1880's cottage Clifton in Bristol, horrific interior, would you bid on it?

[WonkyStripes]

Outside is so cute and I love the area!

How much do you reckon to fix it up?

Would you get involved with it?

@MeringueCloud

It's a bit dated.

And this is why I read Mumsnet.

I'm not keen on any of the curtains. I mean brown! Seriously so last decade/century

love it's (outside) character. a lot of work needed. hope someone takes it on and makes it beautiful again.

That's really not Clifton. It's a good 15 minutes walk from Clifton.

I don't think it's worth anywhere near the guide price. I suspect that the amount that needs spending on it will not be recouped when it is resold. Its best destiny is to be a labour of love for an experienced and skilled developer who will enjoy the challenge will then want to keep it themselves. With that location, being a little live-work unit for an architect, with an office/workspace downstairs and a tiny studio flat upstairs would be ideal. Their "real" home would be elsewhere.

I knew from the title which house you were going to link to!! I saw it on Rightmove and it gives me the creeps. Obviously been occupied by squatters or addicts 😢

One for the professionals only but someone will buy it. For those saying this will go for £10k, you don't know the crazy Bristol property market!

It will sale.
DH renovates so I have lived through enough of my own homes being in this state plus others which he has done, its hard to price as its the 'unseen' that pushes the cost up.
I agree with it being noisy and a bit gloomy, I used to live near there and as pretty as it is for me it always feels almost like twilight there (not the movie).

Here is the layout of the accommodation next door (number 75B): www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=31593559&sale=31557963&country=england

You need to make sure it’s not either in a conservation area, or a listed building as permission, certainly if the latter, will be required for everything you do inside

Is the matress included?

Is the matress included?

At least they'd have no trouble removing it ... it'd walk out on its own

Oh God that would be soooo satisfying to get stuck in then see the finished article. But only if I had a Euromillions style budget!

It's the sort of place you would leave in your will to someone you hate.

I think even squatters would turn them nose up at it.

You could turn the power back on and hope it catches fire. Needs a complete rebuild, and it wouldn't be worth it.

If you have somewhere else to live, and a budget that will cover professional builders, then yes, absolutely. It could be (if you squint) gorgeous.

if you plan to live in it while doing it up yourself - no.

Just thinking how would you get the builders in and out, there seems to be no chance at all from the rear so everything would have to go through the front door. How do you even have a skip safely?!

@WonkyStripes I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. Utter dump, and a total wreck, on a main B-road with an ugly 10 ft high wall opposite, no decent view, it's mid terraced, there's no parking, and it's not even in a nice area.

It has been treated like shit, and probably has a bunch of hidden horrors lurking beneath! Including subsidence, rising damp, and rot.

Quarter million for that money pit? Has to be a wind-up surely?!

How do places get in such a state? That looks more than neglect - was there vandalism too? Great location though!

No, it has zero appeal to me. It's on a busy road, with no front garden, no parking, no side access and very little back garden - all this would make it a nightmare for having tradesmen on site and for receiving/storing building materials. I can't see any appeal, either as an investment (very risky) or as a home. I think they might struggle to get the asking price.

Once renovated the house would have letting potential, but getting it to that point would be very expensive. Savvy developers would look elsewhere unless they can buy it dirt cheap.

@Orangesarenottheonlyfruit

Intriguing! I know that area very well, it's opposite QEH isn't it? Road is pretty busy but a great area with the park nearby and harbour side staggering distance. Also some very nice local pubs nearby, so got a good community feel. Houses in Bellevue (behind) regularly go for a million plus so i would price that house when done at around the 500-600k. If you could buy it and get it done for under that you're home free. I would be up for the challenge but would probably only pay around 150 -200k for it.

The houses on Bellevue are 4 times the size though, with big gardens and on-street parking. Plus it's a very quiet residential road with a park opposite. I wouldn't swap one there for ten of these, even done up.

So the next door house is a student house?

@Handsoffisback

It will make a savvy developer a very good profit defenbaker.

Not really, I think - which is exactly why it's going to auction. It will go for over 250, maybe nearer 300 - and it's going to cost a fair bit to renovate, especially adding on the inconvenient position for parking/loading for trade vans (not as minor a point as it might seem).

Say you spend 350 on the whole thing - and that would be pretty lucky...

There's an absolutely lovely cottage a stone's throw away, similar size, also has a garden, but in an absolutely cute little hidden terrace instead of on an absolute nightmare of a dual carriageway.

This sold for £380 in 2019 (and prices round about have fallen since, apparently).

themovemarket.com/tools/propertyprices/7-gorse-lane-bristol-city-of-bristol-bs8-1dh

There's no killing to be made on this one I think.

@Handsoffisback totally agree. Prices are bonkers and property is still flying. There’s a huge shortage of small houses in the area and while there are more than enough issues to put me off I’m sure a canny developer will make a tidy sum.

Handsoff, Onekid - could be right! Who knows. One thing I guess is that it's pretty unmortgageable so the developers will indeed have the best shot at getting it for probably lower than an auction would otherwise take it to.

But, but... we live in an expensive area. And I've seen a few of these - places snapped up because they're a. small, hence just a bit cheaper and b. need renovation hence technically MUCH cheaper. And then - once they're all shiny and perfect and have had £££ spent on them which needs to be recouped - they sit on the market. Because they are still small, without parking, etc., and the price isn't cheaper any more.

Needless to say though this applies most of all to those developers/playing at property folk who are stupid enough to skimp on cheap laminate and think a super mod grey kitchen in a tiny cute cottage is a good thing!

*Also note the helpful bonus Sold with vacant possession.

You don't say.*

maybe that's the estate agent's attempt to be reassuring on magic's point about the ghost...