The "have a look at this!" thread II

moneyistooshorttomention

Sox77 wrote: »

I couldn't even taken one of my daughters to look at this one -
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-61491094.html
pretty sure photo 16 would send her running out of the house forever

:rotfl::rotfl: at the very heavy "I've been backpacking across the globe - and spent a lot of time in India" vibes this house is giving out.

bouicca21

But let's face it anyone who has a cross, a Star of David and a Buddha has to be pretty laid back and probably isn't nearly as irritated by the nicknacks as I am. Or maybe the house is really a warehouse for an Internet nicknack business?

betsie

All I can think of when I look at the pictures is the 100!!!8217;s of boxes they will need to pack it all up.

lincroft1710

Sox77 wrote: »

I couldn't even taken one of my daughters to look at this one -
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-61491094.html
pretty sure photo 16 would send her running out of the house forever

I hate these minimalist houses!!

System

EA - a bedroom measuring 4ft x 7ft isn't a bedroom
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-63463411.html

moneyistooshorttomention

ScarletMarble wrote: »

EA - a bedroom measuring 4ft x 7ft isn't a bedroom
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-63463411.html

True.

No photo too of the back garden/back yard.

Is that what "back to back" houses means? - ie that your house's back wall is attached to the back wall of the house in the next road over? I've often wondered....

That being the house has 3 attached neighbours - instead of the two I would expect in a mid-terrace?

anamenottaken

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

True.

No photo too of the back garden/back yard.

Is that what "back to back" houses means? - ie that your house's back wall is attached to the back wall of the house in the next road over? I've often wondered....

That being the house has 3 attached neighbours - instead of the two I would expect in a mid-terrace?

It certainly originally meant that but was pretty rare and not, as far as I am aware, the case for houses as relatively new as the one in this case, more a Victorian thing.

SuperMoose

Back-to-back houses certainly weren't rare although relatively few survived the slum clearences.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-to-back_house
https://periodhouse.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/back-to-backs.html

Bradford back-to-backs:
http://www.bradfordhistorical.org.uk/houses.html

lincroft1710

I came across a maltings in Hertfordshire about 15/20 years ago which was being converted into residential, resulting in back to back houses, all newly converted and relatively expensive.

In the 1980s/90s before apartments became the only way forward for 1/2 bed starter homes, there quite a few "cluster homes" built, 1 bed in blocks of 4, 2 bed in a "T" block. These were a modern equivalent of "back to back".

System

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

True.

No photo too of the back garden/back yard.

Is that what "back to back" houses means? - ie that your house's back wall is attached to the back wall of the house in the next road over? I've often wondered....

That being the house has 3 attached neighbours - instead of the two I would expect in a mid-terrace?

Loads of back to back houses in Leeds. Those in student housing areas, many are redeveloped with basement - kitchen and living area. Ground floor bedroom and shower room where original kitchen stood. First floor bedroom and bathroom (original rooms) then loft converted into two bedrooms.

Those houses that don't have a yard in front - front door on pavement, some tenants string their washing on lines between the houses opposite tgem