Moving at last

[whiskywill]

We want a detached house with 3+ bedrooms, garden, off-road parking and in a rural/semi-rural location. And not for a ludicrous price. There are houses round here which meet some of our criteria, but very few which have it all.

Depends what you call a ludicrous price. I know of a detached house with 4/5 bedrooms, garden, off-road parking for about 5 cars and in a rural/semi-rural location and it has a workshop, on sale for £255,000. The only downside is its next door (by about 30 metres) to me. :mrgreen:


p.s. Google maps (or Earth) postcode CF39 8TE lands right on top of it..

 

[david123]

Thanks for that, but we are now sorted.
Looking forwards to sorting out my tools, amazing how you miss them when you can't get at them....

 

[blackrodd]

Congratulations david 123, and mrs 123, I'm glad that you have found you're Ideal devonshire home.
I had a similar shopping list for our place here but it took some time to find.
You will no doubt both be busy for a while getting organised and ship shape.
Have you organised the first trip to Axminster yet?
Regards Rodders

 

[david123]

Hi Rodders
We where lucky to find the place as quickly as we did, and fortunately the people that where selling had bought a barn in a large chunk of land that they are in the process of doing up and needed to move quickly. So it has worked out ok for us as we had money in the bank from the sale of our old house.

Looking forward to a trip to Axminster, but it will have to be put on hold for a while untill the house is sorted out, something to look forward to.

 

[Charlie Woody]

Dave
Delighted to hear you have exchanged ! Hope the move goes smoothly.

Another place to visit is Yandles Spring Show.

 

[Mark A]

We want a detached house with 3+ bedrooms, garden, off-road parking and in a rural/semi-rural location. And not for a ludicrous price. There are houses round here which meet some of our criteria, but very few which have it all.

Depends what you call a ludicrous price. I know of a detached house with 4/5 bedrooms, garden, off-road parking for about 5 cars and in a rural/semi-rural location and it has a workshop, on sale for £255,000. The only downside is its next door (by about 30 metres) to me. :mrgreen:


p.s. Google maps (or Earth) postcode CF39 8TE lands right on top of it..

A house as you described would be valued considerably more than that.

I can't figure out the estate agent's logic regarding valuations, because every property we've seen is between £50,000 and £150,000 overvalued. Yes, we can offer a realistic price, but who would accept a hundred grand less if they've just been told by the so-called "expert" their house is worth so much more?

As property is so overvalued, the market in the areas we would like to move to is almost stagnant - only the people who are willing to negotiate a drastically lowered price actually sell. How the agents make money I don't know, because nothing is moving.


An analogy I've used to describe the agent's valuations:

Imagine two houses. Both have three bedrooms, two reception rooms, off-road parking and a reasonably sized garden. One has just been renovated throughout to a very high standard. Valued at £325,000. The other house is an absolute wreck. Valued at £309,950.

Even if the second house could be bought for £290,000, it would be impossible to bring it up the same standard as the neighbour's, pay stamp duty AND see any return at the end of it all. A realistic price would be around £250,000, but no-one would accept that...

It's driving me nuts :x
Mark

 

[devonwoody]

Beware newcomers to S.Devon, the traffic is different after Easter, you might need to stay indoors Thursday evening to Monday morning.

Welcome to Devon.

 

[david123]

Hi Charlie
Went there last year, and will be going again, great day out perhaps we will be able to meet up.

 

[david123]

thanks DW we will be stocking up with all the essentials for long siege.Fortunately we are only half a mile from the A38 so should be able to escape in the middle of the night should the need arise.
Agree with all the above about house prices, at the end of the day they are only worth what the market is prepared to pay.

 

[blackrodd]

Mrs Rodders, the first. She was an estate agent and said that the reason for the higher initial price was just to get the seller with the agency.
Most people like to think their house is a bit special and always worth more than the neighbours.
As david said, The house, as most other stuff, is only worth what ever someone will pay!
Rodders

 

[Mark A]

Mrs Rodders, the first. She was an estate agent and said that the reason for the higher initial price was just to get the seller with the agency.
Most people like to think their house is a bit special and always worth more than the neighbours.
As david said, The house, as most other stuff, is only worth what ever someone will pay!
Rodders

Yeah, but nothing is selling. One agent is notorious for overvaluing properties, and because of this has sold only one house in 18 months. Still, he and another agent (almost as bad) get most of the work.

 

[Charlie Woody]

Hi Charlie
Went there last year, and will be going again, great day out perhaps we will be able to meet up.

David that sounds like a plan! Unfortunately unsure if I'll be able to go as my wife went to hospital for surgery & there just seems to be one complication after another.

 

[david123]

Sorry to hear that Charlie. Wish her well and hope for a speedy recovery.

 

[david123]

Well, we have been moved in for about 5 months now and are loving it here, kids think it's wonderful to, and are happy to only have an hour and half journey to get to us,as apposed to the 5 and 6 hours they had to travel to our old house.
We have been working on the house more or less none stop since moving in, but can now relax a bit as most of the time consuming jobs have been completed. The natives are friendly and we love the village

Thank you for all your comments, advice and good wishes during our journey.
If you are passing through or fancy a meet up, just drop me a PM

 

[blackrodd]

I lived and worked just outside Exeter years ago.
If you're into surplus stuff, Bakers yard Alphington, used to have a selection of workshop related stuff.
Auctions at Okehampton street, St Thomas, for allsorts, including furniture, etc, it Was one of the better places.
I bought a complete crockery set,1920s Flora Dora, as used in Upstairs, downstairs,
Furnished our place with quite a bit from there.
Regards Rodders

 

[david123]

Thanks for that Rodders not been to bakers yard, but as it is just around the corner I will pop down there