The Property Thread

[Mito Man]

You’ve really got to wonder who can afford and want a £6.5m for a (large) 4 bed semi detached house with no off road parking and a pretty tired interior and garden. You’d want to spend another £250k+ sorting it out including tearing down the shitty conservatory and MFI kitchen units!

There must be tens of thousands of townhouses like that in London

[Gavster]

True. Not many can afford it, but a LOT of people want that kind of place. I once owned the lower two floors of a very similar house by Dartmouth Park. And if you can drop £6.5m on a house like that I’m sure you’d be doing a full refurb regardless of current condition.

[jamcg]

[Carlos]

Imagine the ballache of living over 5 floors.

Exactly.

I assume there must be some sort of status thing to the area to think that is desirable even with a zero knocked off!

[Jimexpl]

Imagine the ballache of living over 5 floors.

Exactly.

I assume there must be some sort of status thing to the area to think that is desirable even with a zero knocked off!

We work on some that are over seven floors (after they've dig a sub-basement)! It keeps my engineers fit when they need to do cable testing!

In that road in Hampstead they’ll typically go through a £2m refurb once bought in that condition.

[mik]

In that road in Hampstead they’ll typically go through a £2m refurb once bought in that condition.

[Mito Man]

You go down the next road and you have all the mansions owned by lovely Russians and the one that belonged to Gaddafi. The Bitcoin thief lady on the news a few days ago rented and was trying to buy there. Some third world politicians also live there with entirely legitimate sources of wealth.

[Jobbo]

In that road in Hampstead they’ll typically go through a £2m refurb once bought in that condition.

That's what it costs to tidy up those wires.

[Jimexpl]

In that road in Hampstead they’ll typically go through a £2m refurb once bought in that condition.

We've been doing the design on one at the moment where a £300k TV should be going in the garden...

[DeskJockey]

In that road in Hampstead they’ll typically go through a £2m refurb once bought in that condition.

We've been doing the design on one at the moment where a £300k TV should be going in the garden...

What kind of TV costs £300k?

[Jimmy Choo]

We've been doing the design on one at the moment where a £300k TV should be going in the garden...

What kind of TV costs £300k?

[V8Granite]

Dave!

[Jimexpl]

We've been doing the design on one at the moment where a £300k TV should be going in the garden...

What kind of TV costs £300k?

A C’Seed.

It needs an annual service and £35k to extend the warranty from 2-4 years…

We’ve specified a second one for the indoor pool - I do hope we win the install!

[Gavster]

Just googled them, they're mental, very very cool too. Do you end up with lots of spiders in them?

[DeskJockey]

That's ridiculous.

[Beany]

How else are people going to know how much money you have? Apparently a plasma TV on the wall in the lobby just doesn't cut it any more

[Gavster]

How else are people going to know how much money you have? Apparently a plasma TV on the wall in the lobby just doesn't cut it any more

It's a TV in the garden now, I'd forget it's there and use it less than the one in the hallway

[Mito Man]

I guess if you don’t have a driveway to park a nice car on this is the next best thing.

[Beany]

How else are people going to know how much money you have? Apparently a plasma TV on the wall in the lobby just doesn't cut it any more

It's a TV in the garden now, I'd forget it's there and use it less than the one in the hallway

To be fair, I like the tech, but I have doubts about it's actual usability.

I'm sure watching a movie with a lot of dark scenes would be just great fun with the sun setting right over the screen....

[V8Granite]

I was at a party with topless lady bar staff in Dubai back in 2005, that doesn't help the story but I like that part of the day.

They had an inflatable TV outside in the Dubai sun and it worked amazingly well. It was a giant ball with some kind of projector inside it, the screen was curved but it was incredibly clear.

Big topless garden balls, true show of wealth.

Dave!