New "Have a Look at This" thread

RelievedSheff

od244051 said:

This is about 100 yards from a relative's.

Yet another dreary grey decor https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-68824752.html

Never mind the colour scheme.

Carpet in the bathroom.......NO....NO....NO....NO.....NO....NO!

Skiddaw1

od244051 said:

This is about 100 yards from a relative's.

Yet another dreary grey decor https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-68824752.html

Now that's grey......

cazmanian_minx

Apologies if I've put this one on before - I went to view this in January last year when it first failed to sell at auction with a guide of £290k.  It's a repossession and had all the period features (apart from the porch floor) stripped out by the previous owner.  I disagree strongly with the agent's description of "Although the property requires decorated throughout, the majority of this would be cosmetic" - when I saw it there was water coming up through the floor in two of the rooms and someone's put PVC windows into a listed building.  Over the past year I've seen plenty of middle-class couples coming back down the drive with very disappointed faces, thinking they've found the bargain of the century as the price has dropped and then actually had a look at it.  But it was a beautiful house once and it could be again and the price is now getting to the point where someone could actually make a profit on it, just. 

https://www.futurepropertyauctions.co.uk/property_details.asp?id=6236824

For comparison, this is what it looked like before the repossession:  https://www.zoopla.co.uk/property-history/castlehill-house/princes-street/thurso/kw14-7dh/42775753

vansboy

od244051 said:

This is about 100 yards from a relative's.

Yet another dreary grey decor https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-68824752.html

And you won't be able to  open the right hand fridge door enough to get your food out, especially the drawers of veg, as there isn't enough clearence (found that out just in time, while building the extension' here!)

VB

lea_uk

It may be daytime but it’s Knight-time in the dining room (picture 8) https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-75606826.html

MCI

cazmanian_minx said:

Apologies if I've put this one on before - I went to view this in January last year when it first failed to sell at auction with a guide of £290k.  It's a repossession and had all the period features (apart from the porch floor) stripped out by the previous owner.  I disagree strongly with the agent's description of "Although the property requires decorated throughout, the majority of this would be cosmetic" - when I saw it there was water coming up through the floor in two of the rooms and someone's put PVC windows into a listed building.  Over the past year I've seen plenty of middle-class couples coming back down the drive with very disappointed faces, thinking they've found the bargain of the century as the price has dropped and then actually had a look at it.  But it was a beautiful house once and it could be again and the price is now getting to the point where someone could actually make a profit on it, just. 

https://www.futurepropertyauctions.co.uk/property_details.asp?id=6236824

For comparison, this is what it looked like before the repossession:  https://www.zoopla.co.uk/property-history/castlehill-house/princes-street/thurso/kw14-7dh/42775753

Was it the fashion for a while to have a square rug in a room and just paint the floorboards around it (leaving underneath as is)? We have just bought our first home and found that. Not a prob as we are painting all the floorboards in that room. I assumed it was a quirk from our vendors but it's in that house as well. 

NewShadow

MCI said:

Was it the fashion for a while to have a square rug in a room and just paint the floorboards around it (leaving underneath as is)? We have just bought our first home and found that. Not a prob as we are painting all the floorboards in that room. I assumed it was a quirk from our vendors but it's in that house as well. 

Not fashion as much as economics.

Until about the 1930's, all carpets were woven - rather than the majority of modern carpets, which are 'tufted'. This meant 'wall to wall' carpeting was prohibitively expensive for all but the wealthiest until around the 1960's/70's, at which point synthetic fibres allowed 'fully fitted' to became an advertising feature for 'luxury' middle class properties. 

https://tedium.co/2017/01/10/carpet-history-evolution/

in_my_wellies

MCI said:

Was it the fashion for a while to have a square rug in a room and just paint the floorboards around it (leaving underneath as is)? We have just bought our first home and found that. Not a prob as we are painting all the floorboards in that room. I assumed it was a quirk from our vendors but it's in that house as well. 

I remember my parents buying a 'carpet square' probably about 3 meters x 3 meters for sitting rooms and bedrooms. The surrounding edge was either painted or varnished, covered with lino or covered with a thinner matching carpet - I suppose depending on the room and the available funds. During the yearly 'spring clean' all the furniture was removed and the carpet rotated 90 degrees to spread wear and tear. The edges were scrubbed, repainted or varnished. When I think about it, it was very environmentally friendly. 
Just to add, the stair carpet had a runner which was lifted every spring and refitted half a step down to save wear on the same place - made the carpet 'new' again 

RelievedSheff

vansboy said:

od244051 said:

This is about 100 yards from a relative's.

Yet another dreary grey decor https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-68824752.html

And you won't be able to  open the right hand fridge door enough to get your food out, especially the drawers of veg, as there isn't enough clearence (found that out just in time, while building the extension' here!)

VB

We had that problem in our old house. We had to take the skirting board off to get the freezer door open!

Cakeguts

cazmanian_minx said:

Apologies if I've put this one on before - I went to view this in January last year when it first failed to sell at auction with a guide of £290k.  It's a repossession and had all the period features (apart from the porch floor) stripped out by the previous owner.  I disagree strongly with the agent's description of "Although the property requires decorated throughout, the majority of this would be cosmetic" - when I saw it there was water coming up through the floor in two of the rooms and someone's put PVC windows into a listed building.  Over the past year I've seen plenty of middle-class couples coming back down the drive with very disappointed faces, thinking they've found the bargain of the century as the price has dropped and then actually had a look at it.  But it was a beautiful house once and it could be again and the price is now getting to the point where someone could actually make a profit on it, just. 

https://www.futurepropertyauctions.co.uk/property_details.asp?id=6236824

For comparison, this is what it looked like before the repossession:  https://www.zoopla.co.uk/property-history/castlehill-house/princes-street/thurso/kw14-7dh/42775753

It doesn't look too bad to me but then you haven't seen what we rebuilt and not in the UK either. At least this one has all of its walls....