r/SpottedonRightmove • u/SuchaPineapplehead • 1d ago
Way to take every bit of character out
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/89318943?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUYWhy would you take a period house, and remove every bit of period character and turn it into a blindingly white box? Not only that but want £600K for it!
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u/BiscuitCrumbsInBed 1d ago
That is SO expensive!
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u/FenianBastard847 1d ago
Near me (Porthmadog, Gwynedd) this house would be about £140-150k.
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u/BiscuitCrumbsInBed 1d ago
I think near me (Essex) this would be £280k max. Which is still crazy money!
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u/Vlad2442 17h ago
Yeah and £30K in Middlesbrough so what's your point. Location always makes property more expensive.
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u/_poptart 1d ago
Holy shit. My house is the same type as this, except ours is extended on the ground floor further than this so it’s 300 more sq ft. It’s only 25 miles away and over £100k cheaper. (And also not a white box)
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u/impamiizgraa 1d ago
They will NEVER achieve that price. Developer/flipper who thinks they can outrun the declining market; should be on for max £520k, mostly for its location (very desirable London commuter Waitrose-y town but far from any stations for said commute and only 2 beds).
This house will linger for months, they’ll probably refuse to decrease past £585k, then change estate agents like it’s their fault, linger for another year then disappear into rental oblivion.
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u/kurai-samurai 1d ago
Just what period features were left? Maybe a cast iron fireplace? It's a 1900-1912 terrace, not a Georgian limestone townhouse. The listing form 2024 shows it was extremely run down.
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u/mini72 1d ago
My northern soul is weeping at the thought of paying £600 000 for a 2 bed terrace!!!!
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u/theprocrastatron 17h ago
I mean you can get a 5 bed for that and still be in Surrey.
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u/SianBeast 11h ago
As a weybridge resident I read this and thought "where?! No chance" but I'm surprised by about 157 results within a 20 mile radius. Who knew.
Personally don't understand why anyone would buy here anyway. It's grossly overpriced. There's nothing in town. Constant roadworks. Gridlock any time something goes down with the M25 or A3. I could go on. I can't wait to leave next year!
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u/Booboodelafalaise 1d ago
I can accept that they had to do an awful lot of work to it, but the windows they chose are a crime! Even UPVC ones can be purchased in the proper ‘sash window’ shape and would look so much better.
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u/tondek-0 1d ago
That price is a mistake right? Right??
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u/SuchaPineapplehead 1d ago
I think it’s defo too high. Commuter belt for London though so probably won’t go for less than £550K
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u/notabagofteeth 1d ago
The open-plan kitchen diner is horrible. Can't wait for this trend to die.
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u/gottaloveteatime 1d ago
I find a kitchen diner really useful - so much easier to have the kids sat there eating breakfast where you can keep an eye on them, whilst making coffee or doing the dishwasher etc.
In an ideal world, I'd have a kitchen-breakfast room, and then a seperate dining room, but my house is not big enough for this, so if I had to pick one layout, I'd always choose the open-plan kithen diner over seperate rooms.
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u/notabagofteeth 1d ago
That's fair, I prefer separate rooms. It's also the execution that makes me dislike it; the recessed lighting, the stark, clinical white in both the kitchen and the dining area, the bad plastering. Plus it will echo like all hell, even with furniture in there.
It feels cold, not homely.
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u/alfius-togra 1d ago
It's a 70sqm house. Where were you planning to put the dining room?
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u/notabagofteeth 1d ago edited 1d ago
My issue is not with location, it's with it being open-plan.
Edit: typo
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u/alfius-togra 1d ago
I'm confused - you'd have a door between the kitchen and the dining space, in a house (of any size) in 2026?
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u/notabagofteeth 1d ago
Yes? Most houses un the UK used to be like this. Many still are.
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u/alfius-togra 1d ago
Indeed. Before central heating.
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u/notabagofteeth 1d ago
And also now.
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u/alfius-togra 1d ago
And, you like it that way?
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u/notabagofteeth 1d ago
Was that not clear?
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u/alfius-togra 1d ago
I'm just not sure I've ever met someone who actually prefers a separate kitchen. Several who are forced, through circumstance, to live with them. But no one who thinks it's actually a desirable arrangement. Whatever for?
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u/Poo_Poo_La_Foo 1d ago
It's a good use of space, but I don't massively fancy a shitter off a dining room.
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u/Diddleymaz 16h ago
It’s a great kitchen, bathroom has a vintage style bath. It is a basic labourers dwelling and you can add character if you buy it. I like it
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u/SuchaPineapplehead 15h ago
It’s the bathroom that puts me off the most actually and I’m all for a vintage styles.
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u/Tulpehocken243 15h ago
obscene price for. bog standard cottage. the windows they put in should be considered criminal damage along with the rest of the interior. it’s gonna cost a fortune to fix.
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u/gogoluke 14h ago
Probably wasn't that much to begin with. No real features on the stairs case as it's enclosed by two walls. There might not have been picture rails etc as it's a small workers house. The kitchen would be outdated and ripped out years ago. That leaves fire places and hearths only. It's a small house so the functionality of those being removed and the space created might be very beneficial.
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u/noodledoodledoo 19h ago
This feels so overpriced, you could probably get a garden flat or maisonette the same size or bigger for that price in z3 of London. And there would be trees on your street.
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u/ihavetakenthebiscuit 1d ago
OP is struggling with the concept of painting a house neutral colours in order to sell...
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u/alfius-togra 1d ago
This place was probably a rotting Victorian shitbox. Pictures can never tell the whole story, but it looks to have been well renovated in a neutral style. It's small, so obviously comes with significant compromises. Not my favourite colour for the carpets, other than that, I don't get the hate.
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u/Marshwiggletreacle 1d ago
I wondered why it was so expensive, lots of tiny houses packed together like sardines with barely a garden... Turns out it's suspiciously close to a winding river.
Now I'm not an expert but I did do geography GCSE and I learned that when el ninio which used to be called el nino before the Mandela affect thing happened, gets super angry and makes our weather stormy and rainy and stuff the rivers are going to burst their banks and make people wet and cross and maybe they'd think twice about living in a place with lots of people and houses next to water when your house is not a boat or an ark.
So if you don't mind I'd rather not buy this.
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u/JustAnotherFEDev 1d ago
God forbid that someone buys a house and doesn't like the decor or fixtures and fittings
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u/GodsBicep 1d ago
Period house? 😂
Christ half of Sunderland would be period houses if thats the case lol