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The "have a look at this!" thread II

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  • buzzyzoe
    buzzyzoe Posts: 477 Forumite
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    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27161442.html?premiumA=true

    Picture 5... I've been looking at it for about 5 minutes and it still looks like a coffin to me. Is it some kind of strange wooden bath?
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  • phoebe1989seb
    phoebe1989seb Posts: 4,452 Forumite
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    buzzyzoe wrote: »
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27161442.html?premiumA=true

    Picture 5... I've been looking at it for about 5 minutes and it still looks like a coffin to me. Is it some kind of strange wooden bath?

    Yup, the description states 'unique wooden bath' ;) I can appreciate funky - although not my taste personally - but that's not even attractive IMHO :p
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  • DRP
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    buzzyzoe wrote: »
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27161442.html?premiumA=true

    Picture 5... I've been looking at it for about 5 minutes and it still looks like a coffin to me. Is it some kind of strange wooden bath?

    doesn't look very comfortable. does it? :D
  • DRP
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    What on earth is that at the side of the chair in pic 6?!!! :think:

    a plant! :D

    a Stromanthe or similar I think

    actually , zooming in, i'm not so sure :huh:
  • DRP wrote: »
    a plant! :D

    a Stromanthe or similar I think

    actually , zooming in, i'm not so sure :huh:


    Still not sure myself! Some sort of plant I think......

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  • DRP
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    Still not sure myself! Some sort of plant I think......

    Untitled2_zps1a3969ad.jpg

    yes, it is a plant sat on a nest of tables, i reckon :p
  • buzzyzoe
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    Yup, the description states 'unique wooden bath' ;) I can appreciate funky - although not my taste personally - but that's not even attractive IMHO :p

    Ah thanks for clearing that up! I should probably read the descriptions more carefully :rotfl:

    I agree, it's not very pretty and definitely doesn't look very comfortable!
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  • I_have_spoken
    I_have_spoken Posts: 5,051 Forumite
    edited 24 June 2013 at 6:41PM
    yes, it is a plant sat on a nest of tables, i reckon

    It's just along the road from me (I keep an eye on what's selling locally), I can pop around for a viewing...
    Picture 5... I've been looking at it for about 5 minutes and it still looks like a coffin to me.

    Some serious drops in prices for flats in the Beetham Tower since they were completed!

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  • Gingernutty
    Gingernutty Posts: 3,769 Forumite
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    What on earth is that at the side of the chair in pic 6?!!! :think:
    DRP wrote: »
    a plant! :D

    a Stromanthe or similar I think

    actually , zooming in, i'm not so sure :huh:
    Still not sure myself! Some sort of plant I think......

    Untitled2_zps1a3969ad.jpg

    It's a Prayer Plant. A big one.
    :huh: Don't know what I'm doing, but doing it anyway... :huh:
  • tigsly
    tigsly Posts: 481 Forumite
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    buzzyzoe wrote: »
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27161442.html?premiumA=true

    Picture 5... I've been looking at it for about 5 minutes and it still looks like a coffin to me. Is it some kind of strange wooden bath?


    I think it is a bath with a wide anlge lense on it.. or perhaps a coffin ( i prefer the idea of a coffin)
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