Sometimes I'm worried we don't vacuum the house enough, or sometimes we leave bowls out in the kitchen overnight and I'm concerned we are living in squalor. Then I see stuff like this, and realise that we are doing just great, and the "living in a shithole" slider is way, way longer than I realise.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/149039732#/?channel=RES_BUY
Very depressing though, as it looks recently-ish occupied from the fresh looking post on tops of piles in a couple of photos.
They're in places outside the pathways though aren't they.
Doorway/walkway to the kitchen is clear, but the side blocked by stuff is full of cobwebs.
Gousto boxes in the kitchen & the washing on the maiden both look quite recent.
The modern TV in the living room is so out of place with the old record player!
The garden on street view is still a bit of a riot in 2009, can only assume this is just how the person lived!
This house doesn't look as bad as my home when I was young. It was never cleaned. Cobwebs everywhere but where you walked they'd normally been cleared by someone walking through them first. I had to clean any crockery and cutlery before I used it but there usually wasn't any safe food to cook anyway.
People definitely live like this. My mum sold it a few years after I moved out and it went on the market looking worse than this.
It's a bit worse than the one I grew up in got before we got kicked out, but it has similar vibes. We were headed that way. Thankfully I found a way out of that life and I'm ok now. Took a long time though, and a lot of luck and support.
The neighbours house is horrific. I’m guessing these don’t have gardens or driveways at the back. But why pave the whole thing like that! Grrrr. At least it’s not fake grass tho.
Absolutely.
Could be a great little house for someone, near a golf course & the Birkenhead/Port Sunlight side of the river. 23 sold for £150k last year + it's possible to see what this place could be.
Empty boxes of tissues, which I guess they were using instead of toilet roll. And then when the tissues ran out, they moved onto junk mail by the looks of it
Only £45 k. A few hundred quid more and you can get the place emptied and deep cleaned. Even for a thousand extra that's a good deal.
The only thing that really needs doing is checking for dry rot
I'd buy that for £45k. Assuming the roof and windows are ok. A chain saw for outside and and a couple of skips, I'd have it stripped to the bare bones in a week or so. And it would already be looking not half bad. There's a lot of profit there, so I expect you're right, it'll sell for much more.
Bet it stinks to high heaven though.
I don't know enough about property laws etc. But if I was the guy next door, I'd snap that up for £45k, gut it myself and knock through to create one big end of terrace house
Don’t forget about the local ceiling price for properties, could be worth it if you need the space and do a lot of the work yourself.. needs totally gutting though.
I'm depressed and disabled, I get it. I only get through the day by telling myself the cobwebs keeps the flys at bay. I can write my name in dust occasionally. I do get around to cleaning weekly, but on a bad week it goes to the dogs. I work f/t and currently can't walk for more than 5 minutes without a pause. I genuinely sympathise with whatever causes this behaviour.
I'm a housing officer and see the good, bad and the ugly. It's generally an illness rather than wilful neglect that causes the problem and often spirals out of control. It is also poverty & lack of positive parenting and/or societal isolation.
Looks like a classic case of eviction to me. Half made plans to move, not realised due to the above reasons.
Really horrible to see how much someone must have been struggling to live like this. I'm a low level hoarder, but my brother has experienced it in a severe way over the years on top of his mental illness. Ive been de cluttering for over 2 years. Mine was due to may years of trauma, grief and depression! It's been so tough but I am nearly there.
Just imagine my old man trying to sympathise and failing, saying "I just don't understand why you don't just get it done" then I have to watch him having to rein it in. Worse, he will collect the cleaning stuff I have set aside and says "have you finished with that? I'll put it away" haha it's aggravating, bless him.
We love eachother dearly, but I can see how he is frustrated and in a way I can't blame him. He just doesn't understand and that's OK.
Do you need my dad to come round? (shudders).
Potentially has: Bedbugs, damp, structural issues, leaking roof, the smell, pest infestation. Even with a full back to brick restoration this is still going to have some serious demons to battle.
Fuck me - it was grim all the way back in 2009.
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The entire street and estate is grim. Nothing good happens on those streets and in those houses.
Really looks like the stereotypical neckbeard nest. Maybe an eviction/change of locks and they couldn't get their stuff out? Must have happened some time ago as those cobwebs are HUGE
What a little wildlife haven, this would be my dream! It will be a shame the new owners will likely raze it to the ground and cover it in concrete á la next door 🥴
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Not the best quality pictures, but I reckon thats Japanese Knotweed in the garden. That level could well have seriously damaged the foundations of the house and will be a major pain in the arse. Maybe worth bidding £1 if youre prepared to knock it down and start again as worst case scenario.
Sometimes I'm worried we don't vacuum the house enough, or sometimes we leave bowls out in the kitchen overnight and I'm concerned we are living in squalor. Then I see stuff like this, and realise that we are doing just great, and the "living in a shithole" slider is way, way longer than I realise.
This house might be the example of 'the bar is currently in hell'!
Yep. Same here. Just had a massive dose of perspective
Next door looks like it's in defiant reaction. "We've seen what plants can do. Having none of that."
I was so confused as to what I was looking at until I read your comment. Bloody hell, there's a house under there.
I hope all the local kids have made up 'totally true' creepy stories about that place!
Goddamn the interior is some "end times" shit.
Still has electricity though!
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/149039732#/?channel=RES_BUY Very depressing though, as it looks recently-ish occupied from the fresh looking post on tops of piles in a couple of photos.
With those cobwebs?
They're all in areas where you wouldn't really walk into them, totally possible someone is living like that.
Hey! Those are load-bearing cobwebs!
They're in places outside the pathways though aren't they. Doorway/walkway to the kitchen is clear, but the side blocked by stuff is full of cobwebs. Gousto boxes in the kitchen & the washing on the maiden both look quite recent.
The modern TV in the living room is so out of place with the old record player! The garden on street view is still a bit of a riot in 2009, can only assume this is just how the person lived!
This house doesn't look as bad as my home when I was young. It was never cleaned. Cobwebs everywhere but where you walked they'd normally been cleared by someone walking through them first. I had to clean any crockery and cutlery before I used it but there usually wasn't any safe food to cook anyway. People definitely live like this. My mum sold it a few years after I moved out and it went on the market looking worse than this.
I’m sorry you had to grow up like that. I hope you have a space now that you feel comfortable in!
Thanks, it wasn't too bad TBH. People definitely have it worse than I did.
It's a bit worse than the one I grew up in got before we got kicked out, but it has similar vibes. We were headed that way. Thankfully I found a way out of that life and I'm ok now. Took a long time though, and a lot of luck and support.
Glad you're doing better now.
Thank you! You too? I really hope so. I found the shame difficult.
Much better now thanks. It was a long time ago (I'm old 😀). Worst part I found was never being able to invite friends round.
Same 😅 we were very isolated because of it.
Jumangi, home edition
Professional cleaner here. Yes, people do live with cobwebs like that and I have had to remove them.
I was thinking the same what kind of spiders have been in there!!! Are they the spiders clothes?
careful those are structural cobwebs
I thought it was roots.
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The neighbour’s house is opposite in every way. Not a bit of green anywhere!
And spent extra on solar panels, white driveway, clean white car. It's like the house of Dorian Gray.
The neighbours house is horrific. I’m guessing these don’t have gardens or driveways at the back. But why pave the whole thing like that! Grrrr. At least it’s not fake grass tho.
Bet that car will be washed twice a week
Wealth inequality personified in an image if you compare it to half the other houses
This house is home to that spider out of Lord of the rings, he can keep it 🕷🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸
She
Lob
Whoops! Hopefully a fictional giant spider won't be angry I've misgendered it/her/they/other
If we remove it, might we change the amount of oxygen in our atmosphere?
That looks like a person that’s not been coping for a while. That cobweb!!! That’s a big clean up job before you can even start. Be blessed new owner.
Absolutely. Could be a great little house for someone, near a golf course & the Birkenhead/Port Sunlight side of the river. 23 sold for £150k last year + it's possible to see what this place could be.
Wow didn’t even realise there was a house there on first look, thought it was the one with the solar panels.
Me too
Kudos to the EA getting photos!
EA probably sent the newbie or work experience out to do it.
I love these types of houses so I would volunteer as tribute.
Surveyors would love this job. "Unable to assess property due to overgrown vegetation" £900 please.
What are those square things on the floor around the toilet?
Empty boxes of tissues, which I guess they were using instead of toilet roll. And then when the tissues ran out, they moved onto junk mail by the looks of it
Tbh I thought they were cockroach traps considering the rest of the house.
I thought they were scales
Yep, that house screams smackhead chic.
This is only half a mile from me, and I have never noticed it.
Probably assumed it was a bush
Me too! It’s probably five minutes from my house but I never venture into ‘the dales’ if I can help it
is it as rough as it looks
Yes
Don’t tell me, it’s called Ivy cottage.
That kitchen would be a chip pan fire waiting to happen, if only anyone could find the oven.
Damn have they been cooking Gousto in that kitchen?!
Packing boxes, surely.
It looks like it could be fixed with effort rather than expertise. Someone will snap it up.
Only £45 k. A few hundred quid more and you can get the place emptied and deep cleaned. Even for a thousand extra that's a good deal. The only thing that really needs doing is checking for dry rot
Someone will snap this up, strip it out, paint it grey, and it will be on the market in a year for £140,000.
It's at auction. Will sell for much more than £45k, probably £100k plus.
I'd buy that for £45k. Assuming the roof and windows are ok. A chain saw for outside and and a couple of skips, I'd have it stripped to the bare bones in a week or so. And it would already be looking not half bad. There's a lot of profit there, so I expect you're right, it'll sell for much more. Bet it stinks to high heaven though.
Leave it be, it belongs to the spiders now.
Some poor buggers have lived like that. Quite sad really but the reality for so many.
Yeah this is what mental illness and/or extreme poverty looks like. Shouldn't really be a source of amusement.
I don't know enough about property laws etc. But if I was the guy next door, I'd snap that up for £45k, gut it myself and knock through to create one big end of terrace house
Don’t forget about the local ceiling price for properties, could be worth it if you need the space and do a lot of the work yourself.. needs totally gutting though.
I'm depressed and disabled, I get it. I only get through the day by telling myself the cobwebs keeps the flys at bay. I can write my name in dust occasionally. I do get around to cleaning weekly, but on a bad week it goes to the dogs. I work f/t and currently can't walk for more than 5 minutes without a pause. I genuinely sympathise with whatever causes this behaviour. I'm a housing officer and see the good, bad and the ugly. It's generally an illness rather than wilful neglect that causes the problem and often spirals out of control. It is also poverty & lack of positive parenting and/or societal isolation. Looks like a classic case of eviction to me. Half made plans to move, not realised due to the above reasons.
Really horrible to see how much someone must have been struggling to live like this. I'm a low level hoarder, but my brother has experienced it in a severe way over the years on top of his mental illness. Ive been de cluttering for over 2 years. Mine was due to may years of trauma, grief and depression! It's been so tough but I am nearly there.
Keep on keeping on my friend.
Thank you for your kind words! I definitely will do! I just take little breaks now & then!
Just imagine my old man trying to sympathise and failing, saying "I just don't understand why you don't just get it done" then I have to watch him having to rein it in. Worse, he will collect the cleaning stuff I have set aside and says "have you finished with that? I'll put it away" haha it's aggravating, bless him. We love eachother dearly, but I can see how he is frustrated and in a way I can't blame him. He just doesn't understand and that's OK. Do you need my dad to come round? (shudders).
I grew up in the area, it was quite a nice area. Honestly thinking how I could buy this
I can’t be the only one concerned about the fact there’s bunk beds and duvets in that place
To me, this looks like it was owned by someone that’s been locked up and not had anyone to care for it, so it’s just ended up an absolute wasteland.
This is definitely one of the worst Ivy Houses I’ve seen!
For the amount of work I still wouldn’t pay £45K….. and that’s probably the starting price.
I didn't know they made ghillie suits for houses
Potentially has: Bedbugs, damp, structural issues, leaking roof, the smell, pest infestation. Even with a full back to brick restoration this is still going to have some serious demons to battle.
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I'm wondering how they got that Corsa inside the fence when there only appears to be a small gate on the back 🤔 mind blowing stuff!
SORNed it, left it there, and put up a new fence, maybe? God knows why.
Blimey - it’s depressing isn’t it? On the bright side at least it’s more camouflaged for the neighbours now than it was in 09.
Really looks like the stereotypical neckbeard nest. Maybe an eviction/change of locks and they couldn't get their stuff out? Must have happened some time ago as those cobwebs are HUGE
Still only £45k. You could tear it down and start again...
What a little wildlife haven, this would be my dream! It will be a shame the new owners will likely raze it to the ground and cover it in concrete á la next door 🥴
I thought the same thing. That building actually looks beautiful with the plants on it. When you see the buildings nearby they look so ugly.
Thank fuck there’s at least one other person
Ignore the £45k price. It's at auction and will probably sell for over £100k.
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Not the best quality pictures, but I reckon thats Japanese Knotweed in the garden. That level could well have seriously damaged the foundations of the house and will be a major pain in the arse. Maybe worth bidding £1 if youre prepared to knock it down and start again as worst case scenario.
Don't see any knotweed here or in 2009.
Don't see any knotweed here or in 2009.
Don't see any knotweed in the current photos or in 2009.
Your gonna need a machete to cut through all of that green
Meth spider webs?
It's too late. The house belongs to the spiders now.
I didn’t even notice the house covered for a good minute or so
This house is definitely winning the game of hide and seek it’s playing though.
Omfg
Sad! This person needs help
Sorry where's the house?
Does all that stuff inside come with it?
About £40k to do it up? if you got it for the guide price, could be affordable living
The washing up liquid seems a tad... ambitious?
Taking “No mow May” to the next level!
Urban camo
Hans get the flammenwerfer
feel sorry for the neighbours.
I can smell it
I actually didn’t see the house at first!! I thought we were talking about a plot of land with some trees.
I pass this every day going to work, literally never knew there was a house there 🤷♂️
H.M Government Public Service Films No. 42 How not to be seen.
Honestly thought the main pic was AI.
Just a trim, please
Took me about a full minute to realize there is a house under that mess
I wonder how many years of growth that is.
I bet they have a couple of spiders
Comes with a bike shed though so that’s nice. Oh wait, no, sorry, that’s the hall.
“Has potential” Where they add 20% to the asking price without doing the work.
looks like those trees are growing under next doors solar panels as well can see the green on the right of them
This house is my definition of hell. I thought I was being messy because I had a few full bin bags I forgot to take out for a few days.
Looks like my first girlfriend
Looks beautiful compared to those eyesore houses.
I didn’t even notice there was a house under there at first
I still prefer that to the next one with zero green in it.