I would add this to the most over priced... thread but the EA website hides its URL behind some Flash.

In 2006 I was lodging with someone in Lewisham. It started off Ok but went downhill but I don't bear him any grudges. Honest.

I drove past the house back in the autumn of 2007 and I noticed that it was for sale. Strange I thought, so I looked it up on the EA's website.

It is described as a "Well presented house with no onward chain".

A 2 bed house in an uninspiring area for £335K.

Now, I know that the boiler is at the end of it's life and is located in the bathroom in a borderline legal location 'cos of the lack of ventilation, the bathroom is a failed wetroom with a raised floor, the kitchen is grotty and needs ripping out and so does all the woodwork and it needs a good redecorate.

So for - new bathroom, new boiler, plumbing, new kitchen, extensive gutting required - does £335K sound reasonable, especially as I've looked up on Netprice and properties in that road tend to go for £275K?

Or £100K too much?

The next development was that he would consider renting it, now it is down to £319K.

The amazing thing is how nice it looks from the pictures. I guess now that he has moved out it is cleaner. And the piles of cat sick have gone.

Gloating is such an unbecoming emotion but I just had to share this with someone

Is this the one?

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-174...=2&tr_t=buy

you must tell why he was arrogant etc.we've only had half the story.

Yes!

Have you been watching it?

The rest of the story - that would be libelous

Bump!

Now at £299,950

You do the percentages.

Another £60k drop and it might be realistically priced.

Over the easter holidays i have been on the "rightmove" site just looking at houses with 30 miles of me, just a general look, across all price ranges...... and all i can say is..... OH MY GOD.....
Do people never upgrade there homes from when they buy them??? even if they bought it in 1946???? For godsake a tin of paint costs nothing...
They have new or nearly new cars on the drive, and the house looks like a time warp as hit it......
I have never laughed so much since the last budget speech.............................................

Check out Worthing. I do just for a laugh. The gardens are beautiful and there are always lots of pics but hardly any of inside the house. When they do show the inside pure comedy

Fur coat and no knickers. We've seen loads of it whilst we've been relocating. 30+ year old boilers, kitchens and bathrooms not far behind...

What always gets me with these houses is that they think it's worth the same as the neighbour who has gutted his house in the last five years!!

The boomers are the most guilty of this IMHO. They think that beautifully presented means it's clean and tidy.

The boomers are the most guilty of this IMHO. They think that beautifully presented means it's clean and tidy.
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The best one had leopard skin sofas and foot stools!!!! leather wall paper!!! the bathroom has one great big roman style bath with pillars and marble floor (gob smacking) The kitchen as blood red units (made my eyes sore looking at it) What where they thinking......................... I'll try to make a link to the rightmove page (never done one before so may take a while)

A "Changing Rooms" house? Sounds like they got LLB.