New "Have a Look at This" thread

Skiddaw1

musehead said:

Not even sure what to say about this place! Super cluttered, dusty, some very unsettling dolls and pictures...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/108168674#/

It's rather fab in a 'Hansel & Gretal' sort of way, but imagine trying to pack! Lordy!

ProDave

musehead said:

Not even sure what to say about this place! Super cluttered, dusty, some very unsettling dolls and pictures...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/108168674#/

Cluttered, but it looks loved.

I wonder what the removals men say when they get asked to move a lot like that, including all the packing?

robatwork

briskbeats said:

robatwork said:

briskbeats said:

Urgh! One of my pet hates is TVs too high on walls. How can it be comfortable watching TV with crooking neck? I have been to various people's homes (before Covid) with TVs high on the walls and I hated it.

There's a Reddit forum just for you...

Found it thanks
Also hate TVs too big for their surroundings..https://www.reddit.com/r/borderlands3/comments/nol4bl/my_dog_following_cl4ptr4p_across_the_screen_of_my/ cute dog though

Then what's the purpose of locating a TV where none of the seats faces it? https://i.redd.it/y05dcgyy5q171.jpg

Spend a couple of hours in that forum and your neck will ache. There's some real doozies on there. 

Louise.H

musehead said:

Not even sure what to say about this place! Super cluttered, dusty, some very unsettling dolls and pictures...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/108168674#/

Yet it somehow works, very expensive taste hoarding. 

robatwork

RandomDan said:

Quite a strange office setup in the lounge:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/108114875#/

Reminiscent of "Better Call Saul"

Louise.H

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/107428004#/
Its basically an odd extension to the house its attached to??

Dandie89

GDB2222 said:

I find a lot of these posts rather upsetting. I'm not saying that people are wrong to post them, just that I am upset by them.

I can sympathise with the elderly folk, who just didn't want the disruption of workmen in the house. Plus, they came from a generation that was less spoilt, and they didn't feel the need to 'waste' money in order to keep up to date. As long as it worked, they kept it. Hence, the old pink suite, but the new white toilet. And, the listing above is of a £90k house. Maybe, the inhabitants were on the state pension, and they just didn't have the money for updating?

I'm not sure about that.  Maybe our sympathies should be directed to the "dedicated followers of fashion" who rip out perfectly serviceable and functioning items for, often, inferior modern substitutes and sending the old stuff off to land fill.  There may be an economic argument for all that activity but I doubt you would find a green one. 

Louise.H

Dandie89 said:

GDB2222 said:

I find a lot of these posts rather upsetting. I'm not saying that people are wrong to post them, just that I am upset by them.

I can sympathise with the elderly folk, who just didn't want the disruption of workmen in the house. Plus, they came from a generation that was less spoilt, and they didn't feel the need to 'waste' money in order to keep up to date. As long as it worked, they kept it. Hence, the old pink suite, but the new white toilet. And, the listing above is of a £90k house. Maybe, the inhabitants were on the state pension, and they just didn't have the money for updating?

I'm not sure about that.  Maybe our sympathies should be directed to the "dedicated followers of fashion" who rip out perfectly serviceable and functioning items for, often, inferior modern substitutes and sending the old stuff off to land fill.  There may be an economic argument for all that activity but I doubt you would find a green one. 

Indeed. The estate agents don't help when they describe a very together house as needing modernisation. Last time I went to France the houses kitchen was considered modern but here it would be really dated and ripped out. 

briskbeats

Dandie89 said:

GDB2222 said:

I find a lot of these posts rather upsetting. I'm not saying that people are wrong to post them, just that I am upset by them.

I can sympathise with the elderly folk, who just didn't want the disruption of workmen in the house. Plus, they came from a generation that was less spoilt, and they didn't feel the need to 'waste' money in order to keep up to date. As long as it worked, they kept it. Hence, the old pink suite, but the new white toilet. And, the listing above is of a £90k house. Maybe, the inhabitants were on the state pension, and they just didn't have the money for updating?

I'm not sure about that.  Maybe our sympathies should be directed to the "dedicated followers of fashion" who rip out perfectly serviceable and functioning items for, often, inferior modern substitutes and sending the old stuff off to land fill.  There may be an economic argument for all that activity but I doubt you would find a green one. 

My friend moved into a property with hand built kitchen units. They were a lightly stained honey oak colour which made the kitchen dark - plus north facing window doesn't help. She kept the units and painted the wall units white and it looks good.

moneysavinghero

Louise.H said:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/107428004#/
Its basically an odd extension to the house its attached to??

Wish all houses were £1