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The "have a look at this!" thread II
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Bossypants wrote: »Most expensive bungalow ever? https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-78131747.html
What a waste of space, all that floor area to what end? Indoor football, roller blading in the hall and kitchen. Surprised they can see the telly on the bedroom wall it is that far away.
Could think of much better ways to spend £1.3 Mill.0 -
Not been updated since it was built by the looks of it.
Love the kitchen. It's in perfect condition. But the shell bath in the bedroom.....:rotfl:
And oh so expensive.
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/45174956?search_identifier=e087c761ce9ef827419d196c593b33bc&fbclid=IwAR0WknsY8ClTzABzoghIebju-DzF0qZNeNlu5gBLKDpUsrzp0cWeBk4V8440 -
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When you said 'shell bath' I had visions of a dainty shell effect decoration!
What about the other 2 bathrooms? Why are they arranged like that?0 -
Not been updated since it was built by the looks of it.
Love the kitchen. It's in perfect condition. But the shell bath in the bedroom.....:rotfl:
And oh so expensive.
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/45174956?search_identifier=e087c761ce9ef827419d196c593b33bc&fbclid=IwAR0WknsY8ClTzABzoghIebju-DzF0qZNeNlu5gBLKDpUsrzp0cWeBk4V844
Doesn't look like there's been any updating of anything at all - though it's easy to see that house must have felt the "height of luxury" at the time it was done. That shell bath had me wincing too - mainly because I'd be feeling nervous about "health and safety".
Goes to show bad neighbours occur in all neighbourhoods though - that first garden photo there does look like "The blinkin' neighbours have put in a row of leylandii on the garden border - well we're going to use that law that allows us to trim them right back to the garden border" - as there are half-width leylandii there. So, whoever buys that house, will still have that problem.0 -
Bossypants wrote: »Really? I know many rooms had follow-ons, but I've always seen them as dressing rooms rather than bedrooms.
They were very common in 3 bed 19th century houses, which had a half width kitchen "outshot" extension with bedroom over, where the stairs were across the house between front and rear living rooms.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0 -
Bossypants wrote: »Now that you mention it, I have come across a couple over the years, usually (as you say) in older, more rural cottages. I suppose in those days there was no use wasting heat on hall spaces if you didn't need to!
Prior to the 1960s, in most houses, the only rooms which were heated were those with fireplaces. Portable paraffin stoves and plug in electric fires were used from about the 1920s to heat rooms without a fireplace and as an alternative to coal fires.
.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0 -
lincroft1710 wrote: »They were very common in 3 bed 19th century houses, which had a half width kitchen "outshot" extension with bedroom over, where the stairs were across the house between front and rear living rooms.
My house is like that. Apparently it didn't have a bathroom until 1976.
Some people turn the 3rd bedroom into an ensuite, some like them because they can use them as studies or baby rooms, where you can keep an eye on them at night.
They sometimes have half-turn stairways, which enables the chimney breast side of the 2nd bedroom to be turned into a corridor separating the third room from the 2nd.
The third bedroom is often twice the size of a traditional third bedroom (box room).0 -
Not been updated since it was built by the looks of it.
Love the kitchen. It's in perfect condition. But the shell bath in the bedroom.....:rotfl:
And oh so expensive.
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/45174956?search_identifier=e087c761ce9ef827419d196c593b33bc&fbclid=IwAR0WknsY8ClTzABzoghIebju-DzF0qZNeNlu5gBLKDpUsrzp0cWeBk4V844
Shell bath? I thought it was an oversized Breville sandwich toaster. Also from the same era.
I know that area well. Right under the flightpath for Heathrow.Signature on holiday for two weeks0 -
Never seen such badly designed bathrooms - all of them. Money sure can't buy you style.0
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