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JJH said:
I’d be gutted if I spent £2m on that to live in London
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Odd statement. It's bang in the centre of Covent Garden, theatreland, a stone's throw from the best museum on the planet, next to spectacular art galleries, surrounded by excellent restaurants and bars. For culture and entertainment, there's probably no better location in the country. What is it about London that you don't like?
 
NYMackem said:
I love that house. Like a Columbo villain's pad (which it actually was). That style of architecture is perfect for me.

You don't really get that type of house in the UK because of the weather and planning / building regs. They are all over in the states and australia though, and usually at more affordable prices than a house as iconic as this.

You'd need to have a tile off to buy that.
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I could imagine someone buying it, overcome by the novelty factor, but then after a bit of living in it find out there is a reason time and living moved forward. It would not surprise me if there was something about not making out of character changes in the contract, so then the buyer is either stuck or wants to get shot of it after a year.

Note there is no cooking appliance in the kitchen, only a fire and Covent Garden is a smoke control zone. You can only burn authorised wood or wood chips using an approved appliance, so I seriously doubt if you can actually use that fire.

"It's been a hard day, I'm knackered, lets just chuck a pizza in the oven, cuddle up on the sofa and watch a film". "Erm dear, don't you remember we spent £2m on this, so there is no oven, no sofa and a tiny telly in the corner, I don't care that you are dead on your feet and feel like you are getting a cold, 3 hours in a restaurant again for us".
leariver said:
Odd statement. It's bang in the centre of Covent Garden, theatreland, a stone's throw from the best museum on the planet, next to spectacular art galleries, surrounded by excellent restaurants and bars. For culture and entertainment, there's probably no better location in the country. What is it about London that you don't like?
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Noise, crowded, traffic, pollution, lack of wildlife and nature. Some of the parks are not bad, but are basically a lawn with an artificial lake, giving a bit of green breathing space in an otherwise dirty, smelly concrete hell hole. If you want to do a 10 mile walk or a 40+ mile cycle ride largely free of people and traffic, no chance. Masses of light pollution and everything is very expensive.

If someone came and give me a choice of no change on my mortgage, continue living where I am, with my veg garden, the coast a short walk away, woodland, good quiet cycle routes on my doorstep and farmland just the other side of the road, or spend the next 10 years living in central London in a far more expensive place with no option to sell, I'd stay put.

You can't do culture and entertainment every day. I wouldn't want to use overpriced bars and restaurants every day. It is far better (for me) to live my life somewhere nice, quiet and green, then save museums for trips out. Get in, go to where we want to go and get out, back home to sanity.
 
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DaveH said:
Noise, crowded, traffic, pollution, lack of wildlife and nature. Some of the parks are not bad, but are basically a lawn with an artificial lake, giving a bit of green breathing space in an otherwise dirty, smelly concrete hell hole. If you want to do a 10 mile walk or a 40+ mile cycle ride largely free of people and traffic, no chance. Masses of light pollution and everything is very expensive.

If someone came and give me a choice of no change on my mortgage, continue living where I am, with my veg garden, the coast a short walk away, woodland, good quiet cycle routes on my doorstep and farmland just the other side of the road, or spend the next 10 years living in central London in a far more expensive place with no option to sell, I'd stay put.

You can't do culture and entertainment every day. I wouldn't want to use overpriced bars and restaurants every day. It is far better (for me) to live my life somewhere nice, quiet and green, then save museums for trips out. Get in, go to where we want to go and get out, back home to sanity.
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Fair enough I suppose. I think it's a matter of perception mind. I live in Hackney next to the River Lea, a ten minute walk from the pubs and clubs but right next to Lea Valley Regional Park. I went for an 8 mile run this morning and never crossed a road. I can cycle up the river to Hertfordshire and not see a soul for miles.

It sounds like you enjoy were you live. That's excellent, but it wouldn't be for me. London has afforded me opportunities and a lifestyle I couldn't have pursued anywhere else in this country. Sure, it's not for everyone, but I suppose that the world would be a very dull place if we all wanted the same things.
That's one of the reasons that this thread is interesting to me, everyone's taste is different.
 
leariver said:
Fair enough I suppose. I think it's a matter of perception mind. I live in Hackney next to the River Lea, a ten minute walk from the pubs and clubs but right next to Lea Valley Regional Park. I went for an 8 mile run this morning and never crossed a road. I can cycle up the river to Hertfordshire and not see a soul for miles.

It sounds like you enjoy were you live. That's excellent, but it wouldn't be for me. London has afforded me opportunities and a lifestyle I couldn't have pursued anywhere else in this country. Sure, it's not for everyone, but I suppose that the world would be a very dull place if we all wanted the same things.
That's one of the reasons that this thread is interesting to me, everyone's taste is different.
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Too true.

I look at some of the older farm house type places with out buildings, and stunning scenery out the back and picture my life if money could afford it. A wood workshop, an observatory, out sailing on the lake/river that it is next to, a sizeable veg patch, and off walking in the hills regularly.

Others look at it saying "needs modernisation", which usually means knock out all the walls and put in hard marble tiles, but are also horrified at the remoteness.

It is all about the differences on how we want to live our lives.

The Lea Valley does look nice though. I have noticed it on a map a few times. I'm out on the north Kent coast and usually go clockwise round to the East, and have only gone as far as Gillingham the other way. But a couple of times I have thought about building up my fitness, following that southern Thames bank in, crossing (if it is even possible on a bike) around Greenwich/Blackwall tunnel, up through Stratford and then follow the Lea Valley until I'm out of the north side of the M25. I think it might be possible to go from Gravesend right up to Heartford and only be in London traffic for 2 miles.
 
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Looks like the house Bosch lived in.
leariver said:
Odd statement. It's bang in the centre of Covent Garden, theatreland, a stone's throw from the best museum on the planet, next to spectacular art galleries, surrounded by excellent restaurants and bars. For culture and entertainment, there's probably no better location in the country. What is it about London that you don't like?
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I think he means two mill is a lot to live in a tiny victorian dump, not london itself.
 
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leariver said:
Odd statement. It's bang in the centre of Covent Garden, theatreland, a stone's throw from the best museum on the planet, next to spectacular art galleries, surrounded by excellent restaurants and bars. For culture and entertainment, there's probably no better location in the country. What is it about London that you don't like?
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I think it's more nervousness about the lack of space for a bed
 
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leariver said:
Odd statement. It's bang in the centre of Covent Garden, theatreland, a stone's throw from the best museum on the planet, next to spectacular art galleries, surrounded by excellent restaurants and bars. For culture and entertainment, there's probably no better location in the country. What is it about London that you don't like?
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A lot of things . For £2m I would expect some parking for a car or two , a bit of a garden and not to be hemmed in like sardines . Able to pop out my front door and not be swept along by tourists .Not have to pay over the top prices for everything . Many others so it’s a no from me.
The house is crap aswell
Edit just seen DaveH reply - summed up nicely
 
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DaveH said:
Too true.

I look at some of the older farm house type places with out buildings, and stunning scenery out the back and picture my life if money could afford it. A wood workshop, an observatory, out sailing on the lake/river that it is next to, a sizeable veg patch, and off walking in the hills regularly.

Others look at it saying "needs modernisation", which usually means knock out all the walls and put in hard marble tiles, but are also horrified at the remoteness.

It is all about the differences on how we want to live our lives.

The Lea Valley does look nice though. I have noticed it on a map a few times. I'm out on the north Kent coast and usually go clockwise round to the East, and have only gone as far as Gillingham the other way. But a couple of times I have thought about building up my fitness, following that southern Thames bank in, crossing (if it is even possible on a bike) around Greenwich/Blackwall tunnel, up through Stratford and then follow the Lea Valley until I'm out of the north side of the M25. I think it might be possible to go from Gravesend right up to Heartford and only be in London traffic for 2 miles.
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It's a canny ride up from Greenwich. Cross at the Greenwich foot tunnel then follow the Thames path up to Limehouse Cut. That'll take you up to Stratford and the Olympic Park, then follow the Old River Lea up Hackney Marshes then on up past Waltham Cross. Lovely bike tracks up there.
Augustus Winthrop said:
Looks like the house Bosch lived in.

I think he means two mill is a lot to live in a tiny victorian dump, not london itself.
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Fair enough.
 
£2million can get you a fabulous house with land and many other things. There has been plenty of examples over the course of this thread.
 
It would be a good buy if £2m was well within your means. A period property with original features in the heart of London will be a rarity. You can restore sympathetically, instead of being stuck with someone else’s expensive bad taste. I’d need a country pile an’all mind.
 
DaveH said:
I could imagine someone buying it, overcome by the novelty factor, but then after a bit of living in it find out there is a reason time and living moved forward. It would not surprise me if there was something about not making out of character changes in the contract, so then the buyer is either stuck or wants to get shot of it after a year.

Note there is no cooking appliance in the kitchen, only a fire and Covent Garden is a smoke control zone. You can only burn authorised wood or wood chips using an approved appliance, so I seriously doubt if you can actually use that fire.

"It's been a hard day, I'm knackered, lets just chuck a pizza in the oven, cuddle up on the sofa and watch a film". "Erm dear, don't you remember we spent £2m on this, so there is no oven, no sofa and a tiny telly in the corner, I don't care that you are dead on your feet and feel like you are getting a cold, 3 hours in a restaurant again for us".

Noise, crowded, traffic, pollution, lack of wildlife and nature. Some of the parks are not bad, but are basically a lawn with an artificial lake, giving a bit of green breathing space in an otherwise dirty, smelly concrete hell hole. If you want to do a 10 mile walk or a 40+ mile cycle ride largely free of people and traffic, no chance. Masses of light pollution and everything is very expensive.

If someone came and give me a choice of no change on my mortgage, continue living where I am, with my veg garden, the coast a short walk away, woodland, good quiet cycle routes on my doorstep and farmland just the other side of the road, or spend the next 10 years living in central London in a far more expensive place with no option to sell, I'd stay put.

You can't do culture and entertainment every day. I wouldn't want to use overpriced bars and restaurants every day. It is far better (for me) to live my life somewhere nice, quiet and green, then save museums for trips out. Get in, go to where we want to go and get out, back home to sanity.
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Eccentric millionaires little stop over treat
 
hawayawayaway said:
It would be a good buy if £2m was well within your means. A period property with original features in the heart of London will be a rarity. You can restore sympathetically, instead of being stuck with someone else’s expensive bad taste. I’d need a country pile an’all mind.
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Not a good buy if house prices are on a downward trajectory in London. It's only 760sqft and thats spread over 4 floors !.
After a while you would be banging yer head due to claustrophobia
 
leariver said:
Odd statement. It's bang in the centre of Covent Garden, theatreland, a stone's throw from the best museum on the planet, next to spectacular art galleries, surrounded by excellent restaurants and bars. For culture and entertainment, there's probably no better location in the country. What is it about London that you don't like?
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I would buy it just to sit in the kitchen wearing a massive coat, fingerless gloves, boots with one of them having the uppers coming off the sole at the front muttering to me'sell...
 
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We looked at it a while back (investments) but were put off by a few things. Still a big old unit.
 
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