Now here's an unlucky house...
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Apparently this house has been on sale for years. Beautiful historic house, six bedrooms, mature gardens etc, only £235,000. Of course, Bootle is not prime territory but still. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-24692214.html
It is only when you get to photograph number 28 that you see the bail hostel at the bottom of the garden...
It is only when you get to photograph number 28 that you see the bail hostel at the bottom of the garden...
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Apparently yes. I know someone who went for a viewing, and got the impression that they had done an aaaaaaaaaaawful lot of viewings over the years...
Nothing wrong with bootle op, and yes that's a lot of property for the money
Frankly I'd be more worried that it was listed since that can be an expensive pain in the bum. As has been noted the energy rating is poor (possibly due to the conservation status).
Liberals wouldn't mind living there, liberals are also young and wouldn't want to live in a place of such 'character' I'd imagine.
I've heard that my nan used to tell people to "go to Bootle" in a similar way to someone saying "get lost" or "go for a long walk on a short pier". She was from Wallasey on the other side of the river and lived there 'til the 70's.
Are you sure it's a bail hostel it looks like National Tyres to me.
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.449054,-2.983672,3a,75y,280.82h,91.27t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s_HjddGawwBUdujfeBPXDOg!2e0
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.448834,-2.983962,3a,75y,357.66h,92.96t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sdRPduAliyh_NUI84wCmI3Q!2e0
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.448929,-2.983833,3a,75y,342.72h,86.57t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sYmGJ7pzN_G8rKu3u86Xz2w!2e0
I don't understand this---liberals are also young--. I know several people who have told me they vote liberal and they're absolutely ancient. Anyhow, we would never move from London to Bootle no matter how cheap a house was and it's got open fires. I hate open fires.
I was being a bit tongue in cheek I suppose but if I had to say there was a general rule liberals do seem to be conventionally younger.
Besides which, bit of a difference between those who 'vote liberal' and those who 'are liberal'. The Liberal Democrats aren't very liberal these days.
I spoke to someone who had just been to look at it. They said it is a bit of a talking point in Bootle, that it has been on sale for so long.
Building with the red door is the gated window one.
That is not a bail hostel.
http://www.homelessuk.org/details.asp?id=HO1002169
http://boscohouse.org.uk/team-bosco.html
THAT is a bail hostel and it's down the road from the property.
If you scroll to the map, the gated property in OPs picture is at the roundabout, attached to the National Tyres building.
Myth: busted.
Seriously - how can you "hate" open fires? They are lovely on a cold winter's night!
Oh well, I'm sorry if I got something wrong. I assume that the person who told me about it had misunderstood what they were told. I can't work out from your link how close the bail hostel is. Still, if anyone wants a bargain house, and doesn't mind it being on a big crossroads and near to a bail hostel housing sex offenders, this is the one.