New "Have a Look at This" thread

moneysavinghero

user1977 said:

Duplex flat in Leith, upper floor needing slightly more decorative attention then downstairs:
https://espc.com/property/38-2f2-constitution-street-leith-edinburgh-eh6-6rs/36000808?sid=369226

At least it looks like it will quite handy for the tram.

user1977

Louise.H said:

user1977 said:

Duplex flat in Leith, upper floor needing slightly more decorative attention then downstairs:
https://espc.com/property/38-2f2-constitution-street-leith-edinburgh-eh6-6rs/36000808?sid=369226

How did that get like that??

It looks like the upper rooms once had skylights, but they've been covered over when the building's been reroofed at some point and then just abandoned as habitable rooms. Not something I've seen before (much more common in Edinburgh to see the opposite where the top floor has been extended up into the attic).

ProDave

Louise.H said:

user1977 said:

Duplex flat in Leith, upper floor needing slightly more decorative attention then downstairs:
https://espc.com/property/38-2f2-constitution-street-leith-edinburgh-eh6-6rs/36000808?sid=369226

How did that get like that??

I see tat sort of thing not infrequently.  Most usual with old fishermans cottages that would have had a room or 2 in the loft with just a small skylight in each room and very often little more than a ladder to get up there.  These tend to be modernised and extended and sometimes two knocked into one, and the upstairs abandoned and they become bungalows.  Then when you go up into the loft you find the old bedrooms, usually still with doors, old round light switches, wallpaper, fireplaces and sometimes even a cast iron bed frame, all left in an abandoned time warp.

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I like the look of this old house in Somerset. Wonder why it hasn't sold - maybe as on a B road?  Also, spot the dog!:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/80126514#/

GaleSF63

NaughtiusMaximus said:

General_Grant said:

NaughtiusMaximus said:

springmagpie said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/80173242#/
Who needs this many sofas??

From the floor plan it also appears the only way in and out of the 'sitting room' is through the window

Also I've always regarded lounge and sitting room as two different terms for the same thing. Saying the house has both is a bit like saying it has 1 toilet and 1 loo. 

In the description it converts them to 1/2 reception rooms.
Homes have sitting rooms: hotels have lounges.

Plenty of people refer to the main room of the house as the lounge, IME the word is actually more commonly used in that context than sitting room.

I thought the lounge was where you entertain, and the sitting room is where you read the newspaper or might trip over the children's toys. 
Then there is the "front room"...

Patr100

GaleSF63 said:

NaughtiusMaximus said:

General_Grant said:

NaughtiusMaximus said:

springmagpie said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/80173242#/
Who needs this many sofas??

From the floor plan it also appears the only way in and out of the 'sitting room' is through the window

Also I've always regarded lounge and sitting room as two different terms for the same thing. Saying the house has both is a bit like saying it has 1 toilet and 1 loo. 

In the description it converts them to 1/2 reception rooms.
Homes have sitting rooms: hotels have lounges.

Plenty of people refer to the main room of the house as the lounge, IME the word is actually more commonly used in that context than sitting room.

I thought the lounge was where you entertain, and the sitting room is where you read the newspaper or might trip over the children's toys. 
Then there is the "front room"...

What, no "living room"?
I can't live here.

GDB2222

Poster_586329 said:

I like the look of this old house in Somerset. Wonder why it hasn't sold - maybe as on a B road?  Also, spot the dog!:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/80126514#/

It's a lovely house, in a poor location. There's a busy garage next door. The busy road runs along next to the garden. Not exactly the peace and quiet you escape to the country for. 

LittleVoice

NaughtiusMaximus said:

General_Grant said:

NaughtiusMaximus said:

springmagpie said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/80173242#/
Who needs this many sofas??

From the floor plan it also appears the only way in and out of the 'sitting room' is through the window

Also I've always regarded lounge and sitting room as two different terms for the same thing. Saying the house has both is a bit like saying it has 1 toilet and 1 loo. 

In the description it converts them to 1/2 reception rooms.
Homes have sitting rooms: hotels have lounges.

Plenty of people refer to the main room of the house as the lounge, IME the word is actually more commonly used in that context than sitting room.

U and non-U revisited

Lorann_86

This is the saddest house I have ever seen

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/107546987?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3ihaQ33hV0ODBjKHENsXBdSlcCjWklV52Tgp-9W40bY7KD7bQH0WUd7pQ#/

Silvertabby

Patr100 said:

GaleSF63 said:

NaughtiusMaximus said:

General_Grant said:

NaughtiusMaximus said:

springmagpie said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/80173242#/
Who needs this many sofas??

From the floor plan it also appears the only way in and out of the 'sitting room' is through the window

Also I've always regarded lounge and sitting room as two different terms for the same thing. Saying the house has both is a bit like saying it has 1 toilet and 1 loo. 

In the description it converts them to 1/2 reception rooms.
Homes have sitting rooms: hotels have lounges.

Plenty of people refer to the main room of the house as the lounge, IME the word is actually more commonly used in that context than sitting room.

I thought the lounge was where you entertain, and the sitting room is where you read the newspaper or might trip over the children's toys. 
Then there is the "front room"...

What, no "living room"?
I can't live here.

Back in my gran's day, the 'front room' was only used for laying out or serving tea to the vicar.  It wasn't as though they had an abundance of room, either - it was a 2-up 2-down with an outside loo, and daytime living for the 5 of them was spent squashed in the back room/kitchen.