anybody that buys it for a residence will gut the place. no point spending money on lights that are going to be ripped out anyway..
What offends me far more than the ceiling tiles in the bedroom is the sea of plastic on the ground and on the walls in the backgarden. WTF is that about?!
To reinstate the ceiling, coving and ceiling rose in keeping with the rest of the house would definitely not be cheap.
To do it on the cheap would look as bad if not worse (ok, maybe not!) than what's there.
The new owner might be happy with a plain ceiling, but if you were going to change it for the sale, you'd need be be doing it right, IMO.
I'd imagine it's a quick fix to make it look like a residential garden.
I wonder has it planning permission for change of use from commercial to residential?
there is planning permission for change of use for the mews at the rear but nothing for the building itself. that planning permission was granted in 2015.
That's a suspended ceiling. Original ceiling and coving probably still there,
Would you really need permission to turn it back into residential use?
there is an exemption to allow commercial premises empty for more than 2 years to be converted to residential use without the requirement for planning permission.
I didnt think it would be cheap, it was another poster that said that, id agree with you, unless it is hidden behind the suspended ceiling it would be expensive id have thought.
I didn’t say cheap. I said it was an easy fix and small change for someone who’s spending €1.5m on a house
You said small change to be fair. And people buying a 1.5m house aren’t going to be delighted to have to immediately spend tens of thousands to put in something you’d expect to be there already. People buying this wont be millionaires I wouldn’t have thought.
Yeah, I can understand that for a premises that was originally designed as commercial.... but a period house that's been used as commercial for a time?
anyway, this is dragging the thread miles off topic (something I gave out about myself only recently!!) so I'll keep my wondering to myself.
Back to horrible/historic/hairy houses!!
Jesus. I think you need to stay away from these kind of houses.
The ceiling tiles could be changed, I presume. If so, they wouldn't be a dealbreaker for me.
What would be a dealbreaker, is no driveway or private offstreet parking. "2 car parking permits available".
For a €1.5m house, I want my own parking space.
Looks like they've cut off the access to the building at the rear. So no parking unless you change the front entrance, which might not be that hard to do.
I doubt you'd get planning at the front, there's a footpath and what I presume is a busy enough road.
Someone who knows the area might know if it would be possible at the back, as another poster said it's a heck of a lot of money when you have to leave your car on the street.
On satellite view it looks like there is parking to the rear, shared with the next house (which is also for sale).
I can't imagine getting permission for a driveway to the front, that's a very narrow bottleneck beside pedestrian lights and a junction, it's forever clogged up with traffic (I pass it regularly).
It's unusual that there's no rear access given it was obviously used commercially and probably had a good few working there.
Potential to bring period homes back into residential use in heart of Ranelagh
Turns out the whole terrace, including some of the mews houses, were sold "with potential" last year.
27 parking spaces between the lot - no shortage 🤣
Ah, private parking at the rear but they were still class as commercial in October last year. The article does state it would be easy to change and each house could be 5 bed homes.
Edit - there's a muse at the back of 2 of the houses.
And yet all the listing says about parking is "2 permits available". Which still means, on street parking only, and no private space on your own property.
For me, that would be enough of a dealbreaker to look elsewhere, especially if spending that kind of money.
It looks like the house for sale, and the one next to it were both commercial office spaces previously. Both had a shared back yard space. On top of this, two mews building at the back of both. It seems they have split the back garden, and cut off the mews buildings at the back. So pretty much hemmed in on all sides. As for parking permits available, would that work for on street parking, which can only be around the corner, as no parking directly outside?
2 parking permits so good luck if you plan on any visitors.
@Citizen Six, I don't know the area but the ad say it's accessed at the rear. I haven't the energy to look at streetview now. That and the mews in the back garden would annoy me no end.
I'll be passing on the bike again tomorrow evening - if I have time I'll have a scout around 🤣
Re the parking permits, you get two for residents, and a load of 24-hr scratch cards for visitors. The problem around there would be finding a vacant parking space!
For that price I would want a back garden. There are parking spaces in the back garden but who owns them I don't know and there is also two bungalows at the back of the garden also. Do they own the parking spaces or is it your neighbour.
This is a photo of the rear of the property before development.
Even if you have two permits, there is no access to the parking area through the back garden, (at least that could be seen from the listing photos, - see photo 12/17 - and also the mews properties!) which would mean trotting back and forth all the way around to the front. The access lane is also quite narrow. It would just be annoying. What if you forget and leave something in the car and have to run out for it in your jammies?
Parking out front will never be an option - double yellow lines, and a cycle lane directly outside.
Nah, I'd pass.
I'm a dumbass I went on google maps looking at the back and never even looked fully at the pictures in the ad. I just went through the pictures now an you do have a back garden but you do not own any parking space from the rear since they closed it all off. So for your over 1.5m you have to make do with finding parking on the road crazy considering the price. The even blocked the bungalows from your garden now too, which is a good thing I suppose.
Admittedly they had a great setup for the workers when it was commercial with plenty of parking spaces. And then who ever owned it made a few quid by building and selling two bungalows at the end of the site.
I mean seriously, what's wrong with people? Imagine trying to watch Match of the Day with that thing in use...!
Picture 12
thats a sauna, right? weird.
Pebbledash walls, lots of security lights, house looks like it has never been lived in, no personalisation anywhere, overpriced. Good parking for vans though….
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