The Mock Turtle

This house itself isn't strange, but I am mystified by the sale price history:

£226,005 in May 2004
£271,000 in December 2010
£277,100 in April 2012
£330,000 in September 2017
£170,000 in March 2018

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/property-histo ... e/44194553

It's just been sold again (PDF of the recent listing) and will be back up in the £250-£330k area I'm sure. Is a huge drop like that likely to be someone selling to a friend or something else obvious I'm missing?

That is a big drop, and I’m wondering why too. It looks very similar to previous listing, so not fire damaged

A repossession or criminal gain or tax evasion or family gift? I can’t believe the market dropped that much.

I wonder if its just an error, its an area that is always pretty popular so I cant see why it would drop so much. Plus the market has been fairly stable for the last few years, if anything its risen steadily.

Maybe there was a couple living there and one person sold their half to the other? although would that be listed as a sale?

Zoomer wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 10:27 am Maybe there was a couple living there and one person sold their half to the other? although would that be listed as a sale?

I wonder? I'm glad it's not just me anyway.

sal - it has the same history on rightmove and another site, although I guess the mistake might be at the source where that info is taken from. I only had a look as I drove past it this morning and it was my childhood best friend's house, so I wanted to have a nosey Her parents were the ones who converted the attic (back in the 90s), but they were very eclectic and had lots of "ethnic" prints and throws so it otherwise looks like a different house. Plus, no 'computer room' dedicated solely to an Apple Mac

Yep. A house in our road was inherited by a brother and sister. The brother bought the sister out so the transaction shows as a sale at half the market value of the time.

Put the highlighter pen down and step away ma'am. It would be like living in a permanent migraine!

Arghh! I dislike houses that are all grey or all cream bit that is just awful in a different way!

Ouf! that neon house is a bit much!

So is this one, but for different reasons. It's HUGE and very modern, with lots of contemporary, edgy art - but then in picture 10 there's The Laughing Cavalier on the wall, which couldn't be more suburban 60s if you tried. And the chintz bedspread in picture 27! I have a theory that one of the owner's mothers moved in, and refused to be parted from some of her favourite things.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-fo ... 00738.html

What the hell is the pink figure in the left-hand corner of page 5?

Well, I like the idea of the integrated bookshelf in a sofa. And I suppose the baths are quite nice. But the rest of it??

There’s a few weird mannequins knocking about in that house.

I hate their art. Especially the crucifix in the stairwell.

I can never imagine actually living in all that space. It's like being in a conference centre, not a home.

The downstairs hall with all the doors closed looks like the 'lobby' of a hidden object game. Click on a room!

ParisGal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:24 am I hate their art. Especially the crucifix in the stairwell.

Me too - I really hate all of it, that horrible thing especially!

Rebel Pebble wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 10:54 am The downstairs hall with all the doors closed looks like the 'lobby' of a hidden object game. Click on a room!

Yes!

They either bought or inherited lots of old fashioned furniture and art and have tried to edge it out, and instead ended up squarely in the land of tack. It also looks SO new build-y, and I speak as someone who loves my new build house, but without a doubt with that amount of money I would never go for something so free of character.

indigo wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 8:31 am What the hell is the pink figure in the left-hand corner of page 5?

One of the cleaners

That's a gorgeous house but I agree about the odd jarring note. If I had 6.5mil and enough to run the house, though

ParisGal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:24 am I hate their art. Especially the crucifix in the stairwell.

Ugh, yes! And all the brown doors.