New "Have a Look at This" thread

Bluebell1000

Debt said:

Spot the dog...


https://goadsby.com/property/residential/christchurch/bh23/924617/?fdPreferredSiteFormat=2

My son asked me this morning: why is your bedroom ceiling white? Why don't you paint a picture on it? I think he would love the lounge 😂

Bluebell1000

Bluebell1000 said:

Debt said:

Spot the dog...


https://goadsby.com/property/residential/christchurch/bh23/924617/?fdPreferredSiteFormat=2

My son asked me this morning: why is your bedroom ceiling white? Why don't you paint a picture on it? I think he would love the lounge 😂

Update, showed him the lounge plus the other house with painted ceilings and I'm pleased to say he has now decided white ceilings are a good idea.

GDB2222

newsgroupmonkey_ said:

TBagpuss said:

newsgroupmonkey_ said:

user1977 said:

LittleMax said:

Owain_Moneysaver said:

A striplight gives such a cozy feeling to the lounge
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/120754334#/?channel=RES_BUY

We had a striplight in our lounge in the 70's 🙈  Peter Kay's "put t' big light on" resonated with me more than most.  In our house it was more often my Mum saying "turn the big light off - everyone can see in!"

More striplight joy here, this time in the bedroom as well as the lounge:

https://espc.com/property/24-4f1-nicolson-street-old-town-edinburgh-eh8-9dh/36075801?sid=472419

also curious flap-blind for the skylight, or maybe just somewhere to hang yourself when the accommodation gets too much for you.

Is a striplight an absolute no-no?
We have them in our Bathroom and Kitchen.

I don't really have a problem with them, but it feels like it'll be a proper wotsit ache to replace them (decorating etc.)

They are quite harsh and have an 'officey' feel, so not great for living areas. I think they are fine for kitchens where you normally want good  lighting - but that's on the basis that I see the kitchen as somewhere you cook, so it's a working area.

I would personally rather have a striplight than spotlights in my kitchen, but I'm a big fan of having the kitchen as a kitchen, I think it's different if you have open plan or where the kitchen is a kitchen /finer or used more as living space, where you don't necessary want such harsh, glaring lighting. 

Cheers for the opinion.

Our Kitchen is very much a working kitchen (we have a seperate diner).

What about bathroom? It's great as far as light is concerned but looks rubbish. The Missus isn't quite so keen and that I guess might put a buyer off.

We had fluorescents in our kitchen, and I replaced them with LED lamps. The light output is similar, and the LEDs look great. There was not much making good - just painting the bits where the fluorescents were removed.  

We went for these:
https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/GLCPL18CT.html

They look, good surface mounted against a white ceiling. 

jimbo6977

Spreadsheetman said:

FreeBear said:

GDB2222 said:

Just as a wild guess, completely a stab in the dark, is it possible that some electricity cables are being installed nearby? Possibly something to do with a new windfarm project? 

Maybe, this one? https://hornseaproject3.co.uk/

It's not at all hard to find out about this, if you know how to go about it, by the way.

Just found one of the consultation documents for the Hornsea interconnect - One of the maps shows the route passing just outside the side of the property. Also looks like they will be using the old RAF Oulton as the main construction site. So loads of traffic coming past the door while the thing is being constructed over an 8 year period.

On the bright side, the cables will be buried underground, so there won't be any visual impact once the scheme is completed.

Neck and neck win for @FreeBear and @GDB2222, it's the Hornsea 3 cable route that runs right next to the garden.

My guess is that either the owner will hang on to sell until the project is done, or an investor will pick the property up cheap and sit on it until it is saleable again. I do know that the owner has purchased and is renovating another property, I hope for their sakes that they didn't have to pay for that out of the sale of the house.

One other snag is that the extension design planning is dependent on the owner buying a slice of land from the farmer that owns it. Now the cables may run under part of that land. I spotted that landowners get compensated for the construction on their land, so there is no way a farmer would sell land if there is money to be squeezed out of it. (I'm actually surprised that any farmer would agree to sell land, they hate doing that)

Never buy anything from a farmer (EDIT real estate-wise I mean. Food-wise is a bit more tricky).

Patr100

newsgroupmonkey_ said:

user1977 said:

LittleMax said:

Owain_Moneysaver said:

A striplight gives such a cozy feeling to the lounge
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/120754334#/?channel=RES_BUY

We had a striplight in our lounge in the 70's 🙈  Peter Kay's "put t' big light on" resonated with me more than most.  In our house it was more often my Mum saying "turn the big light off - everyone can see in!"

More striplight joy here, this time in the bedroom as well as the lounge:

https://espc.com/property/24-4f1-nicolson-street-old-town-edinburgh-eh8-9dh/36075801?sid=472419

also curious flap-blind for the skylight, or maybe just somewhere to hang yourself when the accommodation gets too much for you.

Is a striplight an absolute no-no?
We have them in our Bathroom and Kitchen.

I don't really have a problem with them, but it feels like it'll be a proper wotsit ache to replace them (decorating etc.)

I think they were a "modern" replacement for kitchens in the 70s/80s because they were bright, cheaper to run and generally lasted forever compared to old conventional bulbs, I had one in my kitchen already fitted when I moved in in the 90s. They do tend to "date" a place now.
Since moving on, in my current place, there are three central spotlights , but they create shadows where my worktop areas are, so not great.
Nowadays I imagine they would eventually be replaced with multiple recessed  led spotlights all over the ceiling.

Patr100

Misslayed said:

Just needs a coat of paint. Or seven

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/120914081#/?channel=RES_BUY

"requires a degree of cosmetic upgrading ".

One way of putting it....

ariarnia

This was posted on a different thread but made me think again. why are agents in multiple listings turning up the contrast on their photos so much the items int he room look photoshopped? also means the carpet looks a right mess with hoover marks. 

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/10719385/

FreeBear

ariarnia said:

This was posted on a different thread but made me think again. why are agents in multiple listings turning up the contrast on their photos so much the items int he room look photoshopped? also means the carpet looks a right mess with hoover marks. 

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/10719385/

Green carpet on the back garden (I think it is called artificial grass ?), and an inflatable hot tub - Loverly.... And a grey paint job to boot.

By all accounts, suffering from subsidence, so may not be worth the asking price.

ProDave

ariarnia said:

This was posted on a different thread but made me think again. why are agents in multiple listings turning up the contrast on their photos so much the items int he room look photoshopped? also means the carpet looks a right mess with hoover marks. 

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/10719385/

Did they also turn down the colour on all the internal photographs?  Or is it really that devoid of any colour inside?

Skiddaw1

Misslayed said:

Just needs a coat of paint. Or seven

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/120914081#/?channel=RES_BUY

In a wierd sort of way I rather like it. It's like a poor man's Tracey Emin. Make's a change from grey anyhow...