The "have a look at this!" thread II

moneyistooshorttomention

:rotfl:Yep...doesnt look cheap...I rest my case.

Though my own garden is steadily going into the 2nd mode - the semi-academic sorta - little bit on the wild/I've read about permaculture (so it's heading in that direction)/etc - and it's still not going to be cheap:(

bouicca21

On behalf of my fellow Londoners, I hasten to say that we are deeply insulted by identifying that ghastly garden as 'London style'.

NaughtiusMaximus

Pixie5740 wrote: »

It's good but not quite as good as this house in Bearsden that was up for sale a couple of years ago.

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/homes-gardens/house-in-glasgow-caught-in-1970s-timewarp-up-for-sale-1-4040513

I do quite like the staircase and the lights above but not a lot else. The bathroom is horrific and the 4th picture down is definitely the oddest looking sink I've ever seen.

westernpromise

I quite liked that sink but only because one day I'd like a downstairs loo that was like a gent's toilet. So inside, there'd be a wall-mounted urinal, a trap toilet with a door that had a vacant/engaged thing on it, an Advance Towelmaster, and a condom machine. And that sink.

in the 70s you used to see a lot of these signs
https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4327964700_c83d10e824_b.jpg
with "....and be recognised" graffitied onto them

Ocelot

Slinky wrote: »

I'll raise you with this one


https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-54404169.html

Lovely - not. I particularly like the wall to wall carpet (that doesn't seem to have been trimmed), especially in the bathrooms; the open tread stairs, the coloured bathroom suites and the faux brickwork.

Ocelot

quantumlobster wrote: »

London Style seems to mean: plastic grass, outdoor sofas, no plants you have to actually garden at.But look at that lighting!

It's an 'outdoor room', I suppose. I prefer an actual garden (with plants, sheds and greenhouse).

Slinky

westernpromise wrote: »

I quite liked that sink but only because one day I'd like a downstairs loo that was like a gent's toilet. So inside, there'd be a wall-mounted urinal, a trap toilet with a door that had a vacant/engaged thing on it, an Advance Towelmaster, and a condom machine. And that sink.

in the 70s you used to see a lot of these signs
https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4327964700_c83d10e824_b.jpg
with "....and be recognised" graffitied onto them

I remember those Towelmasters, the towel rarely wound on properly. I remember my old boss going ape, coming into our office and grabbing the office Polaroid to take a photo of the loose towel draped all round the machine before firing off a rude letter to somebody about it.

kerri_gt

bouicca21 wrote: »

On behalf of my fellow Londoners, I hasten to say that we are deeply insulted by identifying that ghastly garden as 'London style'.

I rather like it, it's no a million miles away from what we're having done atm (though no fake grass...it gets hot in the summer, bad for the environment and mainly, we can't afford it). I like the clean lines and ease of keeping it.

We previously had a very overgrown / shrub heavy garden that took me years (just up before we moved) to separate all the shrubs from each other and make them manageable in size. It wasn't a big garden either. So this time around I'm looking forward to spending 5-6 hours sat out enjoying the birds, and a book in a low maintenance space vs 5-6 hrs cutting back branches, being poked in the eye by a sharp stick, several trips to the tip, spiders taking residence in the car after aforementioned trips and aching just about everywhere afterwards.

Plan B is a garden that has lots of plants, and a lifestyle where I can afford a gardener :rotfl:

bouicca21

I'm sure you will enjoy the book, but the chances of any self respecting bird visiting a garden as sterile as that must be minimal.

kerri_gt

bouicca21 wrote: »

I'm sure you will enjoy the book, but the chances of any self respecting bird visiting a garden as sterile as that must be minimal.

We have several flocks of starlings nesting in trees, regular wood pigeon visitors, blue tits nesting under the eaves and sparrows, as well as red kites. Plus bats in the evening. So not really minimal. Ok, I won't see a peacock or lesser spotted woodpecker, but there's still enough birds to aim at my washing when it's out drying :eek: :rotfl: