Athy Posted January 15, 2022 Report Share Posted January 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Tim Lewis said: The pictures are not really selling it 🙂 No interior shots - should we assume that it's a wreck inside? For once, the state agent's cliché of tremendous potential is justified. It needs work but could be an idyllic spot. Is that stretch of canal actually being restored or is it just derelict? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogwr Posted January 15, 2022 Report Share Posted January 15, 2022 No located between the M4 and Cwmbran . Towpath is busy with cyclists and walkers. A lot of infilled built over sections to be overcome before it becomes connected to the North 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted January 15, 2022 Report Share Posted January 15, 2022 12 hours ago, Uxter said: Cottage and Canal restoration. https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/60529431/?search_identifier=7a21b1724b831d977371c4d781e476df Just shows it not just some boat owners who accumulate crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 Yet another 4 bedroom detached house for sale in Pinxton Wharf, Pinxton, NG16 (rightmove.co.uk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, ditchcrawler said: Yet another 4 bedroom detached house for sale in Pinxton Wharf, Pinxton, NG16 (rightmove.co.uk) Handy for the pub but you won't be seeing many boats coming past 😞 Edited January 17, 2022 by Tim Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 2 hours ago, ditchcrawler said: Yet another 4 bedroom detached house for sale in Pinxton Wharf, Pinxton, NG16 (rightmove.co.uk) If I wanted to live in a dentists with a doctors surgery waiting room to relax in, this would be ideal, just missing the numerous NHS posters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 (edited) On 17/01/2022 at 22:56, matty40s said: If I wanted to live in a dentists with a doctors surgery waiting room to relax in, this would be ideal, just missing the numerous NHS posters. It's had a full renovation - of its atmosphere. Edited January 19, 2022 by mark99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 On 17/01/2022 at 20:35, Tim Lewis said: Handy for the pub but you won't be seeing many boats coming past 😞 Yes you could moor outside with slack ropes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 Have you got a million and a half making a hole in your pocket Land for sale in Coleshill Road, Atherstone, CV9 (rightmove.co.uk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: Have you got a million and a half making a hole in your pocket Land for sale in Coleshill Road, Atherstone, CV9 (rightmove.co.uk) A big investment to be had. Planning for 68 apartments. Be good to see it in its improved condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Vectis Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 As long as the residents don't start to whinge about moored boats running their engines and burning wood or coal on their stoves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Victor Vectis said: As long as the residents don't start to whinge about moored boats running their engines and burning wood or coal on their stoves. Of course they will. Hope the little pub next door survives. Many a year since I’ve come across a pub that sells tins of snuff. Olde worlde pub. Edited January 23, 2022 by Nightwatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 Maid of the Mill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noddyboater Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 Grade 11 listed but permission now granted for full knockdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroudwater1 Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 18 hours ago, Nightwatch said: A big investment to be had. Planning for 68 apartments. Be good to see it in its improved condition. I like this sort of building Tbh it’s very much receding from the canal side scenery these days. It’s a shame in my eyes. I much prefer it to rather sanitised apartments that will probably replace it. There’s increasingly nowhere for any manufacturing industry to ever take place even if it was feasible now other than on more greenfield sites . I’m not sure that’s wise. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 3 hours ago, Stroudwater1 said: I like this sort of building Tbh it’s very much receding from the canal side scenery these days. It’s a shame in my eyes. I much prefer it to rather sanitised apartments that will probably replace it. There’s increasingly nowhere for any manufacturing industry to ever take place even if it was feasible now other than on more greenfield sites . I’m not sure that’s wise. I’m assuming that they refurbish the building rather demolish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Lad Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 16 minutes ago, Nightwatch said: I’m assuming that they refurbish the building rather demolish. Old mills/warehouses are often not well suited (for developers) to carving into flats due to the floor layout and ceiling height. Often you’ll find mysterious fires tear through these neglected buildings forcing them to be demolished, especially if planning has been refused previously. From what i’ve seen on the Book of Face, allegedly divers had been used to assess the foundations and found they were knackered and so it will be demolished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Hudds Lad said: Old mills/warehouses are often not well suited (for developers) to carving into flats due to the floor layout and ceiling height. Often you’ll find mysterious fires tear through these neglected buildings forcing them to be demolished, especially if planning has been refused previously. From what i’ve seen on the Book of Face, allegedly divers had been used to assess the foundations and found they were knackered and so it will be demolished As good a reason of any I suppose. Have to say, it is an eye sore presently. Edited January 24, 2022 by Nightwatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 20 minutes ago, Hudds Lad said: Old mills/warehouses are often not well suited (for developers) to carving into flats due to the floor layout and ceiling height. Often you’ll find mysterious fires tear through these neglected buildings forcing them to be demolished, especially if planning has been refused previously. From what i’ve seen on the Book of Face, allegedly divers had been used to assess the foundations and found they were knackered and so it will be demolished which is why they have left it so long before developing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Hudds Lad said: From what i’ve seen on the Book of Face, allegedly divers had been used to assess the foundations and found they were knackered and so it will be demolished Divers...you needed wellies only it was that shallow next to the building...we did try and get in there once for a look around but couldnt get closer than about 4 feet away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Lad Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, matty40s said: Divers...you needed wellies only it was that shallow next to the building...we did try and get in there once for a look around but couldnt get closer than about 4 feet away. I did say it was from Facebook, where fantasy meets reality, gives it the finger and rides off on it’s unicorn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 Another lock cottage for sale by CRT: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/118952816?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 19 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said: Another lock cottage for sale by CRT: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/118952816?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUY I have always liked the look of that as we passed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy D'arth Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 There was usually a 70' ex BWB boat moored alongside, not there now. Surprising because the lock pound is the winding. I have winded 70' there with the boat on its mooring, just, with the fenders up. Its the only one for a fair way. Next is up the locks at the boatyard. I would expect it to achieve substantially more than the estimate at auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 26 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: I have always liked the look of that as we passed It's quite a change to see a house that looks like someone has actually lived in it for a change rather than just a B&Q brochure effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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