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The "have a look at this!" thread II

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  • mmmsnow wrote: »
    Here's one I found today. The owners' favourite colours seem to be black, white and bright red. Oh, and their son's called Robbie...

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27192925.html

    I dont understand why the entire house is tiled?
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  • The furnishings in this one aren't really to my taste, doesn't seem to fit with the 'showhome' image people wamt from a new build!
    http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/921845?search_identifier=11e2a4b978437d4bfcceb07e08403598

    no i agree with you it is quite hideous



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  • michaels
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    I dont understand why the entire house is tiled?
    I half wondered if the patio was going to have the same tiles as well, they seem to be in every room.
    I think....
  • michaels wrote: »
    I half wondered if the patio was going to have the same tiles as well, they seem to be in every room.

    I think they've tried to go for the Med Apartment look.
    It doesn't really work in a British 2-storey house.
    It would be easy to clean &, if someone has allergies (other than to white tiles & the colours red, white & black ;)), it would be good - no carpets to harbour the nasties.
  • John_Pierpoint
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    edited 17 February 2013 at 11:59AM
    From one extreme to the other

    How many years are left on the lease?
    Has the ground landlord gone AWOL.
    I have this feeling there is something we are not being told.

    In the "Major" recession the flats here dropped to a level where I could have bought one on my credit cards. (The building is the former office block/hotel of Bata shoes, dating back to the inter war years of successful company towns.)

    However this time round they are holding up quite well, even still could be an investment given the 2,000 people employed 20 minutes away, building Britain's largest container port and the prospect of a neighbouring smells and flies land fill site finally turning into a wild life park.
  • yoyoegg
    yoyoegg Posts: 470 Forumite
    edited 17 February 2013 at 12:09PM
    I dont understand why the entire house is tiled?

    Easy to see what inspired the design -

    Glasgow house for sale -

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    Set of 2001: A Space Odyssey -

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  • John_Pierpoint
    John_Pierpoint Posts: 8,401 Forumite
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    edited 17 February 2013 at 12:22PM
    West London row of shops with spiral staircase and fire escape [If I remember correctly a means of escape cannot come down into a living room - my son used to have a Victorian terrace that came down into a cupboard in the living room]

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-25900440.html

    Can one lean out of the living room/kitchen windows and put your rubbish directly into next door's rubbish bins?
  • Oh crikey!! :eek:
    (and according to the blurb, only one garage)
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-34206625.html
  • Strapped
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    zipbuttons wrote: »
    Oh crikey!! :eek:
    (and according to the blurb, only one garage)
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-34206625.html

    Those coach houses are becoming quite common. I'd hate to live over someone else's garage though. There is a long list of potential issues - noise, smells, fire risk, the garage becoming the local teenage/crack head hang-out (see noise/smells/fire risk), structural issues, etc.
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  • That's not a two bedroomed detached house! It's a two bedroomed flat above some garages.


    I don't care how well-presented it is, pic 4 makes it look like you've got to vault over the ruddy bed to get to the wardrobe.
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