The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: mojocafa on December 27, 2013, 05:51:47 pm
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https://www.aspc.co.uk/search/property/310339/Burnend-Of-Gight/Ellon/ (https://www.aspc.co.uk/search/property/310339/Burnend-Of-Gight/Ellon/)
Saw this and I thought it may be of interest to someone
Outside aberdeen
5 beds house , triple garage, single garage, workshop, henhouse, log cabin, 32 acres of woodland
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A lottery win purchase i think! :thinking: £470K :innocent:
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That'll fetch more than half a million, in that location. Too many people earning more money than they are worth in oil.
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I could cope with owning that.
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Ina,
It's been on the market for a wee while now, price may be negotiable
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Fantastic place. Not seen anything like that here for such a good price. French country property in my limited experience is generally in terrible condition and terribly overpriced. A lot of negotiation is required to get it down to something realistic for the work required. The standard of housing people are prepared to accept is far lower than in the UK. At lot of places are just abandoned as they are beyond economical repair or they just sit waiting for someone to buy them in complete ignorance of what they are taking on, which happened a lot a few years back. Many owners have run out of cash and are heading back to the UK, Belgium or Holland. They leave behind a half completed house with no hope of recovering the money they have ploughed into it.
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If you click on the Ariel photo, the wooded area looks like it has been well thought out when planting. I think this place is great, need to persuade oh though :eyelashes:
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Ina,
It's been on the market for a wee while now, price may be negotiable
Maybe some hidden problems - or nasty neighbours... Anything like that in the area in recent times has been above half a million (well, the ones I've been aware of, anyway).
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Gight is well out of Methlick and not that easy to get to - and teh driver centre is close so I'd think that'll keep teh price down.
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I noticed the driver place on Ariel view, what is that?
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OO, Offers Over, so probably will top 500k. However, as is true for everything, it's only worht what someone is willing to pay!
Sskye
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I noticed the driver place on Ariel view, what is that?
It's a driving school - pass plus, buses, lorries, vans, towing etc - anything you want to learn how to drive. It's maybe not as close as I first thought though it looks it on their map. I think it's maybe upside down as the a96 is in the wrong place :roflanim:
Edit - I think there may be two depots, main one near Turriff is the one I found on google maps and this has teh same post code - http://www.lilly-events.co.uk/Contact-Us.html (http://www.lilly-events.co.uk/Contact-Us.html)
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Just for a second I thought it was Bumend - but it was just the font.
Not my taste in the house - and it's pretty obvious it's not a smallholder that lives there :roflanim: But it could be improved with the introduction of some livestock, mud, wellies and dog hairs :eyelashes:
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Just what I was thinking Rosemary, no solid floor, too many plants for the goats etc, I like small traditional cottages and covet lots of sheep, hay, goat accommodation - but it will be a lovely home for someone.
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Not my taste in the house - and it's pretty obvious it's not a smallholder that lives there :roflanim: But it could be improved with the introduction of some livestock, mud, wellies and dog hairs :eyelashes:
Yep,same thoughts here... since becoming a smallholder I have no need for mirror fronted wardrobes. Also no real grazing land, and with that lot of woodland, no woodburners in sight... but the triple garage may make a good goathouse with some ventilation...
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I had my eye on the garage for the same reason. And that lawn could be converted into a paddock.
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I reckon that there is about 6 acres of land that could easily be used for grazing.
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if i had the money it would do fine, easily cut out a piggy palace in the woods, the lawns would do for goats, chooks would do fine in some of the woods as well...
and 32 acres of chainsaw playground!!!
and a pond now i need 500k and to convince mrs b that aberdeenshire is a good place to live,
well i can dream...
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and 32 acres of chainsaw playground!!!
heaven :roflanim:
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and to convince mrs b that aberdeenshire is a good place to live,
According to surveys it's just about the best place to live in the UK. I think Shetland is better still...
(It's not that great a place if you don't have the money, though!)