The "have a look at this!" thread II

bagpussbear

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/45419665?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=fs-daily&utm_content=hero#BCG8O5oiQWrWR0Eu.97

Nice house, but the furniture item in picture 7/8!

LandyAndy

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Being West Country - I'm used to thatched roofs and like the look of them. Being West Country - I certainly wouldnt have one personally (fire risk/insurance costs). Add the work to do on that one. Add I've got a suspicion it's got damp....

Make that a no then:(

:eek:I'm going to agree with you.


We have loads of thatches round here. There are just too many reports in the local papers of roof fires destroying homes for me to ever contemplate having one.

bouicca21

Nice house, but the furniture item in picture 7/8!

Forget the furniture (the one spark of individuality), I'm still having my flabber gasted by the ability to buy a 4 bed house for less than the cost of a studio flat in a run down area down south.

LandyAndy

bagpussbear wrote: »

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/45419665?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=fs-daily&utm_content=hero#BCG8O5oiQWrWR0Eu.97

Nice house, but the furniture item in picture 7/8!

'The ENTS are going to......dinner'

Starbrite

Surely the price is a typo....

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-67074374.html

3 million for a bunglow.... seems a bit steep even if it does have amazing views....

NaughtiusMaximus

Davesnave wrote: »

Sorry, but I don't believe that place was ever likely to have been viewed as reflecting sophisticated tastes.

I owned a house in 1978, and while my memory might have a slight rose tint to it, I'm sure it had very few features that would have dated as much as that one's.

OK maybe the 'oriental' wallpaper in the bathroom... and it had about 50 types of anaglypta, but with interest rates at 14% we had to stave off the need for expensive re-plastering!:rotfl:

To be fair my main achievement in 1978 was mastering the art of using a potty so your memories of 70s decor are no doubt better than mine

Waterlily24 wrote: »

In the mid 1970s we had a lilac bathroom and Shortwood carvings on the wardrobes. Hubby made me a beautiful dressing table (similar to the one in the details) which we still have.

So I think you are right.

If I remember rightly that horrible dark green was very popular for bathroom ware.

The things which really screamed 70s to me were the fireplace in pic 2, the bannister and the bathrooms. When I was at school in the 80s I clearly remember one of my friend's parents having a bathroom not unlike these, complete with steps into the bath and a bidet.

wantonnoodle

Starbrite wrote: »

Surely the price is a typo....

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-67074374.html

3 million for a bunglow.... seems a bit steep even if it does have amazing views....

Especially since there are no interior pictures. I'm always suspicious of properties with no interior pics - feels like they're trying to hide something.

martinthebandit

Starbrite wrote: »

Surely the price is a typo....

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-67074374.html

3 million for a bunglow.... seems a bit steep even if it does have amazing views....

It’s about £100 000 for the bungalow and £2 900 000 for the land it sits on, stunning setting though.

bouicca21

But surely anyone with 3 million quid looking to buy a place in order to knock it down might want to have a definition of just how big 'good size' really is. Or do they have lackeys with measuring tapes?

SalsaDanca

bouicca21 wrote: »

But surely anyone with 3 million quid looking to buy a place in order to knock it down might want to have a definition of just how big 'good size' really is. Or do they have lackeys with measuring tapes?

The estate agent didn't bother with interior photos, but they did take the time to create a detailed floorplan that shows all the measurements.

I hope that when the new owner demolishes the bungalow and replaces it with a spectacular luxury home, they keep the name "Magnolia".