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I've seen it all now! (Rightmove link)

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JohnnyKarate · 13/07/2018 13:25

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-74246342.html

Anybody in the market for a lovely 2 bed near Cambridge?

Absolute bargain at only £295,000!

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rocketpocket · 14/07/2018 12:43

I sit here in one of the four (double) bedrooms of my detached house (with garden and garage) that is worth just about the same as that garage and is, interestingly, just down the road from klutzy and I am baffled. Why is it so expensive?!

rocketpocket · 14/07/2018 12:45

Perhaps the drive way still belongs to the house and they have to get in around the back somehow? Trying to figure out how getting rid of your garage and parking area would be in any way a good idea...

Nuttyella7 · 15/07/2018 13:47

I have seen several properties in my home town where they have converted the garage into a 2 storey one bed house and registered it as an independent property and sold it on although a few have just rented it out. With the living expenses increasing year by year, I say fair play to anyone who has the means and the potential to create this. Someone may buy it for the rental income it could create. I'm sure whoever does buy it will NOT be desperate or limited in variety of options on the market!

HerbNotErb · 16/07/2018 06:18

Bungalow = potential elderly purchaser
Might struggle with wheelchair/walking stick access (it could be the passageway is not as narrow as it looks)
If someone is willing to pay then the price is right

FabulousSophie · 16/07/2018 09:25

I think the sellers converted the garage to granny annex, but granny has since died, and they now want to make some money by selling off the annex as a bungalow. In truth, it will always just be an annex to the main house. If/when they come to sell the main house, presumably it will be worth less because it does not have a garage.

Snog · 16/07/2018 09:47

I live in Cambridge and I don't find it even remotely surprising, surely would be fine as a buy to let or for a first purchase?

Reallylosingitthistime · 16/07/2018 09:53

A 2 bed flat costs more where I live and I am not London but am S East

Bluntness100 · 16/07/2018 14:13

I also think this was a granny annexe, and is no longer needed, so they are trying to sell it. I genuinely can't think anyone would look at their garage and think fuck me thst would make a great little house, let's convert and sell it.

Bluntness100 · 16/07/2018 14:16

I'd also agree that having no garage and a random living in your
garage bungalow is going to reduce quite substantially the value of the main property.

Ideally I suspect it needs to be sold as one, for someone who wants a home with an annex, plenty do.

fleshmarketclose · 16/07/2018 14:34

Well at least there is a patio of sorts so you can put a table out there because I can't for the life of me think where one would go otherwise.

glintandglide · 16/07/2018 14:37

Cambridge has got a lot more expensive in recent years but it’s nothing like that expensive. You could buy plenty with £300k

QuiteUnfitBit · 16/07/2018 16:22

If you get planning permission for a granny annex, though, can you later sell it off? I assumed it'd have to remain with the house.

wowfudge · 16/07/2018 16:46

I think you'd have to get pp for a separate dwelling and it could come under change of use. You'd need separate utility supplies, etc too.

JuliaJaynes9 · 16/07/2018 16:55

I wonder how long it will take to sell, and how much for

Bluntness100 · 16/07/2018 17:24

Yeah, I'm curious. It would clearly need to be marketed and sold for much less than similar properties on their own plot, so I'm confused why it's on for more.

The point is no one wants to live in your granny annexe other than your own actual granny. People won't pay over and above for the privalege. It's all a little odd and quite curious.

FlowersAndHerts · 08/09/2018 08:34

Just noticed this was reduced a couple of weeks ago, and has a new first photo... but it's still £275k!

CambridgeLightBlue · 08/09/2018 09:01

I live in Milton and have walked past this garage. Just to answer a few points raised, it wasn't used as a granny flat for someone who then died. It was only converted a few months ago. I used to walk past it assuming it was going to be may be a games room for kids or something. Milton is a great village to live in, good community, great amenities and very close to Cambridge and the science park so prices are pretty high but this is crazy. There was quite a bit of discussion about it on the local Facebook page when it first went on the market, as you could imagine. Baffling that it wasn't snapped up instantly

wowfudge · 08/09/2018 09:35

They have planning permission - I looked when this thread first appeared - and they aren't the only people on this estate to have converted a garage into a separate dwelling. Iirc, this one was one where the owner stated it was being used an annexe and had been converted from a garage when they bought the house.

CambridgeLightBlue · 08/09/2018 09:45

They're probably the only ones to charge quite so much though! And it looked to me each time I walked past that they were knocking down the whole thing and building new. Not really much of a conversion.

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