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The "have a look at this!" thread II

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  • namecheck
    namecheck Posts: 478 Forumite
    Strapped wrote: »
    And it looks so normal from outside!

    That's what I was thinking. It was a bit of a surprise to get to pic 2 (and then the others). Especially as I was still musing over the asking price.
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    edited 20 August 2013 at 7:28AM
    Trazy wrote: »

    What's going on in the back garden too?

    Not a lot. Despite their dog fetish, it seems the owners don't want anything that's actually alive on the premises. :(

    Edit: Maybe it's an odd estate for odd people. I wondered about the apparently unnecessary lintel, so looked on Street View. These new builds have fake bricked-up windows as if the window tax is still operational. confused-smiley-013.gif
  • fionajbanana
    fionajbanana Posts: 1,611 Forumite
    Davesnave wrote: »
    Not a lot. Despite their dog fetish, it seems the owners don't want anything that's actually alive on the premises. :(

    Edit: Maybe it's an odd estate for odd people. I wondered about the apparently unnecessary lintel, so looked on Street View. These new builds have fake bricked-up windows as if the window tax is still operational. confused-smiley-013.gif

    My road was built 4-5 years ago. A couple of the three storey properties have this faux bricked up windows on them. Don't see the attraction of this.
  • JellyBox
    JellyBox Posts: 241 Forumite
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    Davesnave wrote: »
    Edit: Maybe it's an odd estate for odd people. I wondered about the apparently unnecessary lintel, so looked on Street View. These new builds have fake bricked-up windows as if the window tax is still operational. confused-smiley-013.gif

    We have some of these being built on new builds by us, and as if they weren't odd enough, some of the faux bricked up windows also have bars. V weird indeed.
  • ca55ie
    ca55ie Posts: 254 Forumite
    Spot the whale (pic 12). Interesting art work in pics 3 and 5 too

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-39233845.html
  • Mojisola
    Mojisola Posts: 35,557 Forumite
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    Davesnave wrote: »
    Edit: Maybe it's an odd estate for odd people. I wondered about the apparently unnecessary lintel, so looked on Street View. These new builds have fake bricked-up windows as if the window tax is still operational. confused-smiley-013.gif

    Some houses round here have been built with "bricked-up" windows but they are in-fills where the old houses date back the window tax period. It looks really odd on new estate housing!
  • stitching_witch
    stitching_witch Posts: 1,257 Forumite
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    ca55ie wrote: »
    Spot the whale (pic 12). Interesting art work in pics 3 and 5 too

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-39233845.html

    Heaven!! I'd kill for that house.....
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  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    stitching_witch wrote: »
    Heaven!! I'd kill for that house.....

    North facing garden, tall house and no evening sunshine due to neighbouring similar properties....

    'Fraid that, and the very steep patio in final pic, means I've written it off. Shame! ;)
  • phoebe1989seb
    phoebe1989seb Posts: 4,452 Forumite
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    Davesnave wrote: »
    Not a lot. Despite their dog fetish, it seems the owners don't want anything that's actually alive on the premises. :(

    Edit: Maybe it's an odd estate for odd people. I wondered about the apparently unnecessary lintel, so looked on Street View. These new builds have fake bricked-up windows as if the window tax is still operational. confused-smiley-013.gif

    Slightly off topic - we have real bricked up windows in our Georgian house - but apparently not as a result of the window tax, but 'cos *during the war* (I sound like Uncle Albert, lol!) some American GIs drove into a bay window at the front of the house and caused part of the front elevation to drop.

    When it was repaired they chose (for financial reasons I guess) to brick up three of the upper windows so now we have a rather unappealling non-symmetrical look upstairs which in time we'll have to address ;) Grrrrrr......blooming Americans :(
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  • phoebe1989seb
    phoebe1989seb Posts: 4,452 Forumite
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    Davesnave wrote: »
    North facing garden, tall house and no evening sunshine due to neighbouring similar properties....

    'Fraid that, and the very steep patio in final pic, means I've written it off. Shame! ;)

    Still, it is gorgeous though :p
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