House in Burnley currently on Homes Under the Hammer

[WillowTheWhisp]

Was it the same one? I didn't watch TV this morning as I was too busy.

[keckfaro]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Was it the same one? I didn't watch TV this morning as I was too busy.

This one was on Cog St off Accrington Rd,it was bought by a chap from Kent,him and his partner did a very good job on it,they,d bought the house next door a few weeks earlier and did a good job on that one as well also when the camera crew went back to have a look at what they,d done they told them that they,d bought another house on the street and were in the process of renovating that one as well.

[WillowTheWhisp]

Wow they must be keen. Good to see the houses being done up though. We could do with somebody buying the one at the end of our row and doing something with it. All the windows have been broken now. The downstairs ones are boarded up but the upstairs are open to the elements and we've had some terrible rain lately.

[keckfaro]

Originally Posted by keckfaro

There,s been a couple of houses on Under the Hammer before this one,the first one I saw was a couple of years ago that one was up Piccadilly Rd,used to be a chippy,a chap from Manchester bought it to do up and sell on,he was coming over off and on to work on it and it was vandalised a couple of times,I think he did,nt finish it and ended up selling it on.The second one was a few weeks ago and this was bought by a local property developer,this house was on Accrington Rd.and he did a good job of it and I think he made a good profit.

The one on Piccadilly Rd has been on again this morning,a repeat,the lad bought it for 17.000 quid,did,nt do a right lot at it and sold it on unfinished for 30,000 quid,not bad but the way the film was put over it painted a pretty poor picture of Burnley,the background music was a piece called Lonesome Town,all in all not a good advert for Burnley

[WillowTheWhisp]

TV love to perpetuate this myth of it being 'grim up north' don't they?

[Kiki]

I saw the house on Picadilly Road on Homes under the hammer this week! it was bought at auction for thirteen grand- then sold again for thirty!:hidewall:

[fc:stanley]

I thought it was 17,000 and i also watched it , it did really paint a bad picture of burnley on the show , i think so when they guy TRIED to do it up it would sound good but he got a good profit from a bit of work.