Author Topic: A piece of real estate which me and the wife are bidding on... (Read 11401 times)

Hammers · « **on:** August 22, 2011, 04:50:02 PM »

...but unfortunately seem to be losing

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14566625

It is a shame, I had in my mind already the invitations ready for a Gothic Horror SLAM! in my own dungeon. I am gnashing my teeth as I am sure some fucking Östermalm trust fund asshole is bidding against us to use the house as an occasional place to throw a once a year cocktail party.

richarDISNEY · « **Reply #1 on:** August 23, 2011, 05:14:30 AM »

I think its funny that nowhere in the article do they show the actual house itself!

Hammers · « **Reply #2 on:** August 23, 2011, 07:13:21 AM »

Quote from: richarDMB on August 23, 2011, 05:14:30 AM

I think its funny that nowhere in the article do they show the actual house itself!

It's a quite beautiful, built in the 1750s and very nicely renovated. All within the city walls in Visby. I did not post it before because it has even less relevance for Gothic Horror gaming.

All this national and international attention is all due to the fact that it sits on this excavation of the ruins of what's said to be the 13th century church of the Russian merchants of Visby. It is like a private museum down there. Or, as I said, a private crypt where to play Gothic Horror games.

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It reeeeally smarts that we can't keep up in the bidding any longer. I really despise the other guy in quite irrational ways...

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #3 on:** August 23, 2011, 08:14:15 AM »

It's not Malamute is it

How big is the house and crypt (BBC said just three bedrooms, that could mean anything)?

cheers

James

Malamute · « **Reply #4 on:** August 23, 2011, 08:18:15 AM »

Quote from: jimbibbly on August 23, 2011, 08:14:15 AM

It's not Malamute is it

How big is the house and crypt (BBC said just three bedrooms, that could mean anything)?

cheers

James

I'm not going to be drawn into this debate about crypts, skeletons and estate agents.

Hammers · « **Reply #5 on:** August 23, 2011, 09:15:52 AM »

Quote from: jimbibbly on August 23, 2011, 08:14:15 AM

It's not Malamute is it

How big is the house and crypt (BBC said just three bedrooms, that could mean anything)?

cheers

James

Well, in Sweden we measure in square meters, which doesn't take kitchen and bathrooms in account. So it's 157 square meters, quite a large kitchen and two bathrooms, two walk in closet, half a ruined church in the basement with at least two skeletons.

Hey, Malamute, you're the expert, what's the going price for a house sitting on graves? I mean, I have seen Poltergeist and would think people'd be hesitant.

Malamute · « **Reply #6 on:** August 23, 2011, 09:26:26 AM »

Quote from: Hammers on August 23, 2011, 09:15:52 AM

Hey, Malamute, you're the expert, what's the going price for a house sitting on graves? I mean, I have seen Poltergeist and would think people'd be hesitant.

Its all about location, location, location.

carlos marighela · « **Reply #7 on:** August 23, 2011, 09:30:51 AM »

Curiously enough there was an auction this week for an infamous property in Easey Street, Collingwood, where an unsolved and quite horrific double murder too place in the 1970s. The house was the subject of a rather strange marketing angle and had to be heavily discounted because of its reputation. Friends of mine lived a few doors down in the 1980s and they always thought there was a creepy vibe about the place.

http://www.domain.com.au/Property/For-Sale/House/VIC/Collingwood/?adid=2009140100

Hammers · « **Reply #8 on:** August 23, 2011, 09:40:17 AM »

Quote from: Bezzo on August 23, 2011, 09:22:56 AM

Don't those people in the cellar count as "sitting tenants"?

In England that reduces the asking price for a property by a colossal amount.

Right, especially if it's an old Russian tar merchant...

Well, we're still in the race, apparently. The wife just thought we should raise the bid and I am incapable of saying no. God I detest this process... Sorry Malamute, I shall stop this irrelevance now. I just had a need to unburden my mind a little.