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The "have a look at this!" thread II
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curiousralphy wrote: »http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-32532696.html
they just keep getting smaller in london, eventually they'll just put a front door on built-in wardrobes and sell them as homes.
Aren't there prison cells bigger than that?!Spend less now, work less later.0 -
That flat is the same size today as when it was built in 1937.curiousralphy wrote: »http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-32532696.html
they just keep getting smaller in london, eventually they'll just put a front door on built-in wardrobes and sell them as homes.
The biggest difference being that when it was built it had a lot of community facilities such as a function room, lounge bar and perhaps most importantly a restaurant.
Of course, what has changed is that those facilities have been closed a long time and have been incorporated into the floor plan of the flat. But the square footage hasn't shrunk one inch in the intervening 75 years or so.
Most of these tiny studios in London aren't used as permanent residences. They are used as crash pads for rich city workers to avoid the commute: spend the week there, travel back to leafy suburbia at the weekend and save a fortune on train fares with the added bonus of being able to get at least your money back on the flat once you have had enough of the nomadic life.
SPCome on people, it's not difficult: lose means to be unable to find, loose means not being fixed in place. So if you have a hole in your pocket you might lose your loose change.0 -
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curiousralphy wrote: »http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-32532696.html
they just keep getting smaller in london, eventually they'll just put a front door on built-in wardrobes and sell them as homes.ScarletMarble wrote: »11.9sq m!:eek::eek:
Probably get a better night's sleep by sleeping on those chairs in the communal area in pic 2.StumpyPumpy wrote: »That flat is the same size today as when it was built in 1937.
The biggest difference being that when it was built it had a lot of community facilities such as a function room, lounge bar and perhaps most importantly a restaurant.
Of course, what has changed is that those facilities have been closed a long time and have been incorporated into the floor plan of the flat. But the square footage hasn't shrunk one inch in the intervening 75 years or so.
Most of these tiny studios in London aren't used as permanent residences. They are used as crash pads for rich city workers to avoid the commute: spend the week there, travel back to leafy suburbia at the weekend and save a fortune on train fares with the added bonus of being able to get at least your money back on the flat once you have had enough of the nomadic life.
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As StumpyPumpy said, once upon a time, there would have been staff for the communal areas.
These tiny flats are more than likely the Concierges' day rooms which would have had a toilet, basic washing facilities and somewhere to boil a kettle.:huh: Don't know what I'm doing, but doing it anyway... :huh:0 -
This person obviously found a colour scheme they liked and stuck to it!
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/property-52585514.htmlJune Wins - Antandec travel mug0 -
A house of 2 parts! The main communal parts prove that money doesn't buy taste and the kitchen looks like it should belong to a different property.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-34968057.htmlDebt 30k in 2008.:eek::o Cleared all my debt in 2013 and loving being debt free
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This person obviously found a colour scheme they liked and stuck to it!
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/property-52585514.html
That's a show home. :eek:Deep_In_Debt wrote: »A house of 2 parts! The main communal parts prove that money doesn't buy taste and the kitchen looks like it should belong to a different property.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-34968057.html
The kitchen's the only bit I like about that property.
:huh: Don't know what I'm doing, but doing it anyway... :huh:0 -
How do you even squeeze through the shower door in pic 5?!?
You're not looking at the whole doorway to the bathroom, the picture has been taken at an odd angle. The part of the frame by the washing machine is the doorway to the bathroom, but the frame on the left with the lightswitch on is in the foreground - it's the doorway from the sitting room to the kitchen. The flat is still tiny, but the doorway appears to be normal.0 -
Maybe this is the decluttered bathroom? - Why do you need more than one bathroom bin?
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-35768259.html0 -
Interesting planning decision by the council....
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3232687/Mean-spirited-council-bosses-say-Wendy-house-pulled-parents-built-toddlers-didn-t-planning-permission.html0
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