Exciting New Development - Page 2

BERNADETTE · 31-08-2007, 23:02

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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

When I last spied it it was just a steel frame and that was at the beginning of the month. Dont think it is worth the cost for a pad there considering it reminded me of the building of the Asda back in the 80's.

It is quite nice, they have done the area round the lodge up as well. Bet the penthouse has a nice view

cashman · 31-08-2007, 23:04

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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

It is quite nice, they have done the area round the lodge up as well. Bet the penthouse has a nice view

of what? i dare not say,dont want banning.

BERNADETTE · 31-08-2007, 23:16

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Originally Posted by cashman

of what? i dare not say,dont want banning.

Well don't say it then, there must be someone daft enough to buy them, they haven't built them on the off chance that they'll sell!!!

park381 · 01-09-2007, 09:36

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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

I would think that quite of few of these apartments have already been sold. I just can't see a developer building them unless they knew there was a market, there was a programme on television recently where the developer bought a block of ex-council flats and made them into luxury apartments and a lot of them were sold off plan. I would imagine this is what happened here.

Are HBC & Barnfield Construction not the developers, see the pic below another Barnfield Development, there is a big sign adjacent "To purchase or to rent"

WillowTheWhisp · 04-09-2007, 16:00

I can't see how they can have already been sold if they are being listed with prices and offers invited for the two on the top floor.

park381 · 04-09-2007, 18:59

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

I can't see how they can have already been sold if they are being listed with prices and offers invited for the two on the top floor.

I thought they had offered one of those to PB

Eric · 04-09-2007, 19:52

Which "water" do these things "front" on ... the canal? Seems like a hell of a lot of money. Tells you a lot about the intelligence of the nouveau riche, if they would pay that kind of money for an apartment.

WillowTheWhisp · 04-09-2007, 20:08

It's an old lodge.

WillowTheWhisp · 04-09-2007, 20:25

The blue splodge on this map is the lodge in question.

MAP

Eric · 04-09-2007, 20:38

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

The blue splodge on this map is the lodge in question.

MAP

That's it!!!! It's a puddle. Had a quick word with a real estate friend of mine and for somewhere between 200 and 220 thousand dollars you can get a condo at Harborfront Place, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a balcony etc, overlooking Lake Ontario (not a puddle) with a view of Fort Henry (a World Heritage site) and a few of the Thousand Islands, including Wolfe Island (named after General Wolfe), the largest of the Thousand Islands. My poor hovel of a house, with three bedrooms, a finished basement, large yard with three beautiful maple trees, in a quiet area close to the lake and the shops (and the pubs) cost me an exhorbitant $150,000. I do get the feeling that those puddlefront apartments are more than a little overpriced.

BERNADETTE · 04-09-2007, 20:44

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Originally Posted by Eric

That's it!!!! It's a puddle. Had a quick word with a real estate friend of mine and for somewhere between 200 and 220 thousand dollars you can get a condo at Harborfront Place, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a balcony etc, overlooking Lake Ontario (not a puddle) with a view of Fort Henry (a World Heritage site) and a few of the Thousand Islands, including Wolfe Island (named after General Wolfe), the largest of the Thousand Islands. My poor hovel of a house, with three bedrooms, a finished basement, large yard with three beautiful maple trees, in a quiet area close to the lake and the shops (and the pubs) cost me an exhorbitant $150,000. I do get the feeling that those puddlefront apartments are more than a little overpriced.

Can you translate into english money Please? If only for this numbskull here who doesn't know the exchange rate.

MargaretR · 04-09-2007, 21:09

http://investing.reuters.co.uk/Inves...rter&WT.srch=1
£70950

BERNADETTE · 04-09-2007, 21:12

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

http://investing.reuters.co.uk/Inves...rter&WT.srch=1
£70950

That is round about the same as the cheaper apartments is it not?

garinda · 04-09-2007, 21:14

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Originally Posted by Eric

Which "water" do these things "front" on ... the canal? Seems like a hell of a lot of money. Tells you a lot about the intelligence of the nouveau riche, if they would pay that kind of money for an apartment.

I don't know the exact figure, but the average cost of a terraced house in Hyndurn is now over £100,000.

So with the all the building guarantees that these apartments come with, meaning they'll be maintenance free for at least ten years, plus all the extras, such as white goods etc, the price isn't really that exorbitant.

MargaretR · 04-09-2007, 21:15

Uk property prices are exhorbitant because we are an overcrowded country. which makes land prices high before even a brick is laid