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We loved our visit to Malvern last year and took up some of @Mad Cyril 's recos @Massimo Giovanni - wish'd I'd seen your post as I might have added a few more ideas for you.....guessing you're back now.

Something that made me proper laugh yesterday at work, we've recently had a house for sale in a prime Canvey seafront location - it's like a Bond villain's house from the 70s, over three floors with two kitchens, one on the top and one on the ground floor, five bedrooms and a swimming pool on the 1st floor!

It attracted a huge amount of interest, including some from the Orthodox Jewish community, who were probably going to convert it into 6 or 7 living spaces for their member families. They kept asking how much they needed to bid to win it and stuff.

Anyway, there were 8 offers on it, including two from the Jewish community. Rather than a bidding war, we always go to "best and final" offers and the winning bidder ended up being a local. One of the Jews, on learning he hadn't been successful, told my boss that he is "too honest to be an estate agent"!
 
OldBlueLady said:
We loved our visit to Malvern last year and took up some of @Mad Cyril 's recos @Massimo Giovanni - wish'd I'd seen your post as I might have added a few more ideas for you.....guessing you're back now.

Something that made me proper laugh yesterday at work, we've recently had a house for sale in a prime Canvey seafront location - it's like a Bond villain's house from the 70s, over three floors with two kitchens, one on the top and one on the ground floor, five bedrooms and a swimming pool on the 1st floor!

It attracted a huge amount of interest, including some from the Orthodox Jewish community, who were probably going to convert it into 6 or 7 living spaces for their member families. They kept asking how much they needed to bid to win it and stuff.

Anyway, there were 8 offers on it, including two from the Jewish community. Rather than a bidding war, we always go to "best and final" offers and the winning bidder ended up being a local. One of the Jews, on learning he hadn't been successful, told my boss that he is "too honest to be an estate agent"!
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I know that place - it up near Canvey point - right?
 
Been put back on furlough today so it’s a day in front of sky sports news and I get to play football tomorow even tho it’s in basildon :Clap: :Smile:
 
Got a couple of tickets earlier for John Primer's concert here in Terrasssa on 21st Nov.Onlly 66 tickets on sale.The venue would normally be packed out. (The concert will be live streamed).Seems important to me that fans get tickets for live music shows when they can, in these difficult times for the industry.
 
OldBlueLady said:
Oh no, it's a complete refurb from top to bottom, we had it on the market at £575k. Might be worth that when it's all done up. Fab views along the front.
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I have relatives with houses there. Very nice views but traffic queues every morning and evening.

No thanks.
 
OldBlueLady said:
Oh no, it's a complete refurb from top to bottom, we had it on the market at £575k. Might be worth that when it's all done up. Fab views along the front.
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Blimey. Even needing a complete refurb a house like that round our way would be around £1.75m. If my wife had her way we'd move to Southend. She loves it. I love that I don't live there anymore, but it does make you think.
 
londonblue said:
Blimey. Even needing a complete refurb a house like that round our way would be around £1.75m. If my wife had her way we'd move to Southend. She loves it. I love that I don't live there anymore, but it does make you think.
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You do get a lot for your money on Canvey, but it's negotiating the roads on and off that is the huge problem, and as Cyril said, the wait and queues from along this area near the Point are some of the worst.
 
OldBlueLady said:
You do get a lot for your money on Canvey, but it's negotiating the roads on and off that is the huge problem, and as Cyril said, the wait and queues from along this area near the Point are some of the worst.
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I cycled past yesterday and that is a lot of house for £575k.
 
Mad Cyril said:
I love 70s and 80s decor so could have lived with a lot of this.

The bathrooms would be replaced immediately however.
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Yes, first thing you'd do to it I'd imagine! It's probably got some nice G-plan furniture too which is still popular!
 
OldBlueLady said:
You do get a lot for your money on Canvey, but it's negotiating the roads on and off that is the huge problem, and as Cyril said, the wait and queues from along this area near the Point are some of the worst.
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Queues have got a lot better through lockdown etc but not sure how long that’ll last. Not an issue if you never leave the island at peak times I guess.
 
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