I Probably Shouldn't Have Gone Inside Here...

/ wanderingturnip
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Recently I made a video where I saw a house that I thought was the worst ever, I lied...this is the worst.
I saw this house on the market with a guide price £10,000, and the pictures looked terrible. I decided to go check it out myself to see what was going on.
It was back in Middlesbrough, and I couldn't believe the state of it when I got there.
I have never seen a property for sale before in this state. The whole downstairs was flooded from a burst boiler. The entire roof was missing from fire damage. There was grow equipment so I assume it has been used from growing weed, which had caused the fire.
You really have to see it for yourself to believe it.
It also went to auction and I got to see how much it sold for...poor person who ever bought this.
I hope you enjoy,
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#abandoned #burnt #fire #damage #housing #dangerous #property #invest #money #house #building #roof

[@eleanorsteventon7534]

Worth nothing? It has a lovely indoor water feature and a vast sky light. What more could you want? 36k is a bargain if you ask me…

[@thisperson5294]

I do wonder if they could sue over the fact that the photos/description didn't show the whole picture. But maybe with auctions it's just caveat emptor. They should have gone and looked first.

[@blakasmurf]

@@thisperson5294 Part of me thinks they can get out of the purchase due to the inadequate warning given about it's condition. It should have never been open for public purchase and should be the repsonsiblity of local government. This is absolutely disgusting

[@Sharon-marie]

😂😂😂

[@ergohash2517]

how much would it cost to put a new roof? i think thats the main problem with the house. once its done all you need to do is move all the trash away, fix the pipe and you got yourself a barn to live. sure, it would be a horrendous house to live in , but technically you could live in it.

[@billyponsonby]

Location location. If it was in my town Cheltenha, it would be 200k but we all know this.

[@garywayell7211]

The fact the fire brigade didnt switch off the mains water supply,to protect the adjacent houses is beyond me,it would have taken about 10 seconds.

[@wanderingturnip]

Yeah I thought that, but I reckon it was someone breaking in after and nicking something from the boiler

[@garywayell7211]

If the water supply was turned off at the mains or the stop tap which is outside, if the thieves of the night rip the pipes out,there would be no water entering that house just what remains in the pipes and radiators. Very simple job

[@wanderingturnip]

Yeah good point actually. Seems dumb. I told the estate who was showing me round that they should probably turn it off, dunno if they did…

[@BruceGeorgePeterLee13]

It's Middlesbrough! 😂

[@annapachaclarke2392]

Utility company are responsible for turning off supply to property!

[@TheDoosh79]

It's barely a 10 minute job to cap that water leak, I can't believe they've left it. I know it doesn't have a roof but with it being a terrace that is very unfair on the neighbours, I hope the damp hasn't affected their properties.

[@pressuredrop6173]

Years ago the council would have capped that. That's what happens when the tories get into power. The country is going down the drain

[@M896]

@@pressuredrop6173 At least the Tories saved Brexit! The turkeys are easily convinced to vote for Christmas

[@henitinker8808]

You could probably turn it off at the mains from the street.

[@cykboy3254]

@@pressuredrop6173 tories being in gov is completely unrelated to local councils efforts

[@DC101-i8q]

@@pressuredrop6173 Literally !

[@azog23]

I'm surprised the estate agent didn't say the upstairs was "flooded with natural light".

[@Goady1000]

That's a good one

[@nesnibila4888]

😂😂😂

[@dinzdee]

"The downstairs is also flooded too"

[@bellatam_]

that’s brilliant

[@billholden5271]

I would like to leave a request. Could you go back in about 6 months or so and see if whoever bought this is actually rebuilding it. I think it would be interesting to see who had a vision for this place. And the financial backing to rebuild it. Also, very glad you are wearing protection. I always worried about you walking through those places with all the mold and whatever else is flying around there. Thanks for the video.

[@wanderingturnip]

Yeah that’s a really good idea. I’ll defo go back 👍👍

[@callumpickering4345]

It’ll be transformed into a Student HMO. Popular in the TS1 for the University

[@EvolutionRich]

@@wanderingturnip Homes under the hammer style!

[@thisperson5294]

I would really love to see it! My concern is it would simply be boarded up and auctioned again. You would think the council would have some compulsory purchase powers over derelict buildings.

[@CallumFFA2]

I live local to this location If I get reminded I’ll check in a few months time

[@joshkaye9723]

That EPC rating of D on the listing was a bit ambitious 😂 it doesnt have a roof

[@sLim88CPC]

Whoever puts those listing up should be liable for the accuracy of the information included. Or should I say misinformation, as we happen to have it now...

[@nuonknight]

I can’t believe how this house wasn’t condemned rather than sold!

[@08nickles07]

Looks like someone has ripped out the boiler, which caused the leak. No way should they let people in to view it

[@Smileyf4ce]

Wow! Unbelievable that the water was just left to leak like that. I hope the buyer did view it first lol.. It would be good to somehow in a year or two to do a video on some properties you've seen and to see if they've changed 😊

[@wanderingturnip]

Yeah that’s great idea I’m going to do that

[@DustyCustard]

@@wanderingturnip Please go dressed as Martin from Homes Under The Hammer and do his piano hands. 😆

[@wanderingturnip]

😂😂

[@jay.kwaline]

​@@wanderingturniphomes under the turnip 🎉

[@richardgabriel9958]

How has the council not turned that water off we pay loads for our water and that's just pumping out, also I love people exploring old abandoned buildings and it's amazing how much valuable stuff gets left behind

[@tracyfun6918]

Not the council,United utilities if they supply water in the area.

[@SM-mm9lo]

This is why I run my taps freely. Water is free, and should always be free. I feel heart sorry for people who have allowed themselves to be charged for a natural element/compound, whatever. Shameful because of the damage it's doing. Can anyone not find the water stop valve to the house?

[@runwithme9643]

@@SM-mm9lo treated water isn't free or the cost of distributing it to the convenience of your home. That's what you pay for.

[@SM-mm9lo]

@@runwithme9643 That is what you pay council tax for.

[@runwithme9643]

@@SM-mm9lo no it isn't, utilities are not nationalised

[@Joan-COYI]

Imagine the damage that’s being done to nearby property with all that water running into the surrounding walls and floors and foundations. That house will probably need to be raised to the ground. I’d love an update to see what happens to it.

[@llanieliowe794]

I hope gets refurbished, If it gets demolished then I feel bad for that buyer who spent 36k+ on a plot of land in Middlesborough

[@pimpozza]

I agree, an update would be great! Sometimes it's cheaper to knock down and rebuild than renovate.. It would be fascinating to see what the buyer does with it. I love this channel.. 👍

[@thisperson5294]

Itmakes me angry and sad. You can see all the little touches which means someone loved that place once. Once upon a time somebody looked after it properly. Imagine all the memories that were made in those rooms - the marriages and births, the parties, the quiet winter afternoons. My grandparents lived in a terraced street in Liverpool. It's a cliche but it was a warm community. But the streets belonged to a factory, who pulled most of them down for a lorry park. Nan's half of the street somehow stayed there for decades afterwards. Even after everybody moved out and all the doors and windows were bricked up. Now all of it has gone - the whole area. It's Edge Lane Retail Park now. Even the name of Nan's street has gone. Makes me sad.

[@democracyforall]

Just a stopper copper cover will stop all that water

[@llanieliowe794]

I think around 2005 they were given money to regenerate Liverpool but they spent a lot of money on demolishing terraced houses, which wasn't a very good idea because the streets that they marked for demolition which previously only had 2 or 3 boarded up houses then had lots and then funding ended in 2010 and the streets didn't get demolished and were left all abandoned... It was a real mess and honestly I think refurbishing houses is far better than destroying them!

[@liberality]

​@@llanieliowe794 It was called the Pathfinder scheme and was led by John "Two Jags" Prescott at the time he was deputy prime minister. Shameful.

[@pimpozza]

My partner and I have renovated a few houses over the years, but I've *NEVER* seen anything as bad as this!! It gave me an uneasy vibe just watching the vid.. can't imagine how horrible it was actually being inside! Can't they even turn the water off? The on-line listing states it's "close to a wealth of facilities and amenities.." Right!That's OK then - can't be all bad.. 😬🤭 Seriously though.. I can't believe someone bought it for any price let alone _that_ price!! (Plus fees!) 🤦🏻‍♀️ Fascinating vid, as always. Great to be able to watch the auction at the end.. Thanks, David.. 👍

[@thisperson5294]

And imagine what it does to the properties next door. 😢

[@pimpozza]

@@thisperson5294 Omg, yes.. I just hope the buyer's happy with it.. 😬

[@sLim88CPC]

I reckon nobody dares to go upstairs to turn it off. :D

[@piddlydiddly]

@@sLim88CPC it was downstairs, in the kitchen.

[@ollyvanderkort4395]

your are buying a freehold on the land, not the house.

[@megaman2016]

Can't they turn off the stop cork

[@wanderingturnip]

You think they would have 😂

[@dannymurphy1779]

@@wanderingturnip It is bizarre as there is one in the street, house one may have been seized as many are.

[@ridingflats]

Yeah, why is it just left on lol. How long has it been like that I wonder.

[@tonymack66]

I lived in that street, no 82, when I was a kid in the 1970s.

[@bujler]

That would be about £500K in London.

[@aceofspades5786]

90-100K as it is down here in Plymouth, but still worthwhile doing as would be 160/180 done

[@thisperson5294]

It would never have been left to rot in any prosperous city. Nothing against the area - it is sadly just how it is.

[@user-s1o3nr532]

Land values must be incredibly high in that part of Middlesborough because the actual building itself must surely have negative value - i.e. not repairable therefore incurring costs to demolish and clear before starting again with an entire new building. Or the buyer just took a blind punt.

[@chy4919]

@@leesmusic1 they are hoping some idiot from the south will think its a bargain

[@tsukuneaono3464]

Funnily enough that part of Middlesbrough is what they were trying to regenerate, they were supposed to be knocking most of those houses down and starting over

[@waterfoxy5690]

imagine how the neighbours must feel

[@rachelhart3531]

How did they allow anyone inside there? Absolute death trap!! There’s nothing salvageable from this house cost you thousands just to make it safe for the renovation.

[@carlyonbay45]

You know its a rough arse area when you see barbed wire

[@Charlie1776_]

Never been to Middlesbrough?

[@carlyonbay45]

@@Charlie1776_ Sheffield , Leeds , Sunderland - all rough grim places . High unemployment and high on smack

[@neilwharton720]

Imagine living next door to this dump, what about the poor neighbors 😢😢

[@ASBO_LUTELY]

There are such things as stopcocks, you can turn them off from outside. Why haven't they at least done that??? bloody hell!

[@kimbenson2920]

How casually they say "requires some improvement".....! Talk about the kings of understatement!

[@leahkeyworth]

Number 43 sold last year for 62k which im guessing was in much better condition; and number 56 also a terrace on opposite side of road, sold for 38k in 2021; so was it a decent buy?. Wont be any mark up to flip so im guessing someone either didnt look at property or a builder will do it himself cheap for long term rental.

[@tomash6805]

I can't see the profit in it myself, probably needs a complete rewire and every other trade , so better be a good multi tradesman lol

[@thisperson5294]

That is the mystery and I would love an update in the future.

[@aaaaa.aa.aaaaaa.a.4485]

came across that video about the tiny abandoned house and watched a few now. Top content gaffa, keep smashing it

[@UCCLdIk6R5ECGtaGm7oqO-TQ]

Anyone with sense would isolate the water at the stopcock.

[@ColonelForkEyes]

How has nobody thought to switch it off at the mains yet? And the stream of water landing on the kettle base too! Literally, shocking stuff!

[@josephstevenson9549]

The fact that the house has been let to get to the standard it did before the fire damage is unbelievable. Years ago when my first marriage ended I tried to get a council property but was put straight to the bottom of the list and was never contacted to get one, yet the obvious standard of people they allow to have them is crazy……it shows how wrong the system 8n the UK is! Great content again, very brave going in there with the damage that has been done. You should revisit in 6 months to a year and see if the house has been put right.

[@nickbrown6457]

Looking at your name, I'm presuming you're a British born male, you were obviously single at the time. If so, that means you are absolutely at the bottom of the pile, when it comes to housing, and other benefits. That's how valued we are in the UK today. We pay all of our taxes and get virtually no safety net. I lost my job during the Covid and all I was entitled to was £70 a week, after paying into the system for over 35 years. My housing costs alone (excluding bills) were £250 a week. Yet if I arrive on a boat tomorrow, I get everything paid for. Something's wrong.

[@Sharon-marie]

That new owner is in for one hell of a shock.

[@Anon1370]

they gonna patch it up with cardboard and rent it out room by room for students 🤣some slum landlord probably bought it

[@stuartfitch7093]

£36k! I wouldn't pay that. When I bought my three bed 50s built semi for £70k and all that needed doing was single glazed windows replacing with double glazing, increased insulation, a combi boiler system put in to replace the back boiler system and a complete redecoration throughout to get rid of the 70s decor. There are some bargains out there but there is some that are just money pits too.

[@jamescollins6085]

I don't think this property is worth any more than the land it is on. It's a total loss in my opinion.

[@johnmckay1961]

Crazy, I wouldn't spend £100 on that!

[@ionut7108]

Obviously the person who bought is more likely a builder who can turn this into a lovely home for cheap. Will be up for sale 10x more and buyers will fight over it

[@callumpickering4345]

@@ionut7108doubt it 😅

[@ionut7108]

So who do you think bought it? A family of four with 2 cats and a dog?

[@callumpickering4345]

@@ionut7108 I was referring the 10x more statement. I will be converted into an Student Let property for the university.

[@dalebenton3354]

£100,Be well worth it for £100,I would,Still take me a while to get the property done up,Then I would rent it out,That make a decent income each month,I become a Lanlord

[@RachelFayLovelyDay]

I viewed a knackered property in Sunderland which was a palace compared to this, but I still had to sign a safety disclaimer before being allowed to go inside. Can't believe they just let you view it like that. Totally reckless.

[@wanderingturnip]

I know right. It’s bonkers

[@njpringle]

It might be hard to believe looking at the Mad Max hell hole, but if you went back in a time machine and knocked on the door of that house in 1918, 1923, 1943, 1954, you would most likely have entered a cosy family home, with a nice British family living there. You would have been given a warm cup of tea and some freshly baked scones. Then when you showed them your ipad, they would have been amazed, and then when you played this video of their home in 2023, they would have been heartbroken.

[@llanieliowe794]

Maybe even just 20 years ago it could have been a nice house...Looking on the outside front it still looks like it have been ok until the fire and water damage

[@lx2495]

Are you American lol

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

But not shocked, it’s normal for fancy buildings to just get abandoned and decay if the owner dies

[@LewisCochranemusic]

‘Wasn’t gonna go in cos I didn’t want a shower’ 😂

[@MrYashka12]

"A must for the D.I.Y enthusiast"....I would have loved to have seen the expression on the face of the buyer when they paid there first visit to there new "investment "....priceless.

[@aoae-hf3rz]

you could get a lot more content out of these visits, the comment section is full of questions about how the neighbours must feel, and what the situation with the water is. If youre feeling brave you ahould knock on a few of the neighbours doors and ask if theyre willing to give their perspective and explain how its effecting other property in the area. You can then also take the feedback to the council and see what their sorry excuse is for leaving this place like it is with the water uncapped.

[@aoae-hf3rz]

youre already visiting these places being the eyes, if yoy added in the ears and did some investigating, it would really satisfy the viewers curiosities, and you would be exposing the full picture of the property's state.

[@wanderingturnip]

Oh yeah that’s a great shout. I do love chatting to people in my videos but never actually thought about just knocking on next door to some of the places 👍👍 nice one

[@simonhodgetts6530]

Such a pity - that would have been a decent house before the druggies took it over for a growing factory. Very, very unfair on the neighbours to leave it in this state - surely the local authority should take some enforcement action to get emergency repairs done?

[@thisperson5294]

I have heard it is organised gangs using slave labour who do this.

[@Govvy]

Why the local water board were not informed to turn the water off!!

[@jinnbuster4753]

Absolute nightmare. My sister in law lives in a house in South Wales. The house is quite nice but it is wedged up against a mountain which is shifting. So the house is unsaleable and in fact is worth less than nothing because it would have to be demolished.

[@wanderingturnip]

Oh shit no way. That sounds crazy. I wonder if she would be up for a chat? If so could you email me on [e-mail]

[@thisperson5294]

That's very sad. What on earth do people do when that happens? It reminds me of the houses in Hemsby here in Norfolk, where the cliff is falling away. Some houses used to be like a quarter of a mile from the cliff and now it's a couple of feet.

[@testval]

I like these short videos highlighting what you think is noteworthy, a nice mixup from the longer ones! Great job!

[@willrobertsmith]

Why has nobody turned the mains water off?! MADNESS...

[@mangoman9290]

If you lived next door to this is it possible to buy it, demolish it and then just have a bigger garden (and a gap between you and the next terrace house)? Or is there some council mandated law that it has to be retained as an independent domicile?

[@simonhodgetts6530]

The shell could be kept, and a conservatory style roof added - I saw one recently which had been burned out in Liverpool - the locals took it on, stripped it back to a shell, and turned it into a community garden and hot house - it looked amazing!

[@digidol52]

@@simonhodgetts6530 These are great ideas but it would have to be a community effort, I'd say it's unlikely someone in that street has 36K spare to spend on a garden.

[@thisperson5294]

That is a great idea.

[@stephnewman1357]

I can never understand how houses can be sold in this kind of state. Why has the water not been turned off at the mains? Cleared out? Really needs tearing down. Cant believe they let you walk round in this state to view. Its mad!

[@ThatCarGuy1983]

It's a mid terrace not going to just tear it down ffs

[@paulthomas3841]

You would think the People each side of the house would stop the Water Leak

[@mikeybmw1]

Surely someone could turn the water off at the mains ffs lol

[@lynnshaw2365]

Wow what a mess & I can’t believe they let people view it & goodness knows what the buyers reaction is if they haven’t viewed it prior to buying it. These videos are a real eye opener. Keep up the good work.

[@jekanyika]

I can't believe no one even bothered to turn the mains off.

[@dazuk1969]

You see that pipe pi**ing out water ?. Well there is a little blue handle on the side and all you do is turn it and the water stops. The fact no one could be arsed to perform that simple task says it all.

[@bonmatthew130]

Give me this house! I will fixe it! His better to live in a hotels for last 2 years! With a disable wife! In the loft!! Thank you Redbridge council! Thank you for showing us abandoned house! The government should be doing something about that!

[@peacocklava]

This is fascinating! Bingeing your videos. I bought my house at auction without viewing. Was a bit nuts but I got incredibly lucky. Really hits home seeing these videos. So interesting!

[@wanderingturnip]

Ooo nice glad you got a good one 👍👍

[@EVDaysOut]

Omg. I don’t think anyone should be in there. Surely not safe? Why hasn’t the water been turned off? The estate agents are not doing their job. The neighbours will be glad to get it all sorted. I suppose the value is for a building plot? That must be too high a price. Definitely won’t be appearing on Homes Under The Hammer 😂

[@ToxCcc]

If i were to redo a house out of a choice of that or the tiny abandoned one in Yorkshire, I'd choose the latter.

[@namesanmanname297]

Good video, u definitely need to go back in 6 months to see progress.

[@wanderingturnip]

Yeah that’s a good shout actually. I’ll go knock on

[@c1p1moore]

What a shocker yet your style is brilliant as per 👍👏

[@wanderingturnip]

Thank you

[@davidcoleman6032]

Question is, is the land it sits on worth more than 36k?

[@littleherrings5531]

No.

[@philmcgroin]

Would be interesting to see what happened. Near me a house got damaged similar to that and it also burned the next door house through the roof. They were empty for a long time during covid but eventually builders came and made them like new. Maybe if an auction house is listed with fire damage then the target customer is builders, not everyday people

[@iainw5081]

Would be interesting to revisit this one to see what eventuates to see if the house is recovered.

[@thisperson5294]

Yes. Please do that!

[@simonneep8413]

@@thisperson5294 Homes under the hammer, Turnip style!

[@millywood6801]

Morning Swede, Glad you got some boots. 36k That's unbelievable,. I feel sorry for the neighbors.

[@thisperson5294]

I suppose they would have had it nice and hot for a while and then suddenly... Maybe they were too frightened to go to the police.

[@nataliebooth7790]

Love watching these videos you post! Always makes me wonder why houses get like this. 😢

[@08nickles07]

The land would be worth something. If it was me I'd demolish and rebuild

[@cindybogart6062]

How sad they let people bid on that house? It’s a hopeless cause!

[@cdub5033]

In Maytfair, Estate Agents will shamelessly market this "pied a terre, fixer-upper" for a "very reasonable." £1000 per week plus extortionately spurious "Fees". "All it needs is a lick of Paint." There are dummies out there who will pay it.

[@davehedgehogUK]

Such a shame. Would have made a lovely first house for someone. Big bay window, through lounge so it's nice and light, patio doors. Certainly beats my first flat, 1 bed, that I paid 9 times the guide price of this house for - and that was in 2001, same flat is likely worth £240,000 now. Pokey horrible place I was glad to be out of after 3 years. If that goes for £10k, it'd be well worth paying the 30-40k or so it'd cost to get it back into shape. £50k is still ruddy cheap for a house. Edit - just seen what it went for. I'd still say £37,000 isn't THAT much if a developer has bought it and can keep labour costs down - which I would imagine is what happens, nobody drops nearly 40 grand on something they haven't viewed. The house looks trashed, but it's amazing how quickly a good gang would turn that back into a nice house, I've seen much worse than that turned around and put back onto the market in less than a month. It's all superficial, the bricks and mortar is what truly matters and it all seemed in order. 1 day, 4 men and a few skips and that place would look hugely different. Once it's down to the shell and all the kelt is gone, you'd see the potential.

[@cultfiction3865]

It’s utter robbery. You obviously don’t realise that Middlesbrough is one of the cheapest places in the U.K. to buy property and in that part of Middlesbrough properties the same size as that in perfect condition are selling for about 50k. I’m guessing you live somewhere in the south but everybody knows that housing is a complete rip off down there and that’s putting it mildly. Sometimes southerners have made the mistake of bidding on property in deprived ex mining villages in the north east that need a fair amount of work done, and paid far too much for the average price in that area, cos they don’t realise how drastically overpriced the south is

[@davehedgehogUK]

@@cultfiction3865 Of course know it's cheap. I've got 2 Boro houses in my portfolio, 3 in Byker, 1 in Wallsend, 1 in Newbiggin. Speculate to accumulate.

[@twitchbiddy6880]

Good grief!😮

[@robbieross6646]

Very sad. To think that at one time this house was someone’s pride and joy.

[@sloopyjoe1777]

Bet there's a hosepipe ban this year.😅

[@kimbenson2920]

£36000 for what is essentially an open-air garbage tip. Mind blown! 😶

[@Questionsarelong]

You could Have stopped that water with that blue knob

[@wanderingturnip]

I told the estate agent who was showing me round to…dunno if they did

[@SamGoesGlobal]

The fact that tap is on makes me realise the type of people we suffer with in the UK. Place is fucked.

[@rexcatston8412]

thats the worst thing about all these attached houses we have here. In most countries you could just bulldoze it in an afternoon then sell the land, but when its both ex-council and attached it becomes a real complication thats often not worth the effort because damaging the structural integrity of next door is a high possibility.

[@ThatCarGuy1983]

That's why you just tin it up with steel council shutters and a kick plate on the front door and walk away..

[@jamesbaird9691]

Absolutely shocking! It's value to me would be 0 pounds.

[@ojbeez5260]

People who make grow houses earn 100s of thousands of pounds and leave behind more than 100s of thousands of pounds of damage in more ways than one.

[@thisperson5294]

And people who enjoy cannabis don't want to hear about this. But this is the result. Maybe a good argument for legalisation.

[@ojbeez5260]

@@thisperson5294 Well depends if it does more damage than good overall.

[@dcallan812]

That really was a sh1t hole I feel sorry for the next door neighbours. Great video 2x👍 Next time you visit Middlesbough can you come to Saltburn and show the cliff lift and pier JUST so people dont think its all grim and sh1t holes up North. 🤣

[@wanderingturnip]

Oh yeah I do need to do more of that. Show the good parts up here. Although I’ve just done another one in London and that was sooo, so it’s everywhere 😂

[@catxls1835]

It needs pulling down David. Cool video!

[@lg_believe333]

That’s not a house that’s a pile of rubble sitting on land. I just don’t understand why the council or water company hasn’t sent someone in to turn off the stopcock to shut off the water supply, unless the brass stopcock handle has broken off. Either way why leave it like that, it’s a health hazard. Maybe you turned on the stopcock to allow the water to spurt out everywhere to make the house look more shocking. 😂

[@garygranato9164]

great vid, maybe go back and see if anyone is doing it up or did the buyer refuse due to faulse advertizing ! !

[@TheCatlady63]

Definitely had more than a few problem features but gutted back down to a shell and rebuilt it could be done but is it worth it to do it in that area?

[@cultfiction3865]

Definitely not. I saw a video the other day that had Middlesbrough as the cheapest place in U.K. to buy property. That guy could probably have bought a property of the same size in that area in perfect condition for that same price. Middlesbrough is notorious for how deprived it is. This is the problem with these auctions. People get carried away and end up paying more than an house is worth considering what needs spending on it. It’s all psychological

[@liberality]

I take your point that £36k is far too much to pay, which is probably due to naive online investors, but if I owned the property either side I might have to buy it and fix it up. Just because it represents a danger to my existing property and is certainly devaluing it. Also, when it comes to cash buyers, there are opportunities for laundering profits through building firms.

[@porkpie2884]

2:46 you could have turned that valve off to stop the water pissing out :)

[@aceofspades5786]

All repairable, but is it economical - £40K spend and what's it worth when done?

[@wanderingturnip]

I think done up, the houses round there don’t go for much either

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

Seriously, why on earth do they not turn the water off? I suppose there must be a reason, but i cannot imagine what it is! Thank you for the video!

[@tonycox5625]

Quick sweep round, bit of dusting, that'll be ok! 😂😂

[@hanleypc]

To a professional builder it's not the end of the world, it just means a full gut of everything back to brick and start again, all new timber everywhere and then a roof. Awful lot of work though.

[@wanderingturnip]

How much do you think realistically that would cost?

[@hanleypc]

@@wanderingturnip Sorry I might have given the wrong impression with my wording, i'm not actually a builder myself but I have seen houses taken right back. Stab in the dark maybe £50k?

[@wanderingturnip]

Oh yeah i did read it as that, interesting anyhow. And a builder actually did just comment and said around that figure but houses done up near there probs wouldn’t be worth it at all

[@BarryBethal-yv2oz]

It’s not too bad if you do the roof strip out just do a standard refit and turn the water off.

[@jamesmaybrick2001]

Yeah, easy fix. Small tactical nuke, wait several hundred years for the green glow to go and three headed rats to move away and it will be good for a lick of paint.

[@cultfiction3865]

No realistically that house is too dangerous to even renovate. When you cannot even go to take a shit without risking falling through the floor and breaking your neck, let alone half the ceiling crashing on top of you, that house isn’t worth a peanut

[@Jo-pf9st]

Na all the timbers gonna need replacing as well, will be rotten, big big job and expensive

[@dannymurphy1779]

Bought by a sparkie or chippie I reckon. It's nearly all joinery or electrics so if you have those skills then not too bad so long as it's structurally ok. I would say it was a canny buy for the right person.

[@patriciataylor7887]

It's a shell, need several skips, new roof & windows just to be habital Glad you showed the reality of cheap house.

[@juliebrooke6099]

I presume the adjoining houses were rented out as owner occupiers would have been concerned enough about their own house to make a phone call to the council or fire brigade about getting the water turned off. The owner has probably had an insurance payout following the fire so he’s not going to be bothered with it now.

[@curtismaize]

I'm sure they will back out of the sale. The pictures were a false advertisement.

[@caronmills8983]

Fantastic video. I can't believe the state of it and it sold for that much! Good to see you've got some safety gear now! 😁

[@joblotcomics7076]

Wow, 36k ? They could not have viewed that. Hope you are well David.

[@gillianstapleton7741]

So sad. I bet it was a lovely little house at one time.

[@D_B_Cooper]

Minus 25 grand would be fair

[@Richiecandylover]

I would of turned that water off, just below where the water is coming out is a blue bit of plastic, turning it would shut the water off

[@antennastoheaven]

I’ve watched almost all of your videos and I always wondered how these such a magnificent cozy houses been maintained so badly? Of course, there would be a lot of different reasons but is there any most common reason of that?

[@thisperson5294]

My theories. Once these houses were built around factories and let out to the workers. The factories closed and the properties sold. They are rented out by landlords who don't care and tenants who don't care. Eventually it will become a grow house like this one.

[@antennastoheaven]

@@thisperson5294 Thank you.

[@Drunk3nMonk3y72]

@Drunk3nMonk3y72 Strange, that water leak is on an isolator. You could have easy enough turned it off. Save water and all that...

[@matthew6994]

No way this should of gone to auction - should be condemned. Also this being a terrace, there are neighbours living both sides?

[@wanderingturnip]

Yep neighbours on either side. They looked lived in as well

[@RealmsOfThePossible]

That shouldn't even be available for sale, it needs to be condemned!

[@1nilu1]

They didnt pay for the house they paid for the land. Now they will demolish the entire property and transform it into a Hmo or whatever will make em a hundred odd K. Smart buy 👍🏼

[@adellarose6371]

I’m an Aussie so not sure about services in England. Surely someone is paying a water bill and if not why wasn’t water shut off?

[@finanzferdinand9874]

Others close by are in the 70k range So you would have to fix all that for under 35k to make a profit You can actually see that there is no roof in the first picture Unless they are a roofer and know a good plumber, plasterer and heating engineer, yes they got done over But you should have reported the water running like that