The "have a look at this!" thread II

Upsidedown_Bear

StumpyPumpy wrote: »

My guess would be that developers bought the tower and (more importantly) the land and access around the tower, then sold the tower on as they weren't interested in it.
Looking on Google earth, it would appear that the only access to the flats behind the tower is through the gates and straight past it. Looks like you have no land at all, and are effectively a roundabout in the middle of a car park. Don't like it nearly as much now.

SP

Me neither

phoebe1989seb

tabbyfish wrote: »

Don't think that's a pool. It's glass floor above bedroom one. Top floor of the building.

Whoops, silly me - I only glanced through the pics & didn't bother with reading the blurb.......that's what happens when you multi-task when you're s'posed to be preparing bagels for brunch, LOL :rotfl:

phoebe1989seb

StumpyPumpy wrote: »

I don't like the kitchen/dining room on the ground floor, but the rest of it looks ok to me, much better than this conversion, anyway:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-26590737.html

SP

I actually prefer that one

fionajbanana

StumpyPumpy wrote: »

I don't like the kitchen/dining room on the ground floor, but the rest of it looks ok to me, much better than this conversion, anyway:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-26590737.html

SP

OMG! Why have such an expensive property, but have your kitchen chairs and table look like it has been nicked from a church hall? Don't get the tangled lights above it either.

Sleepy_head_2

StumpyPumpy wrote: »

I don't like the kitchen/dining room on the ground floor, but the rest of it looks ok to me, much better than this conversion, anyway:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-26590737.html

SP

This was featured on Grand Designs not so long ago!

angeltreats

Photo 10 - maybe the most depressing bedroom I've ever seen.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-35602768.html

namecheck

StumpyPumpy wrote: »

My guess would be that developers bought the tower and (more importantly) the land and access around the tower, then sold the tower on as they weren't interested in it.
Looking on Google earth, it would appear that the only access to the flats behind the tower is through the gates and straight past it. Looks like you have no land at all, and are effectively a roundabout in the middle of a car park. Don't like it nearly as much now.

SP

I don't like it, not just because of its location though.

The building is Grade 11 listed. New alterations and extensions can look brilliant with old buildings, however I think the modern additions to this one are totally alien.

Maybe I'm in the minority though.

moneyistooshorttomention

angeltreats wrote: »

Photo 10 - maybe the most depressing bedroom I've ever seen.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-35602768.html

Fancy putting their child in the boxroom - when there is a perfectly decent empty bedroom 2 to put them in!

The garden photos are a bit confusing - and I was left wondering whether one of them was actually neighbours garden (rather than theirs).

Then, right at the end, there's that pile of bricks there on the patio and...whoops...is that a part-built extension to the right of it?

Davesnave

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Fancy putting their child in the boxroom - when there is a perfectly decent empty bedroom 2 to put them in!

What's wrong with giving your child the box room? Our DD1 had the box room as a bedroom for 5 years and DD2 for 15years. They seem to have done OK on this terrible treatment.

Perhaps they remember their Dad didn't even have a bed, let alone a bedroom when he was about 8 years old. Stuff happens.

Not having a big room or many possessions is a minor handicap compared with other problems that afflict young people during their formative years.

Moneybot

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-37537531.html?premiumA=true

This reminds me of the houses I used to build out of lego ...