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The "have a look at this!" thread II

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  • Slinky
    Slinky Posts: 9,994 Forumite
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    00ec25 wrote: »
    LOL

    so you will spend the rest of your life knowing that you could not afford to buy the other 4/5ths and therefore your only option is to commit hari kari in recognition of your failure in life

    "Five Acres is a fairly modern detached house on 1/5 acre nestling in a quiet part of the village adjoining open fields to the rear. "

    Four and 4/5ths
    Make £2024 in 2024
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  • Dandie89
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    Lummoxley wrote: »
    Ditto, down to the front door. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-62130997.html :rotfl:

    Bring back colour! :)

    Not sure I have ever seen that sort of bathroom/utility arrangement before. Makes sense I suppose in the limited space but doesn't seem a very relaxing way to take a bath lying there thinking about whether the washing will dry for morning.
  • Slinky
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    Dandie89 wrote: »
    Bring back colour! :)

    Not sure I have ever seen that sort of bathroom/utility arrangement before. Makes sense I suppose in the limited space but doesn't seem a very relaxing way to take a bath lying there thinking about whether the washing will dry for morning.

    I've often thought the bathroom is the ideal place for the washing machine - clothes straight off and into the machine.

    The house we've just bought has a huge utility room; if we cannot make it up the stairs when we're old we plan to convert it into a bedroom with ensuite shower room, the washing machine may well end up in the shower room.
    Make £2024 in 2024
    Prolific to 29/2/24 £184.97, Chase Interest £11.88, Chase roundup interest £0.18, Chase CB £16.96, Roadkill £1.10, Octopus referral reward £50, Octopoints £6.30 to 31/1/24, Topcashback £4.64, Shopmium £3
    Total £279.03/£2024  13.8%

    Make £2023 in 2023
    Water sewerage refund: £170.62,Topcashback: £243.47, Prolific: to 31/12/23 £975, Haggling: £45, Wombling(Roadkill): £6.04,  Chase CB £149.34, Chase roundup interest £1.35, WeBuyBooks:£8.37, Misc sales: £406.59, Delay repay £22, Amazon refund £3.41, EDF Smart Meter incentive £100, Santander Edge Cashback-Fees: £25.14, Octopus Reward £50, Bank transfer incentives £400
    Total: £2606.33/£2023  128.8%

  • TheGardener
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    00ec25 wrote: »
    it was all going so well, nice and "authentic", then I got to pic 46 and thought, err, magnolia has its uses

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-48272625.html

    Ok so the slime green bedroom and 1950's kitchen are not much fun but what a house! That is my dream place :D
  • Natbag
    Natbag Posts: 1,563 Forumite
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    No grey here, but a little unexpected black and white :rotfl:
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-67057733.html
    Property buying/selling timeline - currently into week 21
    04/12/20: Both properties listed for sale
    11/01/21: Offers accepted on both sales & on our joint purchase
     25/01/21: Identity checks completed, solicitors instructed
     27/01/21: Purchase survey & valuation complete, mortgage offer received 
     05/02/21: Reduction agreed on partner's sale (under-valuation) & on purchase. Mortgage offer amended
     08/02/21: Buyers pack returned to solicitor - sellers packs already returned
    26/02/21: Partner's sale contract signed
    10/03/21: Purchase searches all back
    16/03/21: My sale contract signed
    28/03/21: Purchase enquiries satisfied, Title Report & contracts issued, contracts signed & returned
    11/05/21: Still waiting on final enquiry in the adjoining chain to be resolved. Consent to break the chain granted, instruction to move to exchange given.
    17/05/21: All parties agreed to June 3rd for completion
    27/05/21: Exchanged on my sale only
    28/05/21: ALL EXCHANGED!
    03/06/21: Completion
  • daivid
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    Natbag wrote: »
    No grey here, but a little unexpected black and white :rotfl:
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-67057733.html

    Poor effort on their behalf. Either in all photos or in none IMO.

    Also the Gollys in pic 14 may not be to all tastes (obviously unlikely to come with the house I do realise).
  • System
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    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-67375112.html

    Kitchen/diner ok until see the wall of the diner end not plastered etc

    Beige loo and lime green basin and bath
  • moneyistooshorttomention
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    ScarletMarble wrote: »
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-67375112.html

    Kitchen/diner ok until see the wall of the diner end not plastered etc

    Beige loo and lime green basin and bath

    Oh dear - lotta work to be done on both house and garden.

    My mind boggled at the piping thing to cookerhood being out "on show" like that. Guess that equals a DIY(not) person in the household fitted that kitchen - as tubing like that is hidden by wall units in a properly-fitted kitchen (yep...when I had mine done recently - all that piping is up in the loft - courtesy of it being a bungalow). If it had been a "house" - then the wall units would have gone up to the ceiling to hide it.
  • shortcrust
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    Natbag wrote: »
    No grey here, but a little unexpected black and white :rotfl:
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-67057733.html

    Crikey. There are panda toys* in one of the photos so I can only imagine it’s the vendor who though it would a tremendous wheeze. What a lot of fun they must be. I suspect that 'You don’t have to be mad to live here, but it helps!' is written on something in that house.

    *and gollies, which, at the risk of starting a political correctness row, I’d have kept out of the photos.
  • fromtheshires
    fromtheshires Posts: 310 Forumite
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    Natbag wrote: »
    No grey here, but a little unexpected black and white :rotfl:
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-67057733.html

    Do people think this is a good idea and more importantly, why do EA's let them do this? Its just odd.
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