Can I ask your opinion on this house?

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https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/150313073#/?channel=RESBUY

Dh and I have viewed this house. We decided it’s got gorgeous bones but probably a bit too much work needed. I wouldn’t normally mind the work but it is at the VERY top of our budget if not a little over. Just buying the property would leave us flat broke. It would be stunningly beautiful with a bit of work done to it. I’m not sold on the layout either so we aren’t talking just a lick of paint.

Dh and I have had a difficult few years. I just don’t know if it’s worth living with the stress of a house needing work.

An annexe is something that dh and I have on our dream house list as in an ideal world my mum would move in with us (but not for 5 or so years).

i just can’t get it out of my head. Wdyt?

I love it but…. The grade 2 listing would absolutely put me off as alterations will be restrictive and probably cost twice as much as in a more modern house.
i think it’s beautiful.

It needs a HUGE amount of work. Bedroom 4 is tiny.

I wouldn’t even look at anything grade 2 listed , too much faff .

As well as everything else, the cost of running the place in terms of heating is likely to be terrifying, plus keeping on top of the garden is going to be very time consuming or expensive to pay a gardener if you can't/don't want to do it yourself.

I love it and live very nearby -it's a nice place. The work wouldn't put me off BUT it would if I didn't have the funds to do it. Grade 2, from experience, it's a massive PITA. It's going to be expensive to run, council tax and maintain. Keep an eye on it and see if the price drops.

Well I certainly wouldn't pay a million for it! If you could get it for a really cheeky offer then maybe

Just buy a nice house. This is an absolute money pit.

It is a beautiful house with great potential but as everyone has said it is a money pit and the listing is a PITA.

We found the council very difficult to deal with when renovating a listed building. Everything tiny thing had to be approved and signed off before work could start and the conservation people were extremely unhelpful. They were delighted to tell us what we couldn't do, but wouldn't advise on what we could do. So for example, they wouldn't let us remove ceiling coving to fit fireproof boarding underneath, but they wouldn't let us cover the coving with the fireproof boarding either. Building Regulations required the boarding to be fitted. So we asked them what they would like us to do given we weren't allowed to fit the boarding under or over the coving. Their response 'Oh we can't tell you that...''!!!??? Utterly bonkers. That took about 12 months to sort out and required us to go digging around researching council renovated listed buildings where they had themselves covered the coving to adhere to Fire Regs.

Avoid unless you have a significant renovation fund and plenty of time.

It's beautiful but if I was spending just over a million pounds, I'd expect it not needing any work doing! Next!

Just noticed it's a link detached. £1m.??? Wouldn't touch it with a bargepole for this reason alone. Linked to what.

No one is making a judgment on the structural integrity of the property. It means the period style of the home is attentive and it has been well designed in terms of space and things like ceiling heights.

This is a weird hill to die on and all you’re doing is coming across stupid by making these nonsense claims. Accept you were wrong and move on.

I would view it and if you still love it, make a cheeky offer.

Grade 2 listed is a pain but doesn't stop you doing basics like decorating. It will cost loads to do and to heat and insure but if you're prepared to take years doing it it could be a lovely house. I think it's still on the market because of that and also, they haven't de cluttered at all, ewww at the cloths hanging over the bidet! And the dusty fake flowers in the bathroom!

FWIW we bought something similar (but cheaper) many years ago and it had been on for a while for similar reasons. We've done it up over many years and many £££ (over £200k) and now it's beautiful.

Was flooding the reason it was newly renovated when you bought it? It's very encouraging when houses have very old fittings. It means the house hasn't been affected by any acts of God.

If you look at the aerial view, the long "out building" part of the house is attached to the house next door. So minimal really.

I’m not sold on the layout either so we aren’t talking just a lick of paint.

This might be much more complicated and time consuming because of the listing.

Also, the stairs up to the annex look steep & not suitable for an elderly parent.

Indeed! Merely the cost of new windows would be eye-watering, let alone everything else that needed doing.

Thanks. I couldn't see what building it was attached to.

I would only spend the top end of my budget or a bit over on a close-to-perfect house. If it needs work but you'll be flat out broke, it's a no! Also, if you don't love the lay out, then why are you even considering the house if you don't have money to change it? The layout of the house is so crucial to how the house works for you and your family, it isn't a "don't like the colour of the walls" kind of details, I'm afraid.

I think realistically it would be more than what people are estimating. Even if you do everything yourself 150k would be tight. If you expect to use trades then I would think 200-250k. I love old houses and don't mind a project but this looks like it could come in similar to actually building a new house!

I think it’s a great looking house. Can’t say anything about the area. But as someone who lives in an old house, there’s nothing there I couldn’t live with for a few years. We bought a house that needed updating. We will do it eventually when the kids are a bit older (once we get out of the accidentally drawing on walls or spilling a drink phase of life), but we’ve lived in it 3 years and it’s been fine. The house and gardens bring me a lot of joy and we’ll get to the work eventually.

Laughably overpriced, and especially considering it needs loads doing to it. And it's not even properly detached!

Not for me!

Needs a lot of work for the money. Also very odd shaped toilet in photo 21, looks like it is sideways.

It’s a beautiful house, I grew up in a beautiful house thats was grade 2 listed. It was a nightmare for my parents.

Never choose to be flat out broke, things happen and then it’s a major problem.

It's been on for ages,there's a good reason why, it's over priced. You could go in with a rock bottom price and see if they accept,I doubt they will but you never know.

OP lovely looking house - i agree with others that you would easily need £200k plus but it will be stunning one day!