The "have a look at this!" thread II

jimbog

gettingtheresometime

Penitent wrote: »

That is among the most ugly houses I've seen.

I'm not sure what's going on with that third bedroom. The floorplan shows a built-in wardrobe and the door in an alcove. The photo shows an ugly stand-alone wardrobe that's way too big for the room. Plus, with the measurements they've given, you'd be able to fit a bed either way around if the Giant Wardrobe of Doom wasn't there. You might fit a bed along the wall with the radiator, but there's no way you'd get it along the other wall. I think someone's fudged the measurements.

As my grandfather would have said it stinks of a ruler

Davesnave

gettingtheresometime wrote: »

As my grandfather would have said it stinks of a ruler

I won't ask where he kept his! :eek:

System

Penitent wrote: »

That is among the most ugly houses I've seen.

In Leicester, there are houses that get transformed like this. Even beautiful houses large pre WW2 houses get knocked down to replaced with soulless houses like the one mentioned.

About a fortnight ago, I drove past this house and it was fenced off. There are no details on RM, but it was sold in Dec 2013 for £425k . This is the house on Streetview - use the oldest image to see the house best

I bet it will be knocked down and something awful will be built on the land. Such as this The better examples, SV hasn't been down the roads since spring 2014 and I would been able to show actual examples of 1930s houses being knocked down and replaced with ugly things on the same plot of land..

Shame on Leicester City Council's planning department for allowing this!

phoebe1989seb

cazmanian_minx wrote: »

Absolutely love this - chance to play spot the stag's head if anyone feels so inclined, but just enjoy a gorgeous church conversion (spotted it on the Country Life blog earlier and had to share!)

https://countrylife.onthemarket.com/details/3679870/

Stunning......love it!

Davesnave

House with caged woman thrown in?

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-60662827.html

Somebody certainly should be locked-up for the decor in some rooms, and for the Spanish or Mexican style exterior treatment of a bog standard bungalow!

fairy_lights

Whatever you do, do NOT feed him after midnight
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-60699949.html

mysterymurdoch

This house appears to have some form of large climbing frame in the back garden http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-49136397.html

bouicca21

Many of those climbing frames have been removed but I believe that some are listed. Wonder which category that one is.

StumpyPumpy

ScarletMarble wrote: »

In Leicester, there are houses that get transformed like this. Even beautiful houses large pre WW2 houses get knocked down to replaced with soulless houses like the one mentioned.

About a fortnight ago, I drove past this house and it was fenced off. There are no details on RM, but it was sold in Dec 2013 for £425k . This is the house on Streetview - use the oldest image to see the house best

I bet it will be knocked down and something awful will be built on the land. Such as this The better examples, SV hasn't been down the roads since spring 2014 and I would been able to show actual examples of 1930s houses being knocked down and replaced with ugly things on the same plot of land..

Shame on Leicester City Council's planning department for allowing this!

'll take that bet.

It only takes a couple of minutes on LCC's Planning website to see that what they are doing is demolishing a garage and conservatory and replacing them with two storey extensions to side and rear, in sympathy with the original house's look and finish. They say no trees will be harmed in this development.

http://rcweb.leicester.gov.uk/planning/onlinequery/Details.aspx?AppNo=20140197

Even if it were true, you can't block all housing development just because the new builds are in a different style to ones of several decades ago. If that were the case many 1930's houses would not have been built in the first place, and many tower blocks would not have been replaced by 1980's housing estates (which can be interpreted as either a good or a bad thing, depending on your view of 1980's housing estates)

One assumes that the houses you think is ugly and disapprove of have owners who like them, and they were prepared to put their money where their mouth was so surely their views count for something?

SP