New "Have a Look at This" thread

Sarahspangles

Green_hopeful said:

@FreeBear you may well be right about the date. I had a double take on the living room as it felt more Edwardian than 1930s but the dining room fireplace and doors seem 1930s. I was just trawling through hundreds of properties on rightmove with the keyword ‘modernisation’. I noticed some of the neighbours have beautiful tiled fireplaces.

The top and bottom ones are Arts and Crafts.

FreeBear

Last one has an air of Victorian about it. The first two, relatively plain, so may be 1930s.

Or you could go Art Deco.

Here is a selection of Art Deco & 1920/30s fireplaces - https://www.heritagefireplacecentre.com/antique-fireplaces/1930-art-deco-fireplaces.htm

horsewithnoname

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/87046827 

At least it’s not fifty shades of grey!

robatwork

This is way too common in listings



My theory is mainly it's estate agents being lazy and bad at their job. I can't believe most sellers are being secretive about house size, although it may be a few percent. 

horsewithnoname

robatwork said:

This is way too common in listings



My theory is mainly it's estate agents being lazy and bad at their job. I can't believe most sellers are being secretive about house size, although it may be a few percent. 

I totally agree. I think with some of the newer houses it’s because they are tiny! Though that would be obvious on viewing. 

Patr100

Remind you of anyone....?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77xdp1e56yo

horsewithnoname

Patr100 said:

Remind you of anyone....?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77xdp1e56yo

Yeah I saw that😂 in fact a few people have sent it me. 

I’m just plain old nosy, I admit it 😂

FreeBear

horsewithnoname said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/87046827 

At least it’s not fifty shades of grey!

Doesn't appear to have central heating. Using those oil filled heaters must be pretty expensive.

robatwork

Patr100 said:

Remind you of anyone....?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77xdp1e56yo

3 journalists involved, yet

And during a recent weekend in London, she loved looking at "how expensive houses in Richmond are", which was close to her hotel

got published. Bravo, BBC. Don't correct anyone, it'll stifle their creativity.

I put more effort into proofreading an MSE forum post.

mark_cycling00

robatwork said:

Patr100 said:

Remind you of anyone....?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77xdp1e56yo

3 journalists involved, yet

And during a recent weekend in London, she loved looking at "how expensive houses in Richmond are", which was close to her hotel

got published. Bravo, BBC. Don't correct anyone, it'll stifle their creativity.

I put more effort into proofreading an MSE forum post.

There's a Richmond in London, it's very nice. 

But let's criticise the grammar anyway.

Should it also be a semi colon instead of a comma?
Wouldn't start a sentence with "And". 
The "which" in "which is close" relates to the houses rather than Richmond. So that is wrong 

All lazy and slack standards.