‘It’s the perfect house but I just can’t sell it’: Homeowner who keeps four railway engines in garden amazed he can’t find a buyer for knock-down semi [Mail]
Date: 26/11/2012
It has two bedrooms, a large garden and would be every inch the perfect family home - if it didn’t have four railway engines parked on the back lawn. The semi-detached home, in a quiet cul-de-sac, is available for the knock-down price of £74,500 as owner Mel Thorley desperately seeks a buyer. Mr Thorley says he has been left with steam coming out of his ears by the number of people who have come to view the property - only to make tracks as soon as they see the locomotives.
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'It's the perfect house but I just cant sell it': Homeowner who keeps four railway engines in garden amazed he cant find a buyer for knock-down semi
Mel Thorley, a retired train driver from Stockport, has been trying to sell his 'perfect' house, but potential buyers have been put off '20 tons of metal' in the back garden.
