The "have a look at this!" thread II

Owain_Moneysaver

cloo wrote: »

Well if it includes the width of the black gate next to it, it's a developable plot.

Even if it doesn't include the width of the black gate, you'd probably still have a developable plot, as number 40 (the house to the right) has got a really long back garden and it looks like the garages do too. House at the back, parking at the front.

StumpyPumpy

GDB2222 wrote: »

I found that rather depressing. Somebody's got very old and infirm there.

Really? I think the complete opposite. Someone was able to grow very old and infirm in their home that they obviously loved. I'll be very happy if the same happens to me.

SP

Samsonite1

Skiddaw1 wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:


I'm all for a bit of idiosyncrasy but there are limits. It reminds me of the time we viewed a house where just about everything was painted black or red. It was like walking into an S&M dungeon.

I viewed a house that was literally used as an S&M Dungeon - it was rented and the tenant was using it to charge money for "services". Thought it might be a bargain, but given it's exposure in the local paper. It was still pricey.

GDB2222

StumpyPumpy wrote: »

Really? I think the complete opposite. Someone was able to grow very old and infirm in their home that they obviously loved. I'll be very happy if the same happens to me.

SP

I don't mind the getting old, considering the alternative, but lingering on whilst infirm does not appeal.

FreeBear

GDB2222 wrote: »

I don't mind the getting old, considering the alternative, but lingering on whilst infirm does not appeal.

There is always Soylent Green....

Skiddaw1

Samsonite1 wrote: »

I viewed a house that was literally used as an S&M Dungeon - it was rented and the tenant was using it to charge money for "services". Thought it might be a bargain, but given it's exposure in the local paper. It was still pricey.

Good story!


Would love to have seen it....

GDB2222

FreeBear wrote: »

There is always Soylent Green....

Weirdly, you can buy a food supplement called Soylent Green. I’m hoping it’s not too authentic!

in_my_wellies

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

Two bathrooms!

Also a serving hatch in the kitchen ... but it doesn't appear in the dining room.

Nice house though - not mucked about with, and they could leave some of that 70s furniture too as it's coming back in.

Two large bathrooms

My son has just bought his first house with very similar furnishings.
The elderly woman asked if he would like any of the furniture and he said as it was his first home he had nothing so she left everything except a china cabinet which had sentimental value and her double bed 'because being single he wouldn't need that would he'. G-Plan units and furniture in two rooms was spotlessly clean and had been freshly polished. She also left very carefully chosen kitchen equipment, all beautifully cleaned and organised including a complete set of cutlery and set of 12 kitchen knives, Kenwood mixer with every attachment, every gardening tool and he could ever need again all cleaned and neatly stored.
She wrote a note to say if he didn't want anything to ring her friend and he would collect it next day to be out of his way. He didn't need to.
Not everyone would want someone else's stuff but my son has no such thoughs - he's a proper MSE! I suspect it was a great weight off her mind as she was going into a residential home but it really was reusing/recycling at its best.

polki

What a lovely story.
When we downsized I would have loved to have left my beautifully polished G-Plan dining suite, but the couple who bought our house were obviously going to completely renovate. It wouldn't have fitted in their plans at all and money was no object. I sent it to the charity shop and hope that it has found a good home.
I hope your son is very happy in his new home.

Patr100

I doubt they'll ever be fashionably collectible but the worse things to try to get rid of in very old houses are often those very old free standing wardrobes usually of very dark wood. Often well made but cannot be dismantled for use elsewhere and too heavy and cumbersome to be given away even for free.