Topic ID 3683
I'm rather surprised to see that only 2 of the 11 new properties are reserved. We viewed the plans the w/e of the 7/8 June & the sales team were saying they expected them to be snapped up. I realise that some of the new houses may be 'on hold' as people may have property to sell, but even so I would have thought demand would be high in Hertford, despite the price.
Reply ID 53617
I notice from the website at http://www.balls-park.co.uk that they don't yet appear to have "launched" the development
Reply ID 53620
Check here http://www.exploreliving.co.uk/Default.aspx?page=19&navId=5&devId=46
Reply ID 53621
wow, it does look pretty amazing!
Reply ID 54852
Cripes, the 1 & 2 bedroom apartments have been launched ranging in price from £295k to £397k. How on earth will they sell them at that price?!! (When you check current availability, on the next screen select Balls Park as it seems the website isn't working correctly). Now only 1 of the houses are reserved.
Reply ID 54938
Would you want to live in a double entendre?
Reply ID 54956
My wife and I went to see the show apartment today and thought it was out of this world. The specification was extremlly high in fact the show home is the best I have seen and I have looked at a few. [:)]
Reply ID 54958
quote:But is it worth the money?
Originally posted by bigb1970
My wife and I went to see the show apartment today and thought it was out of this world. The specification was extremlly high in fact the show home is the best I have seen and I have looked at a few. [:)]
Reply ID 54960
I would want to know what the service charges will be. A private estate of that size is going to take some upkeep.
Reply ID 54961
quote:We were impressed too but thought they should have wired them for burglar alarms rather than/as well as have a CCTV on the front door linked to the TV. Still a lot of money in this current market.
Originally posted by bigb1970
My wife and I went to see the show apartment today and thought it was out of this world. The specification was extremlly high in fact the show home is the best I have seen and I have looked at a few. [:)]
Reply ID 54964
quote:£300k for the 1 bed flat though!!! That's so much money, I can't ever imagine paying that much. Do you know what the square footage is?
Originally posted by bigb1970
My wife and I went to see the show apartment today and thought it was out of this world. The specification was extremlly high in fact the show home is the best I have seen and I have looked at a few. [:)]
Reply ID 54966
it is a very unique development though isnt it. 300k probably wont sell quickly, but i wouldnt bet against it selling at some point, depends how long the developer is willing to wait!
Reply ID 54981
quote:No idea about the apartments - anyone know how to work out square footage? - but for the houses The Elm is 1171 & The Willow is 1072.
Originally posted by Jo Squote:£300k for the 1 bed flat though!!! That's so much money, I can't ever imagine paying that much. Do you know what the square footage is?
Originally posted by bigb1970
My wife and I went to see the show apartment today and thought it was out of this world. The specification was extremlly high in fact the show home is the best I have seen and I have looked at a few. [:)]
Reply ID 54986
wow, thats pretty small.
Reply ID 55011
They maybe small but look at the place you will be living, its fantastic. We are going back today to have another look round my wife is set on living there.
Reply ID 55012
If I was spending £300k though, I would AT LEAST want 2 bedrooms!
Reply ID 55013
I personally wouldnt pay 500k for a 3 bed terraced house which anywhere else would be 300k or there abouts based on the parking and the Sq ft'ge. I'm sure it does have granite worktops etc but once everyone is moved in, your'e within spitting distance of your semi-chav neighbour in the terrace complete with screaming kids, and everyones moaning about the parking, I would think that the novelty of living within the grounds would wear off. If I were spending 500k at the moment I would put an offer in on a house in a semi rural location and get the best of a degree of privacy and a rural location. There's a house in Warepark Road that keeps going down in price - was 650, now 595. Needs reskinning for my tastes, but I would be looking to make a cheeky offer on something like that than a 3 bed terrace in Balls Park. Having said that 500k is cheap compared to Goldings. I know people that paid north of 600k for one of the 4 bed terraced houses there.. Balls Park will no doubt sell the lot though!
Reply ID 55015
quote:Who knows? At the moment 15 out of 17 properties are still available according to the developers website. I would think a cheeky offer might be successful.
Originally posted by exiled_in_Reading Balls Park will no doubt sell the lot though!
Reply ID 55016
quote:I will be very interested to check the land reg figures for these. This will only occur when the government realises that putting a delay on releasing the registered land house prices every month to create the illusion that we are not in a recession, isn't working...
Originally posted by Leo Densianquote:Who knows? At the moment 15 out of 17 properties are still available according to the developers website. I would think a cheeky offer might be successful.
Originally posted by exiled_in_Reading Balls Park will no doubt sell the lot though!
Reply ID 55047
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-23050553.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=buy nigh on 400 large and you only get 1 allocated parking space! Dear me. It's going to turn into a mini Newlands Garden if that's the case..
Reply ID 55060
Ah but you see it has got, and I quote: "Pre wiring for an iPod docking station". That'll explain the extra £200k then.
Reply ID 55090
Great you can listen to your favourite tunes on your ipod whilst you watch the local oiks on your cctv - fabulous daaarling [:D]
Reply ID 55098
quote:We were told £700 pa
Originally posted by Steve
I would want to know what the service charges will be. A private estate of that size is going to take some upkeep.
Reply ID 55102
quote:Whilst banging your head on your granite work surface when you realise you are in negative equity!
Originally posted by Kitty Kat
Great you can listen to your favourite tunes on your ipod whilst you watch the local oiks on your cctv - fabulous daaarling [:D]
Reply ID 55111
quote:Wiring for the current technology seems somewhat short sighted. Hopefully the house will last longer than the iPod format, Cd, minidisc, DAT, laserdisc, or any of the other short lived marketing ploys. Still, it cost virtually nothing to do.
Originally posted by aubend
Ah but you see it has got, and I quote: "Pre wiring for an iPod docking station". That'll explain the extra £200k then.
Reply ID 55113
quote:Tried a cheeky offer, didn't work.
Originally posted by Leo Densianquote:Who knows? At the moment 15 out of 17 properties are still available according to the developers website. I would think a cheeky offer might be successful.
Originally posted by exiled_in_Reading Balls Park will no doubt sell the lot though!
Reply ID 55119
quote:How cheeky?
Originally posted by xnetcoquote:Tried a cheeky offer, didn't work.
Originally posted by Leo Densianquote:Who knows? At the moment 15 out of 17 properties are still available according to the developers website. I would think a cheeky offer might be successful.
Originally posted by exiled_in_Reading Balls Park will no doubt sell the lot though!
Reply ID 55160
quote:Yeah, right. Typical 20 year old one-bed flat costs that! Expect biiiiiiiiiiiig increases after the first couple of years.
Originally posted by Willowquote:We were told £700 pa
Originally posted by Steve
I would want to know what the service charges will be. A private estate of that size is going to take some upkeep.
Reply ID 55161
quote:Couldn't agree more: At least the campers next door get fully detached residences!
Originally posted by exiled_in_Reading
I personally wouldnt pay 500k for a 3 bed terraced house which anywhere else would be 300k or there abouts based on the parking and the Sq ft'ge. I'm sure it does have granite worktops etc but once everyone is moved in, your'e within spitting distance of your semi-chav neighbour in the terrace complete with screaming kids, and everyones moaning about the parking, I would think that the novelty of living within the grounds would wear off. If I were spending 500k at the moment I would put an offer in on a house in a semi rural location and get the best of a degree of privacy and a rural location. There's a house in Warepark Road that keeps going down in price - was 650, now 595. Needs reskinning for my tastes, but I would be looking to make a cheeky offer on something like that than a 3 bed terrace in Balls Park. Having said that 500k is cheap compared to Goldings. I know people that paid north of 600k for one of the 4 bed terraced houses there.. Balls Park will no doubt sell the lot though!
Reply ID 55773
We viewed the show home, which is on the market for £755k. Oh my goodness it is so over priced for a 3 bedroom house. Good finish but the doors are disappointing and the bedrooms felt small with the restricted height.
Reply ID 55783
quote:Too close to the road too. Tim
Originally posted by Willow
We viewed the show home, which is on the market for £755k. Oh my goodness it is so over priced for a 3 bedroom house. Good finish but the doors are disappointing and the bedrooms felt small with the restricted height.
Reply ID 55785
quote:They had music on but you could still hear the traffic and it wasn't going that fast with the toad works on outside - imagine what it will be like at up to 60mph.
Originally posted by xnetcoquote:Too close to the road too. Tim
Originally posted by Willow
We viewed the show home, which is on the market for £755k. Oh my goodness it is so over priced for a 3 bedroom house. Good finish but the doors are disappointing and the bedrooms felt small with the restricted height.
Reply ID 55790
quote:Toad works?? [:D]
Originally posted by Willow They had music on but you could still hear the traffic and it wasn't going that fast with the toad works on outside - imagine what it will be like at up to 60mph.
Reply ID 55791
quote:Oops [:D]
Originally posted by Deverauxquote:Toad works?? [:D]
Originally posted by Willow They had music on but you could still hear the traffic and it wasn't going that fast with the toad works on outside - imagine what it will be like at up to 60mph.
Reply ID 58136
I had a call from the sale office the other day saying the Gate House plans of phase 2 are ready - looked on the website and the houses are not big and there is limited head room in all the 3 bedrooms. Definitely not worth £600k. I find it strange how they price these houses so high when they are obviously struggling to sell phase 1.
Reply ID 58144
quote:One could suggest it's called 'Balls Park' for a reason.[:D]
Originally posted by Harran
I had a call from the sale office the other day saying the Gate House plans of phase 2 are ready - looked on the website and the houses are not big and there is limited head room in all the 3 bedrooms. Definitely not worth £600k. I find it strange how they price these houses so high when they are obviously struggling to sell phase 1.
Reply ID 58165
Ball spark? Like ball lightning? It's electric living there [:D]
Reply ID 68376
Walked past the new 3 bed houses (dolls houses) that are nearing completion further into Balls Park development - even smaller than the Gatehouses on London road.... small kitchen, small living room and cloakroom downstairs and 3 tiny beds upstairs...mostly in the eaves. 1 allocated parking space...yours for £600k (£585k for semi detached)... Looks like the bigger houses on the London Road side that were deemed expensive 6 months ago are all sold and look good value ! http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/new-homes/property-13316217.html?locationIdentifier=POSTCODE%5E3718542&radius=0.5&pageNumber=1&fromSummary=true&backToListURL=%2Fproperty-for-sale%2Ffind.html%3FsearchType%3DSALE%26locationIdentifier%3DPOSTCODE%255E3718542%26radius%3D0.5%26displayPropertyType%3D%26minBedrooms%3D%26maxBedrooms%3D%26minPrice%3D%26maxPrice%3D%26maxDaysSinceAdded%3D%26retirement%3D%26partBuyPartRent%3D%26_includeSSTC%3Don%26sortByPriceDescending%3D%26primaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26secondaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldPrimaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldSecondaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26newHome%3D%26auction%3Dfalse%26x%3D52%26y%3D7
Reply ID 68380
quote:Normally found to be caused by nylon underpants and easily cured.[;)]
Originally posted by SallyB
Ball spark? Like ball lightning? It's electric living there [:D]
Reply ID 68381
quote:Not all sold - some rented out by developer [8D]
Originally posted by Frenchie
Walked past the new 3 bed houses (dolls houses) that are nearing completion further into Balls Park development - even smaller than the Gatehouses on London road.... small kitchen, small living room and cloakroom downstairs and 3 tiny beds upstairs...mostly in the eaves. 1 allocated parking space...yours for £600k (£585k for semi detached)... Looks like the bigger houses on the London Road side that were deemed expensive 6 months ago are all sold and look good value ! http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/new-homes/property-13316217.html?locationIdentifier=POSTCODE%5E3718542&radius=0.5&pageNumber=1&fromSummary=true&backToListURL=%2Fproperty-for-sale%2Ffind.html%3FsearchType%3DSALE%26locationIdentifier%3DPOSTCODE%255E3718542%26radius%3D0.5%26displayPropertyType%3D%26minBedrooms%3D%26maxBedrooms%3D%26minPrice%3D%26maxPrice%3D%26maxDaysSinceAdded%3D%26retirement%3D%26partBuyPartRent%3D%26_includeSSTC%3Don%26sortByPriceDescending%3D%26primaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26secondaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldPrimaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldSecondaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26newHome%3D%26auction%3Dfalse%26x%3D52%26y%3D7
Reply ID 68390
quote:Yes, this shows how even more confident the developers are of the mkt for these properties in that they would rather rent for a year or two then sell at a reduced price. These Co's dont have a huge excess of cashflow at the moment so they obviously feel very confident in the pricing.
Originally posted by Kitty Katquote:Not all sold - some rented out by developer [8D]
Originally posted by Frenchie
Walked past the new 3 bed houses (dolls houses) that are nearing completion further into Balls Park development - even smaller than the Gatehouses on London road.... small kitchen, small living room and cloakroom downstairs and 3 tiny beds upstairs...mostly in the eaves. 1 allocated parking space...yours for £600k (£585k for semi detached)... Looks like the bigger houses on the London Road side that were deemed expensive 6 months ago are all sold and look good value ! http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/new-homes/property-13316217.html?locationIdentifier=POSTCODE%5E3718542&radius=0.5&pageNumber=1&fromSummary=true&backToListURL=%2Fproperty-for-sale%2Ffind.html%3FsearchType%3DSALE%26locationIdentifier%3DPOSTCODE%255E3718542%26radius%3D0.5%26displayPropertyType%3D%26minBedrooms%3D%26maxBedrooms%3D%26minPrice%3D%26maxPrice%3D%26maxDaysSinceAdded%3D%26retirement%3D%26partBuyPartRent%3D%26_includeSSTC%3Don%26sortByPriceDescending%3D%26primaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26secondaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldPrimaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldSecondaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26newHome%3D%26auction%3Dfalse%26x%3D52%26y%3D7