New "Have a Look at This" thread

NiaBrown

Not sure what to say about this gem

Initially I was going to make a crack about it being stuck in a 70s time warp, but I was alive in the 70s and even I don't remember anything quite like this   

GaleSF63

NiaBrown said:

Not sure what to say about this gem

Initially I was going to make a crack about it being stuck in a 70s time warp, but I was alive in the 70s and even I don't remember anything quite like this   

That first carpet, it beggars belief that any manufacturer would be sure they could sell it and someone designed it as well! They must all have been on something. 

ProDave

NiaBrown said:

Not sure what to say about this gem

Initially I was going to make a crack about it being stuck in a 70s time warp, but I was alive in the 70s and even I don't remember anything quite like this   

Shame the neighbour has destroyed the original dormer and stuck a shed on the roof instead.

Oxon

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property/105492560
From picture 10 it looks like it would be a challenge to access the property to do the necessary building work. 

And another with an interesting street view!

ProDave

Oxon said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property/105492560
From picture 10 it looks like it would be a challenge to access the property to do the necessary building work. 

And another with an interesting street view!

There is nothing worth saving of the burned out building, but neither is it an attractive plot for a new build.

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Oxon said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property/105492560
From picture 10 it looks like it would be a challenge to access the property to do the necessary building work. 

And another with an interesting street view!

Looks ready to move in to me!

Skiddaw1

NiaBrown said:

Not sure what to say about this gem

Initially I was going to make a crack about it being stuck in a 70s time warp, but I was alive in the 70s and even I don't remember anything quite like this   

I'm rather liking the purple whales in the bathroom

Patr100

GaleSF63 said:

NiaBrown said:

Not sure what to say about this gem

Initially I was going to make a crack about it being stuck in a 70s time warp, but I was alive in the 70s and even I don't remember anything quite like this   

That first carpet, it beggars belief that any manufacturer would be sure they could sell it and someone designed it as well! They must all have been on something. 

In a stately home or mansion , or a William Morris/period  type cottage, those sorts of over elaborate patterns can work Ok but certainly  not from our modern eyes, in a typical house. From my parent's generation in the 60s and 70s , they grew up in pretty basic conditions, once it became affordable, I think it possibly  had an association with aspiration and luxury, and was a distraction from otherwise sometimes grim surroundings. Same for the wallpaper: "I like a bit of pattern" my late father once said. 

General_Grant

The thing about empty rooms is that the carpet is so much more prominent than when there is a fair amount of unpatterned furniture in the room.  But you need plain walls and curtains too!

lincroft1710

od244051 said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/79989030#/media?id=media1

Spot the at least 9 different bookcases (plus two more with CDs/DVDs), organ, piano, violin and viola (case looks bigger than violin's)

Looks like it was built by Jelsons. My grandparents had a Jelson house exactly the same style