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LisbonLaura wrote: »Scottish heatwaves tend to stick in the mind.
Easter 1971 for example. It was so hot I burnt my feet on a beach north of Skye.
The next heatwave was, err ......... erm ........
The real danger is experiencing one pre-retirement, and falling in love with my homeland. Don't do it! Skipping straight from spring into autumn is more the seasonal norm.
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Save £100,000 (spend it elsewhere); still have an ever-changing sea view; live on the far more convenient mainland; & own a flat on a road with a realistic name!
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-45055285.html
Or for a bargain & real Scottish warmth: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31393704.html?premiumA=true
Is this why it's cheap?
http://www.motherwelltimes.co.uk/news/local-headlines/jerviston-man-claims-thugs-are-forcing-him-from-his-home-1-280666
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/cops-hunt-motherwell-stab-attack-2577592
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/motherwell-teen-behind-bars-taking-2587024:j0 -
LisbonLaura wrote: »I concur, a fascinating site; & it's a bally crime that art installation is neglected.
Let me take over Britain. I would force Tracey Emin to live in it as part of her costly art appreciation course. I'd change a few other things too!
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In Scotland we prefer to understate the qualities of a property.
This one for example appeared in Stanley Kubrick's 2001
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31161345.html
This was my idea of tenement-used in above description-as in a Catherine Cookson novel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenement
I see it still means multi-family dwelling in Scotland.:j0 -
Is this why it's cheap?
http://www.motherwelltimes.co.uk/news/local-headlines/jerviston-man-claims-thugs-are-forcing-him-from-his-home-1-280666
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/cops-hunt-motherwell-stab-attack-2577592
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/motherwell-teen-behind-bars-taking-2587024
Madam, I refer you to a certain spaceship in Basildon? a few pages back. It suffers similar issues.
All of Scotland's problems started 307 yrs ago, & will vanish after Sept. 18th0 -
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-43076620.htm
I'm liking this one, shame the builder didn't do something with the front windows-still looks like a shop.
But it would be a wrangle t go through the National Park building regs.:j0 -
LisbonLaura wrote: »Madam, I refer you to a certain spaceship in Basildon? a few pages back. It suffers similar issues.
All of Scotland's problems started 307 yrs ago, & will vanish after Sept. 18th
Ahhh.....we will see about that! Get back in touch on 19th Sept!
Remember I'm not in either England or Scotland:j:j0 -
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31283538.html
This one is still rather traditional inside...still lived in by the looks of it.:j0 -
picket_fence wrote: »http://www.unusualhomes.co.uk/index.php?action=listingview&listingID=35
Ooh blurry photos and awful decor - double trouble
Toozie - your last link is not working?A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effortMortgage Balance = £0
"Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"0 -
Picture 8, not sure I'd want the four legged family pets munching away whilst I was showering or having a wee.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-42674332.html
I've been to SpecSavers now, and I think there is something wrong with the lenses, I can see some photo's clearly and not others!:(
Pic 1 shows a warm & inviting property, inside is not leaves a lot to be desired.
Is the bike outside for a quick escape?:rotfl::j0 -
Totally off topic, and for the attention of Lady Laura
I found some of these on a Welsh beach yesterday
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posidonia_oceanica:j0
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