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StumpyPumpy wrote: »I'm with you on this. When I see a "Look at this old fashioned house, ha ha" type comment, almost invariably the houses are spotlessly clean and well maintained, whereas the constantly "modernised" ones that fill Rightmove often seem tired and neglected.
My heart sinks a little every time I see a nice old house with "Recently updated to a high standard", in the description. You almost know there is going to be some out of character fitted kitchen sticking out into the knocked through dining/living/kitchen/breakfast area. I'd much prefer to buy a well maintained "out-of-date" house than one that needs ripping out and rebuilding every 5 years.
But, surprise, surprise, people like different things and I like older things. I guess many people wouldn't bother to try and source the right type of chamfered picture rail to replace those taken out by previous owners of our house, unlike me :rotfl:
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Agree. I would almost never buy a 'modernised' period house, as it is often vulgarised with PVC windows and a white plastic front door, not to mention all the walls knocked down to create an 'open-plan' feel and laminate or concrete flooring, instead of the original wooden one. If I did I would expect a hefty reduction in asking price to enable me to restore it to its former glory.
I do prefer some modernisation, however, such as a bathroom and indoor toilet!0 -
NaughtiusMaximus wrote: »This is the biggest back garden I've ever seen on on a suburban 3 bed house.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-68361530.html#location
On the satellite view it's 10 houses to the left of the grey dot, next door to the house with the solar panels.
I've got family members near Liverpool with a garden that sort of size on a 3 bed semi. Its got a proper little orchard at the bottom, peaches, pears, apples, used to love it as a kid.
I'd never be able to manage it though, I bet it puts a lot of people off.0 -
I remember being amazed at my last house at how different the rooms looked when we put the picture rails back. Completely altered the proportions - for the better..
We did the same. You're right about the way it changed the whole feel of the place.
Friends, from whom we'd bought the property, stripped them all out. I remember laughing at their folly, and at the house they'd created, not knowing that we would own it less than two years later! :rotfl:0 -
Granby Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, High Peak
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-50431083.html
It's like going back in time. Not seen a blue bath suite for a while.
A bit unfair, I think, to put this house in with lots of the other hideous examples shown in this thread.
It's obviously been well maintained and looks like somewhere you could just move straight into without major work and redecorate as you go. Yes, the carpets etc are a dated design but lumping an obviously well looked after home in the same category as some of the messes we've seen seems a little unfair.0 -
Red-Squirrel wrote: »Do you pay to dispose of stuff as a householder where you are? Here you can get rid of as much as you like if you can physically get it to the tip. Its only trade/commercial waste and special collections that are charged for.
I took 15m2 of carpet in about 10 bin bags the other day!
Same here. Whenever I used my Land Rover to take rubbish to the tip I had to show them that the rear seats were in place to prove I was a householder using an 'estate car' and not a tradesman using a 'van'.
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Think I might be the only one looking at "most impressive back garden" on the house mentioned as having one and thinking "Where is it then? I can only see a reasonable size back garden".
You know that a high proportion of houses now have "pocket handkerchiefs" for gardens when an ordinary back garden gets described as "most impressive":cool:. Sad times.....:(0 -
moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »Think I might be the only one looking at "most impressive back garden" on the house mentioned as having one and thinking "Where is it then? I can only see a reasonable size back garden".
You know that a high proportion of houses now have "pocket handkerchiefs" for gardens when an ordinary back garden gets described as "most impressive":cool:. Sad times.....:(
I can only think you are looking at the wrong property, or only at the first image of the garden.0 -
moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »Think I might be the only one looking at "most impressive back garden" on the house mentioned as having one and thinking "Where is it then? I can only see a reasonable size back garden".
You know that a high proportion of houses now have "pocket handkerchiefs" for gardens when an ordinary back garden gets described as "most impressive":cool:. Sad times.....:(
Puts on best John McEnroe impression: you cannot be serious ...0 -
moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »Think I might be the only one looking at "most impressive back garden" on the house mentioned as having one and thinking "Where is it then? I can only see a reasonable size back garden".
You know that a high proportion of houses now have "pocket handkerchiefs" for gardens when an ordinary back garden gets described as "most impressive":cool:. Sad times.....:(
200' isn't impressive then? I doubt if anyone could have found a 200' garden tacked onto an 'average' house from any era in my old city.
Believe me, I looked....0 -
Granby Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, High Peak
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-50431083.html
It's a particularly fine time-warp house, so it belongs here. None of us said anything rude about it. Being experienced Rightmovers, we acnowledged its finer qualities in the the same way as you.A bit unfair, I think, to put this house in with lots of the other hideous examples shown in this thread.
It's obviously been well maintained and looks like somewhere you could just move straight into without major work and redecorate as you go. Yes, the carpets etc are a dated design but lumping an obviously well looked after home in the same category as some of the messes we've seen seems a little unfair.
All sorts of houses are 'lumped -in' here, including those worth millions.0
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