The "have a look at this!" thread II

Davesnave

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Central heating wasnt it Dave?:rotfl:- and then we were daft enough to lose the technology for hundreds of years:(

"We" weren't daft, if you consider the Celts to be our ancestors, but once the Roman military cleared-off, there was too much invasion, rape and pillage going on to worry about building hypocausts in one's spare time!.

Davesnave

While wood/multi-fuel burners are currently de rigueur, people do seem to stuff them into the most unsuitable houses, and this is a pretty good example of what I mean:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-64113100.html

Far from being "stunning," the huge black chimney is an eyesore from where I'm sitting. It doesn't do a lot for the exterior of the house either.

Or am I just grumpy and out of touch? :undecided

moneyistooshorttomention

AFF8879 wrote: »

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-71512409.html

I think they have taken open-plan a little too far

Whew! - at the thought of a room 11'6" x 12'1" having to be kitchen and dining room and sitting room and guest bedroom and any "personal room" wanted (eg study/sewing room/etc). Good job the area has probably got a decent number of facilities - so that place could be used as a "base", rather than a "home".

So - £175,000 then for a self-contained bedsit....with no outside space by the look of it.:eek:

moneyistooshorttomention

Davesnave wrote: »

While wood/multi-fuel burners are currently de rigueur, people do seem to stuff them into the most unsuitable houses, and this is a pretty good example of what I mean:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-64113100.html

Far from being "stunning," the huge black chimney is an eyesore from where I'm sitting. It doesn't do a lot for the exterior of the house either.

Or am I just grumpy and out of touch? :undecided

Perfectly okay house imo.

One I wouldn't have to do anything to - other than change some of the paint colours and put up shutters and/or curtains at the windows. I'd take down the satellite dish personally.

Admitted the wood-burner would be something that I'd just be regarding as ornamental personally - and have plans on taking it out (whether now - or in 10 years time because of no longer being fashionable).

Red-Squirrel_2

Penitent wrote: »

At least you don't have to get up to check how the cake you're baking is getting along.

Too far is when the loo is in a public area.

Ah, like this one?

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-51177696.html

Loo is in the cupboard structure in the middle of the studio.

fozziebeartoo

AFF8879 wrote: »

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-71512409.html

I think they have taken open-plan a little too far

But what a fabulous road name!

Davesnave

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Perfectly okay house imo.

One I wouldn't have to do anything to - other than change some of the paint colours and put up shutters and/or curtains at the windows. I'd take down the satellite dish personally.

Admitted the wood-burner would be something that I'd just be regarding as ornamental personally - and have plans on taking it out (whether now - or in 10 years time because of no longer being fashionable).

Oh, the house is OK, and a wood burner in Christow is OK, since there's no mains gas (agent doesn't let on about that!;)) but there are more tasteful ways of installing one.

As for the satellite dish, those of us in out of the way places and/or in dips and hollows know why it's there!

Davesnave

fozziebeartoo wrote: »

But what a fabulous road name!

https://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/616381

SalsaDanca

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

Loo is in the cupboard structure in the middle of the studio.

That cupboard-like structure in that flat reminds me a bit of a large flat in central London that one of my colleagues rented. It was very cleverly designed. The living area was long and thin, with several structures like that spaced out along it. It appeared to be open plan, but there were lots of floor-to-ceiling doors that were white to match the walls and were invisible when open - they either slid away into pockets in the walls, or hinged open to hide in recesses. There were loads of different possible configurations - by opening and closing different doors, he could have a separate living room, dining room, and a private office, or a large open plan living area, or anything in between.

StumpyPumpy

Penitent wrote: »

I do agree that the price is atrocious, though. You could buy a three bed house with a garden for that here.

Yes, but it's not there is it? I know it's not just you, but I do wish people would stop saying such nonsense.

Every time there is a small flat for more than 2/6 someone comes on and states that where they live you could purchase a whole street for that, with first refusal for the lord of the manor's eldest daughter thrown in. Ok, a slight exaggeration but seriously, unless where you live is two streets down from the property in question it's not relevant.

Houses, on the whole, are not mobile. They are priced as they are because people are prepared to pay that price for their location. Reading is full of students, hospital staff, tech workers (both Microsoft and Oracle are based there) and commuters drawn by the admittedly crammed rail and motorway links into London. Salaries are higher on average so people have more money to throw at a mortgage. £175k is around 5 times Readings average salary - how much is it for where you are, I wonder.

House prices are obscenely high and unaffordable for many, that goes without saying, but they are everywhere. What makes it worse, is that in many "cheaper" areas there aren't tiny flats like this one available to buy (or rent as this one almost certainly has been) which makes the market even more impenetrable to the lower waged and first time buyer in those areas than in places like Reading, despite first impressions based on the sale price alone.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-60146507.html seems like a lovely house, great views, 5 bedrooms and all for £160k (well... offers above but still getable for under £175k) It's been on the market since 2016 and in all ways bar one superior to the Reading flat, so why hasn't it been snapped up? Perhaps it is the 23h 37m each way commute to Reading. Even the mainland is over 13 hours away by car/ferry.

Full disclosure: I don't and never have lived or owned property in Reading, I have lived in the South East in the past, though don't now. I'm not trying to buy or sell property in Reading or the Shetlands or anywhere else.

SP