Crazy Ex Council House market prices!

[Arthurgray50@blu]

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I live on a council estate in Middlesex, and quite recently a very nice person died.

Estate Agents have valued this former council house at - £400.000 Just a three bed house which used to belong to the council

I cannot believe that a house can be sold at this price - absolutely disgusting, just makes me wonder why Estate Agents are rich

[Kursk]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

I cannot believe that a house can be sold at this price - absolutely disgusting, just makes me wonder why Estate Agents are rich

It makes me wonder too how an ex-Council house has accrued such value when it should have been retained as public housing stock. It seems it's not only Estate Agents who are on the take....

Are you saying that this house is being put on the market for £400? Do you have a link for...you know...research.....

[Ignitionnet]

Is that all?

Middlesex doesn't exist by the way - you're in Hounslow or Richmond upon Thames. I'm guessing you're just on the Hounslow side as in the amazing area you would be in in Richmond, St Margarets, you wouldn't get close to buying a house for £400k.

You live in one of the more expensive areas of the most expensive city in the country, and one of the most expensive in the world.

[Arthurgray50@blu]

I beg to differ - Middlesex does exist. And secondly, l live on the border of Twickenham and Hounslow.

The A316 runs between us. Near Twickenham rugby ground. Just to prove how posh it is in Twickenham and how snooty they are.

The Tesco store just across the road from me - the name is Tesco Twickenham - but it is in Isleworth. And they didn't want the store under the Isleworth banner.

Whitton now comes under RICHMOND Borough, despite it being in HOUNSLOW, as resident's complained about being under the HOUNSLOW title.

Anyway a house in TWICKENHAM recently sold for 2.5 million

And to finish - it is an ex council house, as l live a couple of doors away. And its price is £400.000

[Gavin78]

Mines worth about 90k and is a 3 bed, I can see why now the gov need to crack down on housing if they are buying them up for 400k a time

btw, Arthur, it's the seller that makes the money - the Estate Agent only gets a percentage.....

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

I beg to differ - Middlesex does exist. And secondly, l live on the border of Twickenham and Hounslow.

The A316 runs between us. Near Twickenham rugby ground. Just to prove how posh it is in Twickenham and how snooty they are.

The Tesco store just across the road from me - the name is Tesco Twickenham - but it is in Isleworth. And they didn't want the store under the Isleworth banner.

Whitton now comes under RICHMOND Borough, despite it being in HOUNSLOW, as resident's complained about being under the HOUNSLOW title.

Anyway a house in TWICKENHAM recently sold for 2.5 million

And to finish - it is an ex council house, as l live a couple of doors away. And its price is £400.000

This is the part where I point out that I lived in Twickenham for 4 years, including one address in Whitton, TW2, and as far as I know Whitton was part of the ancient parish of Twickenham and only the very northern part of the area is in Hounslow.

At least, I am pretty sure I was in Richmond upon Thames. I was paying them council tax and as far as I know boundaries weren't changed at any point.

You are I imagine referring to this. Those people live in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, their complaint is that their postcode is TW3 and they are as a result considered part of Hounslow, pushing insurance premiums up, amongst other things.

I'm aware of how 'posh' Twickenham is. I was one of the posh, snooty residents of it. Lived in St Margarets for over 2 years and in the centre of Twickenham, Church Street, for close to 2 more. The yummy mummy force is indeed strong there, though I didn't find most people snooty. Compared with Richmond, Barnes and Mortlake Twickenham is common.

I'm aware of how expensive property is there: the minimum wage, before tax, wouldn't have covered my rent, and I moved 200 miles north before I could own property.

The new build flats in Brewery Wharf cost £500k+. That's the smallest 1 bedroom studios. When you think about that £400k for a decent house not much more than a mile up the road, regardless of whether it's ex-council or not, isn't actually that expensive in the grand scheme.

A house being ex-council doesn't mean it's cheaper and can mean the opposite, councils built some fine houses with large gardens.

As far is who's getting richer out of it? For the most part that'll be the largely baby boomer generation who purchased a while back before London prices went nuts, and some investors.

[Pierre]

Middlesex = Mid Saxon
Sussex = South Saxon
Wessex = West Saxon
Essex = East Saxon

For some reason there is no "North Saxon"

[Ignitionnet]

Indeed, though it doesn't change that the county of Middlesex no longer exists and hasn't since 1965.

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Indeed, though it doesn't change that the county of Middlesex no longer exists and hasn't since 1965.

I'm not going to argue 'cos I don't know, or care that much.

But I can remember watching programs on Thames Television and the address for correspondence was thames television, teddington lock, middlesex?

And I was wasn't born until 1970?

[Ignitionnet]

Indeed, it seems to live on in addresses even though the county itself doesn't exist

I only know because I lived in the area to be honest.

Originally Posted by Pierre

But I can remember watching programs on Thames Television and the address for correspondence was thames television, teddington lock, middlesex?

Middlesex was a postal county until 1996, hence correctly used at the time in those addresses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal...United_Kingdom

[Stop It]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Indeed, it seems to live on in addresses even though the county itself doesn't exist

I only know because I lived in the area to be honest.

And some places still think it exists.

My local rugby team runs teams in the Herts/Middlesex league: http://www.hmmt.co.uk/

Nice to see I play somewhere that doesn't exist!

Indeed Middlesex University is still going strong.