New "Have a Look at This" thread

RelievedSheff

This one needs a bit of a refit

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/99986162#/

Silvertabby

RelievedSheff said:

This one needs a bit of a refit

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/99986162#/

With the possible exception of the stainless steel kitchen sink, I doubt this has been touched since the 1930s.  Even has an outside loo!

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I have a feeling the door handles and other Fixture and fittings could be counted as antique and resold.

MaryNB

RelievedSheff said:

This one needs a bit of a refit

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/99986162#/

Wow. It's got the EPC score of a tent. I wonder what they got the 1 for?

lincroft1710

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.

In your 70s definitely not elderly, 80s perhaps. 

newsgroupmonkey_

I have absolutely no idea why we have a TV in the house tbh.

I've watched maybe an hour of live TV this year. We have watched a few episodes of this and that and the odd film.

Right now, the only time we turn the TV on is for Zoom calls with the family.

mattant

MaryNB said:

RelievedSheff said:

This one needs a bit of a refit

Wow. It's got the EPC score of a tent. I wonder what they got the 1 for?

You can look it up online, it's because:
- Solid brick walls, no insulation
- No roof insulation
- Single glazed windows
- Individual heaters per room, no central heating
- No thermostat
- Electric immersion hot water
It's usually the lack of central heating that drops it the most

robatwork

Hannimal said:

robatwork said:
There's a very good reason backed by sound logic.
It's awkward, difficult, bordering on impossible to shower a baby, toddler or infant.  Hence the phrase "bath time, kids".
Lack of bath instantly puts off anyone with a young family or planning one. 

No it does not. It may put a lot of British-born British people off buying, sure, but in majority of the world not everyone has a bath tub, yet people have children and they are absolutely fine washing them, even when they're babies, toddlers or infants. What a very odd statement. 

Well this is a British forum for (generally) British houses with the vast majority of posters being British  (Royston Vasey anyone?)

If you think it's an odd statement because the "rest of the world" aren't used to baths, then that's nonsense on this forum. I notice nobody agreed with you. Do you have kids? Did you wash them in the kitchen sink?

Patr100

Hannimal said:

Can imagine the landlord was shocked
https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/08/what-i-rent-anna-1980-a-month-for-a-three-bedroom-flat-in-crystal-palace-london-13716932/

Well since they were traumatised by multiple burglaries in their previous home, I hope any prospective burglars  aren't assisted by the couple of dozen photos of their current flat interior and layout.

GDB2222

Elderly means people a few years older than me.
It's like taxing the rich means taxing people wealthier than me.