New "Have a Look at This" thread

Dandie89

davidmcn said:

GaleSF63 said:

Dandie89 said:

2 bedroom detached bungalow for sale in Old Barmston Road, Beverley, HU17 (rightmove.co.uk)
2 bedroom detached bungalow for sale in Old Barmston Road, Beverley, HU17 (rightmove.co.uk) Garage homes for old folks

But why have a ramp up to the front door, but a step from the back door? 

Think that's a building regs thing now to have level(ish) access to the front door? Other than being bungalows I don't think they're particularly accessible (e.g. bathroom not pictured but described as shower over a bath).

Yes, you can see it in the virtual tour and it did strike me as odd although, to be fair, they are not specifically marketing these as for the elderly.

As far as what old people might be satisfied with, I'm no spring chicken myself and can see these offer their conveniences but I hope I never get to the stage where I would not wish to have a little charm to my home and can't really imagine desiring one that rather resembles one of the garages these ones appear to be replacing.

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Surprised to see this central London flat fall from £1.125m in 2014 to 795k now. 

Looks like my idea of a properly proportioned flat!   

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/90190288#/

Unusually it has share of freehold.   Perhaps there's a big bill about to land.

Dandie89

Poster_586329 said:

Surprised to see this central London flat fall from £1.125m in 2014 to 795k now. 

Looks like my idea of a properly proportioned flat!   

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/90190288#/

Unusually it has share of freehold.   Perhaps there's a big bill about to land.

Beautiful floors!

Definately some trouble at'mill 

Melcombe_Court_Dorset_square_London_NW1_3AR.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)

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In the same block at lower ground floor, 23sqm smaller, £155k dearer, unsold since December:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/83531437#/

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Dandie89 said:

Poster_586329 said:

Surprised to see this central London flat fall from £1.125m in 2014 to 795k now. 

Looks like my idea of a properly proportioned flat!   

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/90190288#/

Unusually it has share of freehold.   Perhaps there's a big bill about to land.

Beautiful floors!

Definately some trouble at'mill 

Melcombe_Court_Dorset_square_London_NW1_3AR.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Oh, good find!

Dandie89

Poster_586329 said:

Dandie89 said:

Poster_586329 said:

Surprised to see this central London flat fall from £1.125m in 2014 to 795k now. 

Looks like my idea of a properly proportioned flat!   

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/90190288#/

Unusually it has share of freehold.   Perhaps there's a big bill about to land.

Beautiful floors!

Definately some trouble at'mill 

Melcombe_Court_Dorset_square_London_NW1_3AR.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Oh, good find!

I was searching for the charges.  Just curious really and annoyed that estate agents are always so coy about it.  

Patr100

NaughtiusMaximus said:

ProDave said:

SoozyJ22 said:

ProDave said:

Oxon said:

“Individual design”
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/104968019#/

Am I the only one reminded of those horrible uninviting public toilets with a stainless steel pan?

It made me think of train toilets, especially some unpleasant ones I've experienced on overnight trains in Asia. 

Ah train toilets.  Remember the ones when I was a boy, you pushed a button on the floor, a flap opened and you could see the track going by down a long tube.  No wonder they said "do not use while in the station"

There are probably still a few trains like that now. I think it was as recent as the late 80s before trains in the UK started to be built with toilets which collect the deposits in a tank rather than just flushing them onto the track.  

Toilets that dump on the tracks still not fully phased out.

 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/03/uk-railway-firms-faiil-to-clean-up-waste-dumping-act

Patr100

Two "time capsule " houses ,  both for sale at the same time and next door  to each other...from the same Estate Agent.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/105211757
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/105210134

od244051

Patr100 said:

Two "time capsule " houses ,  both for sale at the same time and next door  to each other...from the same Estate Agent.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/105211757
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/105210134

Serious wallpaper/carpet clashing there, esp the first one! Wonder if the neighbours were best friends and discussed wallpaper and carpet purchases in the 50s/60s

Skiddaw1

Patr100 said:

Two "time capsule " houses ,  both for sale at the same time and next door  to each other...from the same Estate Agent.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/105211757
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/105210134

Goodness, I thought they were the same house! They're like twins aren't they? I'd love to know what the back story is. Can't believe there isn't a connection. Perhaps the owners were indeed best friends (or siblings possibly?) Blimey though- London prices never fail to make my eyes water...