New "Have a Look at This" thread

Green_hopeful

Mutton_Geoff said:

Stick some plastic grey decking on the exterior, stick it with a posh agent and ask over a million quid

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-65931789.html

Quite a mark up over the couple of years they have owned it. 

NinjaTune

Dandie89 said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-98066210.html Am I alone in wondering if this frontage "look" I see replicated hither and thither is going to last half as well as the classic 30s style it has replaced? 

I suspect that house has fallen foul of 'Frenchic Fashion' where people paint their PVC front door in chalk paint.  If I'm right then I give it a couple of years at most before it starts peeling or chipping.  I'll even hazard a guess that they have used Blackjack for the door and something like Greyhound for the porch. 

davidmcn

Green_hopeful said:

Mutton_Geoff said:

Stick some plastic grey decking on the exterior, stick it with a posh agent and ask over a million quid

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-65931789.html

Quite a mark up over the couple of years they have owned it. 

Or the one year to when they started trying to flog it at that price...

Oxon

Bet the neighbours are pleased this is being sold!
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-85267477.html

Rambosmum

NinjaTune said:

Dandie89 said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-98066210.html Am I alone in wondering if this frontage "look" I see replicated hither and thither is going to last half as well as the classic 30s style it has replaced? 

I suspect that house has fallen foul of 'Frenchic Fashion' where people paint their PVC front door in chalk paint.  If I'm right then I give it a couple of years at most before it starts peeling or chipping.  I'll even hazard a guess that they have used Blackjack for the door and something like Greyhound for the porch. 

 

od244051

Oxon said:

Bet the neighbours are pleased this is being sold!
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-85267477.html

Hope new owners keep the gorgeous tiling by the front door and hall. Only good things that are going for this property.

NaughtiusMaximus

od244051 said:

Oxon said:

Bet the neighbours are pleased this is being sold!
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-85267477.html

Hope new owners keep the gorgeous tiling by the front door and hall. Only good things that are going for this property.

Indeed, the tiling in pic 3's interesting, looks like the sort of thing which would have been in a Victorian pub rather than a home.

Wonder why it's been empty for 40 years?

NinjaTune

Rambosmum said:

NinjaTune said:

Dandie89 said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-98066210.html Am I alone in wondering if this frontage "look" I see replicated hither and thither is going to last half as well as the classic 30s style it has replaced? 

I suspect that house has fallen foul of 'Frenchic Fashion' where people paint their PVC front door in chalk paint.  If I'm right then I give it a couple of years at most before it starts peeling or chipping.  I'll even hazard a guess that they have used Blackjack for the door and something like Greyhound for the porch. 

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm not dissing the paint - far from it, in fact I'm in the middle of painting a wooden chair with it right now.  It just seems that some people get a bit frenzied about what they use it on.  I've seen hairdryers, kettles etc painted with it.  It's a chalk furniture paint, not a miracle covering for anything that stands still long enough.

Oxon said:

Bet the neighbours are pleased this is being sold!
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-85267477.html

A quick lick of paint and it will be looking good in no time ... (love the floor in the hallway though).

ETA:  Unoccupied for 40 years 

Patr100

Oxon said:

Bet the neighbours are pleased this is being sold!
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-85267477.html

Check out the video tour.

SallyDucati

Patr100 said:

Oxon said:

Bet the neighbours are pleased this is being sold!
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-85267477.html

Check out the video tour.

The sigh from the agent when he was upstairs just says it all!