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The "have a look at this!" thread II
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http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-47575798.html
Never seen a knight in a kitchen before
He's in the dining room - there's a demarcation point between dining and kitchen and he's just inside the pinky-red walled dining room.0 -
Not sure why the EA thought pic 11 was good marketing,
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-36421971.html
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Not sure why the EA thought pic 11 was good marketing,
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-36421971.html
Ha ha - lovely nearby " facility " Stuck on the carousel in Disneyland's Fantasyland
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What a unusual residence. It does indeed look like a expand authorities home. The within is strange too - invest £800k and you get that kitchen!!0
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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.
SP
A couple of years ago on HUTH, there was a studio flat in a similar aged block of flats to the one in question in London (can't remember where). The studio in HUTH was part of guest accommodation. So if had a relative or friend visiting, instead of putting them in a hotel, you hired one of these rooms, which was just like a hotel room - bedroom and bathroom. In recent years, they had kitchenettes and further plumbing for washing machines etc installed and sold as studio flats.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
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.
SP
Du Cane Court is a fabulous looking Art Deco building. However, I'm not so sure that the square footage hasn't shrunk since.
I know the flats were small, but some (many?) were designed with one bathroom to be shared between two flats - so it is probable that a significant floor area has been lost since to allow each one to have its own bathroom (however tiny).0 -
You might call this one 'a project'!
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-35971554.htmlOMG - that's erm wow !
Yep.It's fire damage, isn't it?
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/mum-says-thanks-rescue-coventry-3043221Come 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 -
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-54713675.html
Such nice photos to display the house !Stuck on the carousel in Disneyland's Fantasyland
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