What do you think of this house (video enc)

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Hi all
Just wondering what your thoughts are to get some objectivity!
House in a lovely sought after area of Birmingham

Thoughts and honest opinions appreciated

I guess every city has property hotspots @godmum56 but i was surprised! I don't really know Brum at all but suspect that schools might be playing a part as there's two "Kings" schools showing nearby on the map which I know are very desirable.
I don't even agree with the person who said it's got curb appeal, i think the houses either side look scruffy and mismatched.

I wouldn’t buy it. Come over to Coventry and you can get a brand new 5 bed detached on the outskirts for 500k in lovely areas 😉. Much more space and garden too and just generally nicer.

I would want to do a side return kitchen extension in the medium term on that but otherwise I like it. Not sure about whether it's worth the money

sorry to say this to the OP but I agree

Knowing Birmingham very well (lived there 10 years, family still there though I now live elsewhere) I wouldn't pay 500k for that just because its Kings Heath. Would try to get Harborne or Moseley village if I could. Kings Heath is lovely, great community feel but prices really seem to be getting extortionate in Brum now.

Annoyingly prices in those regions have also gone up exponentially:(

Oh I am sure it does seem that select areas in Birmingham are really getting expensive now. I can imagine the local people getting completely priced out.

I love it

Square off the back and make it separate front room (rebuild wall or add glass doors where beam is) then downstairs loo/utility then nice big kitchen diner overlooking garden. Cost about £100k.
No storage in bedrooms so do those - about £3-5k a room if getting bespoke.
Nice house just needs bringing up to date.

Make the living room and dining room separate again?
Just checking what you mean!

I like it. And wouldn't be filling in the side return or else everything has to come through the house - bins, bicycles, garden rubbish. It's a blank canvas, but spacious with a garden that could be lovely with some imaginative garden design.

We just did a side return extension, we didn't go all the way to the boundary - don't think we would have got planning permission but also we didn't want to not have a passageway, it's just narrower than it used to be but still has space to bring bins, bikes etc through

I think that's what we would do classicblunder. Can I ask how much it cost to do the side return extension? Interested in current costs. I think it would make a huge difference to this house

About 80k for the building work itself and then another 20k for things like flooring, lighting, kitchen etc. It makes a huge difference to our house but it was very expensive