New "Have a Look at This" thread

RelievedSheff

od244051 said:

davidmcn said:

GDB2222 said:

lincroft1710 said:

NaughtiusMaximus said:

lincroft1710 said:

Dandie89 said:

4 bedroom detached house for sale in Coburg Road, Dorchester, DT1 (rightmove.co.uk) Street view alongside the property and spot the Google car.

Odd place, no bathroom, just 2 shower rooms plus washbasins in upstairs bedrooms, also has tiny "annex". No TV in either living or dining rooms.

Based on the overall decor and the grabrails in the main shower room and outside I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest the current owner is elderly with mobility problems, in which case a large shower cubicle as is the case here is far more practical than a bath.

I wonder if it used to be a B&B at some point? It would explain the basins in each bedroom and the ground floor layout, with everything to the right of the dining room on the plan being off limits to guests.

I also got the impression it had been owned by someone elderly

We also don’t have a TV in our living room or dining room. Is that really so unusual? We’re getting on a bit, but I would prefer not to be described as elderly, thanks. Well, not to my face. Behind my back is fine.

If anything I would have thought it's the elderly who are more likely to have a tv - it's the younger generations who are now consuming content on other devices.

How can anyone watch a TV or film on another devices like tablets all the time is beyond me. 

Sales of large (50"+) TVs are booming as my friend who works at a Sainsburys with an Argos inside says every day she sees customers leaving Argos with a TV.

It depends where you are. We use a tablet to watch films on the boat. But that is in a small space and the screen is plenty large enough to watch. We play the music through the boat speakers and it sounds alright.

However we wouldn't dream of watching a film on the tablet at home. Why would we when we have the large TV screen and sound bar.

RelievedSheff

SandyN21 said:

Has anyone ever seen their own property for sale on here?

With the way our interior decor is panning out, if we ever decide to sell this house (which we don't intend to do) it will definitely make it onto this thread 

Mnoee

od244051 said:

davidmcn said:

GDB2222 said:

lincroft1710 said:

NaughtiusMaximus said:

lincroft1710 said:

Dandie89 said:

4 bedroom detached house for sale in Coburg Road, Dorchester, DT1 (rightmove.co.uk) Street view alongside the property and spot the Google car.

Odd place, no bathroom, just 2 shower rooms plus washbasins in upstairs bedrooms, also has tiny "annex". No TV in either living or dining rooms.

Based on the overall decor and the grabrails in the main shower room and outside I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest the current owner is elderly with mobility problems, in which case a large shower cubicle as is the case here is far more practical than a bath.

I wonder if it used to be a B&B at some point? It would explain the basins in each bedroom and the ground floor layout, with everything to the right of the dining room on the plan being off limits to guests.

I also got the impression it had been owned by someone elderly

We also don’t have a TV in our living room or dining room. Is that really so unusual? We’re getting on a bit, but I would prefer not to be described as elderly, thanks. Well, not to my face. Behind my back is fine.

If anything I would have thought it's the elderly who are more likely to have a tv - it's the younger generations who are now consuming content on other devices.

How can anyone watch a TV or film on another devices like tablets all the time is beyond me. 

Sales of large (50"+) TVs are booming as my friend who works at a Sainsburys with an Argos inside says every day she sees customers leaving Argos with a TV.

I often watch on a tablet if it's only me. It's almost the size of the old 'bedroom' TVs with a VHS player underneath, at least when it's placed a foot away instead of across a bed. Much cheaper than having a massive screen going all day and for most things I watch it makes little difference. I'll chuck on the big screen for films or multiple people viewing though. 

NaughtiusMaximus

od244051 said:

davidmcn said:

GDB2222 said:

lincroft1710 said:

NaughtiusMaximus said:

lincroft1710 said:

Dandie89 said:

4 bedroom detached house for sale in Coburg Road, Dorchester, DT1 (rightmove.co.uk) Street view alongside the property and spot the Google car.

Odd place, no bathroom, just 2 shower rooms plus washbasins in upstairs bedrooms, also has tiny "annex". No TV in either living or dining rooms.

Based on the overall decor and the grabrails in the main shower room and outside I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest the current owner is elderly with mobility problems, in which case a large shower cubicle as is the case here is far more practical than a bath.

I wonder if it used to be a B&B at some point? It would explain the basins in each bedroom and the ground floor layout, with everything to the right of the dining room on the plan being off limits to guests.

I also got the impression it had been owned by someone elderly

We also don’t have a TV in our living room or dining room. Is that really so unusual? We’re getting on a bit, but I would prefer not to be described as elderly, thanks. Well, not to my face. Behind my back is fine.

If anything I would have thought it's the elderly who are more likely to have a tv - it's the younger generations who are now consuming content on other devices.

How can anyone watch a TV or film on another devices like tablets all the time is beyond me. 

Sales of large (50"+) TVs are booming as my friend who works at a Sainsburys with an Argos inside says every day she sees customers leaving Argos with a TV.

Tablets I can understand, they're not really much smaller than the portable CRT TVs many of us used to own in the 80s and 90s and generally speaking are much closer to your eyes. What I don't get is how people can watch a film on a smartphone, not uncommon to see people on the train doing exactly that.

RelievedSheff

NaughtiusMaximus said:

od244051 said:

davidmcn said:

GDB2222 said:

lincroft1710 said:

NaughtiusMaximus said:

lincroft1710 said:

Dandie89 said:

4 bedroom detached house for sale in Coburg Road, Dorchester, DT1 (rightmove.co.uk) Street view alongside the property and spot the Google car.

Odd place, no bathroom, just 2 shower rooms plus washbasins in upstairs bedrooms, also has tiny "annex". No TV in either living or dining rooms.

Based on the overall decor and the grabrails in the main shower room and outside I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest the current owner is elderly with mobility problems, in which case a large shower cubicle as is the case here is far more practical than a bath.

I wonder if it used to be a B&B at some point? It would explain the basins in each bedroom and the ground floor layout, with everything to the right of the dining room on the plan being off limits to guests.

I also got the impression it had been owned by someone elderly

We also don’t have a TV in our living room or dining room. Is that really so unusual? We’re getting on a bit, but I would prefer not to be described as elderly, thanks. Well, not to my face. Behind my back is fine.

If anything I would have thought it's the elderly who are more likely to have a tv - it's the younger generations who are now consuming content on other devices.

How can anyone watch a TV or film on another devices like tablets all the time is beyond me. 

Sales of large (50"+) TVs are booming as my friend who works at a Sainsburys with an Argos inside says every day she sees customers leaving Argos with a TV.

Tablets I can understand, they're not really much smaller than the portable CRT TVs many of us used to own in the 80s and 90s and generally speaking are much closer to your eyes. What I don't get is how people can watch a film on a smartphone, not uncommon to see people on the train doing exactly that.

Probably because they would struggle to get their TV and sound bar onto the train!!

Rambosmum

lincroft1710 said:

in_my_wellies said:

lincroft1710 said:

Dandie89 said:

4 bedroom detached house for sale in Coburg Road, Dorchester, DT1 (rightmove.co.uk) Street view alongside the property and spot the Google car.

Odd place, no bathroom, just 2 shower rooms plus washbasins in upstairs bedrooms, also has tiny "annex". No TV in either living or dining rooms.

I agree the shower on it's own is a bit odd but is it odd these days not to have a bath? My 4 bedroom 1910 house had a very small (4'6" x 8'6"') bathroom (converted from a box room in the 1930's) An extension left it with out a window. We didn't use the bath in 12 years so I took out the bath and installed a shower across the end. This leaves the house with 2 en-suite shower rooms upstairs and a toilet and basin downstairs. 

Would people find this odd when viewing?

PS - There are many more odd reasons my house could end up on this thread

Yes we never use our bath, always have shower. But there seems to be a consensus that houses without a bath are more difficult to sell, although there seems little logic in this as many people prefer showers to a bath.

Whilst I have a daily shower to clean myself I love a bath. I would be unlikely to buy a house without a bath, unless the bathroom was old and needed renovating anyway. I certainly wouldn't buy a house with a newly renovated bathroom and no  bath. Plus my kids don't like showers, so bath time because a nightmare. 

Rambosmum

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/75116685#/

Nice set of tyres...

davidmcn

Rambosmum said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/75116685#/

Nice set of tyres...

Always useful to "dress" the property to demonstrate to viewers how much you can fit into each room...

SallyDucati

Rambosmum said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/75116685#/

Nice set of tyres...

What a shame it's got into that state.  I hope whoever renovates it restores the original features.  But I do wonder what's been going on there!  Seems a bit like 'lets use Grannys empty house to store crap!'.

RelievedSheff

Rambosmum said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/75116685#/

Nice set of tyres...

I wonder just how grim the kitchen was before the "stuff" was bagged up and it had a quick wipe around