Derelict house engulfed by overgrown trees is on sale for £450,000 and it's a pretty good deal
Imagine your ideal London home: three bedrooms, a garden, and a mere stone's throw from a lush park. Now picture it entirely engulfed by overgrown bushes and trees.
Well, this sad, sorry excuse for a property in is up for sale for a whopping £450,000 ($582,151) and, honestly, that's a pretty good deal, for London.
This three-bed terrace house on Ruthin Road in Blackheath, London, has one bathroom, one reception room, a garage, a 50ft garden. And, as a bonus, it comes with masses of foliage. A neighbour told the Evening Standard that the property's former occupant had planted garden flora "quite a few years ago" and the house had been completely covered for a long time. According to Zoopla, the current average property value for houses on Ruthin Road is £970,700 ($1,254,606). And, given that the average property value in London is currently at £490,718, the house -- which will be sold by public auction on Tuesday -- is actually a pretty sweet deal.
The RightMove listing notes that the property -- currently sitting vacant -- is "in need of complete modernisation." Just in case you hadn't already worked that out.
Bargain!
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
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