The "have a look at this!" thread II

bouicca21

Have to hand it to them, those Victorians must have been very forward thinking. Fear of attack by balloon perhaps?

Davesnave

bouicca21 wrote: »

Have to hand it to them, those Victorians must have been very forward thinking. Fear of attack by balloon perhaps?

Absolutely. Those dastardly Frenchmen, the Montgolfier Bros, were dropping sheep, cockerels and ducks from balloons as early as the 1780s.

At least one of those cannot normally fly very far.

Deep_In_Debt

An interesting rental property!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4873288/London-home-Saddam-Hussein-mural-rent.html

GDB2222

bouicca21 wrote: »

I remember being amazed at my last house at how different the rooms looked when we put the picture rails back. Completely altered the proportions - for the better. The trouble with people 'modernising' houses is they don't put nearly as much thought into how things look/work as the original architect. And don't get me started on double glazing units that bear no relationship to the originals ...

Or they give it a lot of thought, but they don't have nearly as much talent as the original architect.

</elitist mode off>

bouicca21

That deserves a prize, not sure whether it should be an MSE award for the worst house that has ever appeared on this thread, or the Turner Prize.

The thought of showering with Saddam Hussein was bad enough, then it was Lenin turning his back to the seating arrangements and the sitting room with dead animals. But the worst of all is the thought of sleeping with what seems to be a more than life size kamikaze pilot. Shudder.

Bluebell1000

NaughtiusMaximus wrote: »

This is the biggest back garden I've ever seen on on a suburban 3 bed house.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-68361530.html#location

On the satellite view it's 10 houses to the left of the grey dot, next door to the house with the solar panels.

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/44798089#1ozqI445Q0v7V9pJ.97
This one has a 320 foot garden, a little over a third of an acre in total.

EachPenny

bouicca21 wrote: »

The thought of showering with Saddam Hussein was bad enough, then it was Lenin turning his back to the seating arrangements and the sitting room with dead animals. But the worst of all is the thought of sleeping with what seems to be a more than life size kamikaze pilot. Shudder.

I could live with the murals, even the Pope under the stairs. But the stuffed zebras.... really?

phoebe1989seb

Deep_In_Debt wrote: »

An interesting rental property!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4873288/London-home-Saddam-Hussein-mural-rent.html

I have to confess there are a few things I really like in that house (the sanitaryware, green high-backed sofa & huge palms for starters) but these are outweighed many, many times over by stuff I definitely couldn't live with :eek:

Cloudydaze

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-68829629.html

When there's room on your boat for a yoga room!

moneyistooshorttomention

Bluebell1000 wrote: »

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/44798089#1ozqI445Q0v7V9pJ.97
This one has a 320 foot garden, a little over a third of an acre in total.

Ooh...where's a "lusting after that" smilie? Well - the garden anyway. I'd pass on the house (though not bad) and tossed-up whether to move to Lincoln many years back now (yep...for cheaper housing...:rotfl:) and decided against.