Take a look at this amazing house in York. Just needs some love (and £600,000+ to spend)

[NorthernLebkuchen]

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I love this house. Look at the Edwardian beauty that's just trying to get out and the garden......just yummy! You could add a lot of value too.

Watch out for the snake though....

I think I'd block up the bar going in to the drawing room and then have another door put in from there in to the hall so you could have a study or cloakroom if it's too wee for a study. Convert outbuildings to home office and guest cottage. I'm exercised over where the futility room would go and what to do about upstairs......do you think you could extend bedroom 3 back on that rear landing and in to rear bathroom and then steal some space from the front bedroom 3 to make an en suite for bedroom 1? Presumably there's some sort of attic space too......

I could live with a lot of that whilst I saved.
I think I'd be very happy to be able to say I own a bridge!
Plus, I love York.

You could do it a bit at a time couldn't you. Also dd3 is now big enough for the water to not be a hideous hazard. I can dream..........

It's called 'Woodlands'.

I like this bit:
'The waterways are home to geese, ducks, swans, kingfishers and moorhens.' I'd love that on my doorstep.

Absolutely stunningly beautiful.

I live in York. I want it.

Just another £574,450 needed!

That fucking snake!!!! Is all I can see!!!!

Madrat you can't have it. I'm having it. I SO want a house with a kingfisher in the garden........

It might take me a few decades to save up Northern so I'll let you have dibs.

starts counting small change

Oops unintended bold writing there!

It's beautiful, but wouldn't you worry about flooding?

Not sure I love the idea of a river meandering through my garden, tbh!

I'm not sure that's a very floody area but I see what you mean. We already have our own swamp in the back garden if it rains much. DH wanted to get chickens but (neighbours aside) the main reason not to is that they can't swim!

Sorry I don't see it. Not that appealing to me.

Looks lovely. Could be amazing.

I used to have a river at the bottom of my garden and we had a kingfisher. Was amazing!

What sort of houses do you like cece?

This one is OK

This is gorgeous

This one has potential

Light and airy

I can't find exactly what I like though - something modern, light and airy. I am not that keen on Victorian/Edwardian houses for myself - although I can see why people like them. I lived in one once and it was cold and draughty and not that comfortable.

I currently live in a 1950s house and love it. Big windows and room size good and square. No alcoves as chimney is on the outside wall.

That house should be ok despite the river. It was built before the York flood defences, when the Foss flooded regularly and it does look like it's built quite high. That combined with the defences which prevent the Ouse from backing up the Foss should mean it's ok. Not sure the insurers would agree though.........

I love Edwardian houses