London Real Estate Browse

[Joe Bento]

It looks as though the London prices are right in line with my former
hometown area of San Mateo in the San Francisco Bay Area.  I was
paying $1500 US a month for an 800 square foot apartment. 

Insane, if you ask me!  I now own a 3500 square foot home in Utah.

Joe



--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
>
> Once again I have been browsing London Real Estate and spending the
> Lottery money I haven't won yet. 
> 
> Tonight I was primarily looking the the Fullham and Battlesea areas. 
> 
> A typical nice but not great London Flat 600 to 1,000 square feet is
> about £350,000 or about US$690,000. Keep in mind this is for a small
> but reasonably nice 2 bedroom apartment. (convertion rate 1.97)
> 
> Houses in the same area were in the £500,000 to £1,000,000 for some
> relatively nice houses. I saw a few I wouldn't mind having.
> (US$985,000 to US$1,970,000). 
> 
> Though I saw a REALLY nice Row House, absolutely first rate for a mere
> US$7,000,000. Of course, if I win the lottery, $7,000,000 for a
> vacation home in London is nothing. The mortgage payments on this
> place are just under $40,000/mo.
> 
>
http://www.douglasandgordon.com/dng/buy/details.php?sale_rent=1&ID=2720&rNo=43&sale_rent=1&price1_fld=450000&price2_fld=99999999&bedroom1_fld=0&bedroom2_fld=2&ptype_fld=2&area2=2&area6=6&thetype_fld=1
> 
> I did see a really nice flat near Battersea Park on Battersea Park
> road for a mere £310,000. (US$$611,000). Within easy walking distance
> of the 200 acre Battersea Park which is right on the Thames River, and
> reasonable walking distance (though a bit long) to Hyde Park, St.
> James Park, and New Covent Garden Market. 
> 
>
http://www.douglasandgordon.com/dng/buy/details.php?sale_rent=1&ID=2459&rNo=0&sale_rent=1&price1_fld=150000&price2_fld=99999999&bedroom1_fld=0&bedroom2_fld=2&ptype_fld=0&area2=2&thetype_fld=1
> 
> If you would like to indulge your fantasies, look at -
> 
>
http://www.douglasandgordon.com/dng/buy/train.php?sale_rent=1&sec=1&id=1&thetype=1
> 
> Also, you can rent Flats, furnished and unfurnished, for about £300 to
> £500 pounds. That seem fair. (US$600 to $1,000 per month)
> 
> It's all just for fun.
> 
> Steve/bboyminn
>