New "Have a Look at This" thread

Ditzy_Mitzy

Patr100 said:

Skiddaw1 said:

Patr100 said:

Some distinctly time warpy decor here (bathroom off the bedroom)
Still pricey for a complete refurb needed but it's near the trendy promoted "village " area of Walthamstow so someone is trying it on a bit.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/88249312

Goodness, that does seem pricey for a house that needs so much work especially as it has only two bedrooms. Some of the decor is fab though isn't it?

One thing these old dated interiors suggest is something of the "secret lives"  that probably some older often vulnerable people  live, with no close relatives, perhaps rarely venturing out.  I wonder how little the neighbours, social services,   etc know of their threadbare circumstances, , until it is revealed when the neglected house is sold.

I disagree.  The décor in there may look threadbare to modern eyes but it would have been top end in the fifties and sixties (kitchen appears sixties to me).  Look at the detail on the fireplace, the carpets, the upstairs bathroom and the fitted kitchen.  The owner made a considerable investment in the place and no doubt would have put in modern, then, wiring and made the place suitable for the twentieth century.  It would, in all likelihood, have been Victorian and very tired before that.  Lots of older people were proud of their investments and simply used them until the point they could be used no more.  Given that mid-century fixtures and fittings last longer, that point took a long time to reach.  It is still to be reached in places.  The idea of ripping everything out and starting again is very modern, as is the inability to put up with datedness.  People replaced wallpaper and carpets, of course they did, but they tended to keep the bones of the thing.  Taking out a serviceable fitted kitchen or redecorating rooms for the sake of it would seem like madness, or the preserve of the very rich.  One also has to think that the owner, having made his or her investment, may not have seen it as dated at all.  Coming from a slum, for instance, that house would have looked like paradise.  

springmagpie

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/102376973#/

Not convinced by the bathroom/bedroom set up 

moneysavinghero

goldfinches said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/100029983#/media
Have a look at pic 30 which the estate agent blithely describes as "a wildlife area with mature apple tree" and you and I would describe as a festering tip.
Apart from that spot the dog both in the flesh and on the wall and delight in the EA clearly never having encountered anyone quite like this vendor before.

Never seen a shower room with a cat flap before.

Very kind of Persimmon homes to gift them the lower wildlife area.

Greymug

springmagpie said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/102376973#/

Not convinced by the bathroom/bedroom set up 

there is so much wrong in that bedroom/bathroom. Hopefully the sellers didn't redecorate just for the sale because that room needs completely gutted and redone.

robatwork

springmagpie said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/102376973#/

Not convinced by the bathroom/bedroom set up 

I'm no believer in pseudoscience like Feng Shui, but certainly believe there are ways to layout rooms in a house sympathetically, with taste, to make living there a nice experience. This house screams "fail" in almost every room.

Greymug

robatwork said:

springmagpie said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/102376973#/

Not convinced by the bathroom/bedroom set up 

I'm no believer in pseudoscience like Feng Shui, but certainly believe there are ways to layout rooms in a house sympathetically, with taste, to make living there a nice experience. This house screams "fail" in almost every room.

it's not even about pseudoscience or whatnot....it's just about basic common sense. Would anyone want to take a dump in their bedroom?

od244051

NaughtiusMaximus said:

Patr100 said:

Skiddaw1 said:

Patr100 said:

Some distinctly time warpy decor here (bathroom off the bedroom)
Still pricey for a complete refurb needed but it's near the trendy promoted "village " area of Walthamstow so someone is trying it on a bit.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/88249312

Goodness, that does seem pricey for a house that needs so much work especially as it has only two bedrooms. Some of the decor is fab though isn't it?

One thing these old dated interiors suggest is something of the "secret lives"  that probably some older often vulnerable people  live, with no close relatives, perhaps rarely venturing out.  I wonder how little the neighbours, social services,   etc know of their threadbare circumstances, , until it is revealed when the neglected house is sold.

When houses are falling into a state of disrepair as is the case here that's probably correct, but where the decor is merely very dated but is still perfectly functional, it could just be the owner doesn't see any benefit in replacing the kitchen/bathroom/fire etc.

My late father was a case in point, he wasn't short of money (despite not being a home owner the value of his estate was in 6 figures) and he was generous towards children and grandchildren but persuading him to spend all but the bare essentials on himself was  virtually impossible.

A distant relative died 11 months ago. She hasn’t done anything to the house since husband died in 1999. It’s a time warp like the one in E17. 

Another relative said she never got rid of any her husband’s clothes, car was still in garage.

Hannimal

Patr100 said:

Some distinctly time warpy decor here (bathroom off the bedroom)
Still pricey for a complete refurb needed but it's near the trendy promoted "village " area of Walthamstow so someone is trying it on a bit.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/88249312

I'm a big fan of the blue and blush skirtings!

Hannimal

springmagpie said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/102376973#/

Not convinced by the bathroom/bedroom set up 

It's posh to pop a bed into a big bathroom. It's well classy

jimbo6977

https://www.lep.co.uk/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/windsor-heights-look-around-ps1m-flat-chorley-664091

Surprisingly enough this hasn't been snapped up.