Property Snakes and Ladders; 2009

Doozergirl

nearlynew wrote: »

No. Sorry.

It's a kitchen that's big enough to fit a dining table in.

No it's not. It's a kitchen diner, it's commonly called that up and down the land and it's shorter than saying 'kitchen that's big enough to fit a dining table in' which makes your phrase nonsense.

It's practical speech that differentiates between different properties or rooms. Your increasing long winded way of describing things might be mildly amusing and I appreciate that you are trying to be funny, but it isn't a practical way to describe things when you're dealing with it day in day out.

I shall carry on with my kitchen diner, my snug, my galleried landing and adaptable space. Oh and my garden - I know it's a bit dark but I'm going out now to fence half of it off in the attempt to increase it's value. Good job I'm wearing a hat.

Pont

Just love it! Not PS&L, but the comments here that follow the weekly Beeny fest. Schedule on a Tuesday evening for DD(14) and me:-
Glass of wine (me not DD) dinner on lap by 7.59pm
The Beeny show
!!!!!ing (discussing) about the fools on the show, mistakes that a 5 year old wouldn't make
Then the good bit............
Online to review the show (the bits that couldn't be broadcast but should have been) by fellow MSErs. Keep up the good work folks - hilarious comments!
Btw, I did suggest to DD that I would have ripped out the bread oven and not let the nazi planners know. Her reply, 'a little difficult mum when it's being shown all over national TV'!

lostinrates

Doozergirl wrote: »

No it's not. It's a kitchen diner, it's commonly called that up and down the land and it's shorter than saying 'kitchen that's big enough to fit a dining table in' which makes your phrase nonsense..

What's the difference bewteen kitchen diner and kitchen breakfast room?

I can see why agents might want to draw attention to a big kitchen for sales purpose by pointing out it can fit a table in, but it would always be just ''the kitchen'' at home.

seven-day-weekend

Pont wrote: »

Just love it! Not PS&L, but the comments here that follow the weekly Beeny fest. Schedule on a Tuesday evening for DD(14) and me:-
Glass of wine (me not DD) dinner on lap by 7.59pm
The Beeny show
!!!!!ing (discussing) about the fools on the show, mistakes that a 5 year old wouldn't make
Then the good bit............
Online to review the show (the bits that couldn't be broadcast but should have been) by fellow MSErs. Keep up the good work folks - hilarious comments!
Btw, I did suggest to DD that I would have ripped out the bread oven and not let the nazi planners know. Her reply, 'a little difficult mum when it's being shown all over national TV'!

That would be a criminal offence in a listed building.

PasturesNew

Pont wrote: »

...I would have ripped out the bread oven and not let the nazi planners know.'!

The house was nothing special ... I think that because it was listed (for whatever reason), people who buy those houses should be especially mindful of getting it right. If you just want to rip stuff out, lay down laminate and paint stuff magnolia there are thousands of houses that aren't listed... much easier all round.

These things are important to many people and for those people who do appreciate original features they do need to be retained I think. It's not like every house is listed and there's a shortage of houses to laminate/magnolia.

As for comments made that buildings would just rot if they hadn't bought them, it is because people like them are bidding on them that it pushes the prices up. If listed properties only went to people in a position to do them up sympathetically, then the prices of those houses would stay in the price bracket of those willing/able to do it.

So many buyers seem to have no idea what it means until after they own it... unbelievable.

moneysavinmonkey

moneysavinmonkey wrote: »

I definitely recognise the blonde haired woman coming up next week, I think she has been on come dine with me?

Just rewatched last 30seconds on 4OD.... it is definately the woman I thought who is facing the 500k loss. Oh dear, although she seems to have plenty of other revenue streams so perhaps can swallow it more than others who have sunk all their life savings into a project.

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Kets

Hi my first post so I hope that you'll go easy on me. I watched this show and couldn't quite make head or tale of the profit figures for the oast house so I checked on the programme website and here's what I found. Purchase price £225000 Build Cost £225000 Total £450000 Valuation £495000 Profit £81000 Am I missing something here??

Doozergirl

lostinrates wrote: »

What's the difference bewteen kitchen diner and kitchen breakfast room?

I can see why agents might want to draw attention to a big kitchen for sales purpose by pointing out it can fit a table in, but it would always be just ''the kitchen'' at home.

Is that a genuine question? A kitchen breakfast room fits a small table, a kitchen diner comfortably fits a proper dining table.

There's no denying that much of it is for marketing purposes, but how do you quickly convey something to someone who can't decipher what the written down measurements of the room mean to how you can use it? It quickly tells you that you can eat it it which will quickly tick a box for some people.

nearlynew

Doozergirl wrote: »

No it's not. It's a kitchen diner, it's commonly called that up and down the land and it's shorter than saying 'kitchen that's big enough to fit a dining table in' which makes your phrase nonsense.

The point is you don't have to say anything. When I come to view I can see for myself what I want to do with this "space".
I might want a table in the kitchen, I might not.

It is estate agent bull-!!!!!! that looks good in the advert.

What if it was described as a "small kitchen diner"

Pont

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

That would be a criminal offence in a listed building.

I know - wicked aren't I.:eek: