against the walls?

God knows what possessed someone to choose that hideous colour for the kitchen.Is it ‘puce’? Apart from that when placing furniture in a big living room, I think you need to bring it away from the walls and create a room/ rooms within a room if you know what I mean? Maybe get some help from an interior designer?
Although ultimately if you’re not feeling it, it’s not the house for you. Maybe wouldn’t hurt to view it though to be sure.

Id go and have a look anyway.
And in the event you do buy it.......... change the kitchen cabinets!

If view it. I think YABU to not even view it. We viewed properties I liked and ones my husband liked. It was really good to do as we saw a bit more of a range of properties than if we’d just seen the ones I liked.I’d also add the one we bought was one that both my husband and I were a bit “meh” about but thought we’d view it just in case.

The house has lots of potentials but needs redecorate. The kitchen is awful so a brand new kitchen will be required otherwise it is a nice house.

Real estate agent has used a wide angle lense etc to make it look more spacious than it is

yes, because they are used to assist human people, they are massively over engineered, like lifts are. Its not just undoing a few screws or bolts and plastering over the holes.

or paint them or just change the doors

@SadieDadie @Rosscameasdoody it really wasn’t an attempt to make you feel bad, it’s just a sore point for me. I’m fortunate enough to have a large house, can I put my furniture where I’d like? No, I can’t because my daughters wheelchair wouldn’t be able to fit into the room or be next to us as we relax. Someone’s style/furnishings not being to your taste fine, but when your trying to fit a wheelchair with a huge base, possible lugging oxygen equipment around and a suction machine in tow, unfortunately, furniture placements become limited. Also that house is roomy, but no where near as large as it looks as pictures are taken with a wide lense and stretched.

No need to be snarky though, like I said I had a disabled child myself, and an oxygen dependant parent. Doesn't mean I'm not allowed to say they haven't used the space to the best of its ability. Having a disability has absolutely nothing to do with that. It's not relevant to this conversation. You'd fit 20 wheelchairs in the space they've left.

Gosh all the people saying wow it's cheap compared to London and oooh houses are cheap in Peterborough!

It's not in P/boro - that's the nearest city but it's in Crowland which is in the middle of nowhere if you can't drive as there is no public transport. It's a large village yes in a grammar school area ugh.

It's not in London. It's not in a northern city. If that house were in my street in a suburb of a midlands city, it would be worth 800k. If it were in the south east it would be worth who knows what. That's why location is key.

However - it's the area the OP wants to live in, for good reasons I am sure. So as such it's worth a look, for sure.

It's so hard to tell from an online listing, you need to view. We've been in our house over19 years and would never have viewed from EA details ( they were paper then!). It was Dh that convinced me.

It’s on a bus route.

It might not be to taste, but it's functional.

We still have the kitchen from when we bought. We used every spare penny we had to get our deposit together and pay the fees. I can't wait til I can put my own in, but til then, the kitchen works.