What is wrong with this house?

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Saw this house on Facebook last night.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/160791941#/?channel=RES_BUY

Sent it jokingly to DS as it’s not far (15 mins walk) to our team’s football ground and that was highlighted as its selling point. Then I looked through the pics and realised it’s a hell of a house.

Now the area it borders is not great but it’s not awful and a good mile from the really rough parts of town. It’s well away from the ground with most fans staying well away from the house taking different routes back into the centre. It looks out onto the park so it has a lovely outlook and the road in front is not a through road so doesn’t get loads of traffic. It’s also about a mile from the uni, where there are a few purpose built student accommodation places.

The more I thought about it, the more I was curious about the price because the house is in apparently good condition, even if not all of it is all to my taste. You could easily move straight in.

So I looked back at Zoopla price history and discovered it was listed 3 years ago, for £800K! Then it was listed last December for £650K, then listed again in June for £590K. There’s been 4 reductions of price since then, the latest just last week. It’s not sold any of those times, it was last bought in 2006.

Now I completely get that the area is not completely salubrious, and that interest rates have affected house prices but a 50% reduction in 3 years seems excessive. As it stands now, the owners are selling it for £50K less than they bought it for 20 years ago so they wouldn’t get back what they have clearly put into it.

I can only think that there is something structurally wrong or there is a legal problem of some sort, because if you wanted a 6 bed house in Preston, surely £400K sounds like a bargain. Our house is not much cheaper than that and it’s an OK size in a nice but not super expensive area.

What do you think? What do you think is wrong with this house?

I beg your pardon?! Up north has the most beautiful areas of the country! The town I live in, in North Yorkshire, has houses for £11,000,000 😆😆😆

@didntlikeanyofthesuggestionsOh yes, it’s grim up north……🤨

But what if the first poster wasn't insinuating that the North is a dump but that it is in the north so they can't buy. That was my first thought because I thought the same thing. My whole life is here in the South but I would love to live in a house like that but it would cost a million in London.

I did have something useful to say actually, but after reading your north/south divide posts, I decided not to waste my time.

& I was NOT in the slightest bit rude, whereas you continue to be.

of course there horrible places to live in the South, plenty of them. I never said otherwise so I don't know why you're so pissy with me. The first reply was made by a twat,but why take it out on me?

my roots are fully Northern & I LOVE being up there. So stop making assumptions.

It's a beautiful house and looks well cared for.
Could be that people who want to live in that area are not able/willing to maintain a huge period property and pay all of the running costs. Could be that the vendors are now desperate to sell at any price.
And/or there could be issues with parking and neighbours.
However, it is marked Sold so perhaps they have been lucky.

AS is our friend. (all of us).

There is planning permission to convert the attached building (number 15) into 6 flats, with a further 2 flats in the 2-storey building you can see on Street View. Planning Permission

Gosh, it's a really beautiful house. All those original features!

I guess the area has changed around it in the last 20 years, especially if it wasn't the best area to begin with

The decor is a bit out-there, and the back garden/yard is hideous and appears very over-looked. The kitchen is very small for the size of house, and the number of potential people who could potentially live there.
If I was serious about it, I'd knock through to that dining room next door and combine the two into kitchen/dining.

Personally, I'd guess it was the area at fault, more so than the house.

Nothing wrong with North !

I would be interested what the neighbours do in the garden in terms of a business as that could be noisy. It's a beautiful house I would buy it

One side is definitely a private dental practice but not sure of the other side.

Completely agree with You
I am from the South but I think the North is fabulous
Just came Home from Northumberland recently, had a fabulous time. Also been to other places in the North.

Well the listing on Rightmove is now saying Sold STC.

Theres nowt wrong wi' us up North!

I’m assuming you think this is amusing…..

Wow it's stunning and bloody huge! Ticks all my boxes, once you're inside and have your cctv, locked etc if you're feeling nervous about the area. Unless serious structural problems or haunted i woul love it 😀

If the previous occupants had any problems with the neighbours or trouble, noise in the locality.

I think they may have to the inform Estate Agent before the sale goes through. The new buyers have some recourse to sue them.

Nor everybody does this including a now ex friend of mine who blatantly and deliberately. Did not tell new buyers that her block of flats needed a new roof right away.

Also wouldn't your survey alert you to any structural or serious building problems?

As for the Park. Hope this remains quiet for you.

I also think there maybe a website where homeowners can report trouble with neighbours.

Google it.

I think that women who put down the North is really snotty. Who does she think she is?

The North South divide is obviously still alive.

Hope you may have many happy years in your new home.

🌻👍🏡

I used to own a home very similar to that, it was fantastic for parties and my DS & I still reminisce about how good it was for hide & seek. It was lovely to have so much space, but that enabled the acquisition of a lot of stuff that had to be culled with every subsequent house move. It was also a money pit that always had something that needed doing and because of its age, nothing was simple or easy or quick. One job led to another and a simple idea to redecorate a room ended up in a re-wire, re plastering, news joists and floorboards etc. The heating bills were huge and because of the relatively grand scale, most soft furnishings had to be commissioned bespoke because ready made stuff just isn’t available in the right sizes. Lovely bones, but expensive and source of constant stress. Proceed only with deep pockets and competent diy skills is my advice.

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I don't know the area but 2 of the bedrooms are very small and the 2 on upper floors have no bathrooms with going downstairs.
I could spend a lot of money and make it lovely, but it doesn't sound like the area would support the extra spend.

How very dare you lol
It's beautiful up North!

It’s showing STC I’m intrigued if you made an offer? If not you’ve missed the boat :-(

Oh well that’s changed since Weds! Don’t worry, I wasn’t really going to buy. As much as DS would love me to buy it, DH would not be impressed nor would DD.

I am not surprised it’s gone at that price, it’s an absolute steal.

I took it that it that it was a shame it was too far from them as it's a great looking property. Says a lot about people taking as being snobbish.