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Treacodactyl
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 06 12:54 pm Post subject:

Sarah D wrote:

Treacodactyl wrote:

And the £100k for a re-roof plus I would expect a fair bit more for the rest of the work.

The roof work was 50,000; it would have been double that if they had used Cornish slate. That left them with 50,000 for the rest of the work.

Ah yes, still £630k estimate and it would be useful to see if they meet it.

Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
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Location: Kernow

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 06 1:24 pm Post subject:

Fiddlesticks Julie wrote:

which is probably why a similar property round here would go for more than a million!!

For a derelict farmhouse that needed a new roof?

He could've bought my next door neighbours for £600k - nothing wrong with their roof

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Location: Leeds

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 06 1:44 pm Post subject:
Remeber Cornwall is cheap compared to the most of England. Hence the 'issues'. I suspect he was also paying for his proximity to the sea.

sunpuppy

Joined: 03 Mar 2005
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Location: Exeter, Devon

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 06 2:22 pm Post subject:

Stacey wrote:

Sunpuppy wrote:

It was brill, brill, brill! There's not enough programmes on TV encouraging people to think about their impact on the planet. It was entertaining, factual in places, but more than anything INSPIRING and I want to see more programmes like this!

The more "green" programmes that are on TV the better. The ideas will eventually filter into mainstream consciousness and it will no longer seem hippy or weird to live in an ecologically responsible way.

What was the name of the village where they moved to? It sounded Welsh!

Oh, and the moustache needs its own fan club.....

*ahem!*

It was Tywardreath (prounounced ti-war-dreth) near St Austell and it sounds Cornish!

Oops, sorry Stacey - you're absolutely right - when you know how to pronounce it properly it sounds Cornish, not Welsh.

BTW, am finally moving to Kernow on Saturday - am running around like an over-excited puppy at the moment!

Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
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Location: Kernow

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 06 2:57 pm Post subject:

Behemoth wrote:

Remeber Cornwall is cheap compared to the most of England. Hence the 'issues'. I suspect he was also paying for his proximity to the sea.

*Tries to bite tongue - fails miserably!

*

Cornwall has some of the highest house prices in the UK. The gap between income and house prices is matched only by Kensignton I believe. Old 'barns' have been selling for in excess of 375k when the 'barn' has no walls, no roof and no land. Our own (rented ) 3 bed house with 5 acres is worth over 500k - well, when I say worth I mean market value.

My shock was that a dillapidated farmhouse without a useable roof goes for over a million where julie lives

Stacey

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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 06 2:58 pm Post subject:

Sunpuppy wrote:

Oops, sorry Stacey - you're absolutely right - when you know how to pronounce it properly it sounds Cornish, not Welsh.

BTW, am finally moving to Kernow on Saturday - am running around like an over-excited puppy at the moment!

Oooer, PM me

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 06 3:08 pm Post subject:

Stacey wrote:

Behemoth wrote:

Remeber Cornwall is cheap compared to the most of England. Hence the 'issues'. I suspect he was also paying for his proximity to the sea.

*Tries to bite tongue - fails miserably!

I live in a bit of a 'stock-broker' belt type village in west Oxon. Its an easy London commute. £500k would get you a 3-4 bed detached old cottage with small garden. A dilapidated 4 bed house with an acre of garden sited next to a field which is probably about to have a sand quarry sunk in it went for over £600k recently.

Stacey

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Location: Kernow

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 06 3:11 pm Post subject:

Fiddlesticks Julie wrote:

It's truly shocking. Surely it has to pop at some stage

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Location: Leeds

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 06 3:23 pm Post subject:

And the same goes for West Yorskhire, the average Semi in leeds 2.5 beds is now about £280K If you move out of the city you can add £100 to £150k for the same thing and if it has land, get a paddock and a stable block and sell it for £500k. Small holding or farm with outbuildings is a development opportunity and the land is often sold separately. This is common across England and Cornwall, the latter's problems seem to arise from the lack of affordable housing not the over pricing of the 'desirable' market.

The prices on this site seem quite good (scroll down past the land for sale):
https://www.lodgeandthomas.co.uk/Library/Property/farms.htm

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 06 3:36 pm Post subject:

Sunpuppy wrote:

...Oh, and the moustache needs its own fan club.....

That thing actually scared me! When the camera close up was on him driving and chatting at the same time, I thought it was about to attack!

That thing is HUGE!

Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
Posts: 8380
Location: Kernow

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 06 4:08 pm Post subject:

Behemoth wrote:

Bless you for saying England & Cornwall

The lack of affodabe housing comes from the fact that we can't afford the houses! We locals should have the option of living in the 'desirables as well surely? Even 2 up 2 down terraces are beyond a huge amount of people (including me).

Property prices started to rise sharply here a few years ago and they show no sign of stopping. The council claim to be building affordable housing but they want 120k for a one bed flat. That's not affordable. I looked on a website that gives you the current market value of your house and my mums house had doubled in 2 years

One of the other problems is that it's nigh on imposible to commute to anywhere where you can earn a decent living.

I ought to stop now as I'll end up ranting on about the Strawbridges being bleddy incomers and helping to artifically inflate. the prices

It was good to look at Lodge & Thomas' website as in the future we want to buy a piece of land (if we ever get enough money) so thanks for that

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 06 6:54 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Sarah D wrote:

Treacodactyl wrote:

And the £100k for a re-roof plus I would expect a fair bit more for the rest of the work.

The roof work was 50,000; it would have been double that if they had used Cornish slate. That left them with 50,000 for the rest of the work.

Ah yes, still £630k estimate and it would be useful to see if they meet it.

And something else I keep forgetting is stamp duty, that's another £20k.

Sarah D

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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 06 7:20 pm Post subject:
To be honest, their money and where it came from, how much the house and land cost, etc is not really of interest to me - I'm much more interested in the water wheel, the hows and wherefors of building what they need, and how they put their plans into action and the wife's clothes

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 06 8:44 pm Post subject:
What the people in the programme are doing is similar to what we want to do so I need to look at the practicalities of things as well, nothing wrong with that.

Sarah D

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 2584

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 06 11:28 pm Post subject:
I never said there was I just said that it wasn't of any interest to me.

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