The house that’s selling for NOTHING: Starting bids begin at £0 for Welsh three-bed home with two reception rooms, bay window and garden plot (though there is a catch)
- Home in Aberdare, South Wales, is short drive from Cardiff, where similar terraced houses go for over £400k
- Bidding for the three-bedroom property starts at midday on March 16 and closes at around 5pm two days later
- Auctioneers Paul Fosh say there has already been a ‘strong interest’ in the bay fronted, mid-terraced house
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Starting bids have begun at £0 for a Welsh three-bedroom home with two reception rooms, a bay window and a garden plot.
The property in the former mining town of Aberdare, South Wales, is just a short drive away from Cardiff where similar terraced houses go for more than £400,000.
Bidding for the house is set to open at midday on March 16 and close at around 5pm two days later, on March 18.
However, despite auctioneers Paul Fosh already tempting several buyers, the house is said to need some updating and has a ‘relatively’ short time left on the lease.
One of the reception rooms, featuring a bay window, inside the house in the former mining town of Aberdare, South Wales, which is just a short drive away from Cardiff, where similar terraced houses go for more than £400,000
A reception room with a fireplace inside the property. The house is said to need ‘updating throughout’ and has a ‘relatively’ short lease, but benefits from a gas combination boiler (not tested)
The exterior of the three-bedroom home in Aberdare. The property’s description reads: ‘It offers spacious accommodation with two reception rooms to the ground floor and three bedrooms to the first floor’
In its description, the mid-terraced property is referred to as a ‘house for renovation’ or ‘residential investment’. It adds: ‘The property requires updating throughout but does benefit from a gas combination boiler (not tested).
‘It offers spacious accommodation with two reception rooms to the ground floor and three bedrooms to the first floor.
‘The area provides local amenities and convenient road links into the towns of Aberdare and Mountain Ash which both benefit from railway stations.
‘The A470 is approximately 15 miles away and provides access to Merthyr Tydfil in the north and Cardiff city centre in the south.’
The property’s garden plot, with double doors leading to a tiled area outside. Ryan Saunders, who is handling the sale, said there has already been ‘strong interest’ from potential buyers in the home
The kitchen area, with a sink, fireplace and hob. Despite already tempting several buyers, the home’s lease is due to expire in 2054 and the new owner ‘may wish to extend’ this or seek to negotiate the freehold
The staircase, connected to the entrance hallway, in the home. In its description, the mid-terraced property is referred to as a ‘house for renovation’ or ‘residential investment’
The kitchen area, pictured from a different angle, looking out towards the entrance. Bidding is set to open at midday on March 16 and close at around 5pm two days later, on March 18
Ryan Saunders, who is handling the sale, said: ‘There has already been strong interest in the property which I expect to continue on through to the sale next month.
‘The reason for the low guide price is that the property is leasehold and has a relatively short time left on the lease. The lease for the property is due to expire in 2054.
‘The new owner may wish to seek to extend the lease or to negotiate to buy the freehold of the property.’
The home will go under the hammer in an online auction on March 16.