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Agree, that's hideous.ManuelG said:After one of my last entries in this thread I'm not expecting universal agreement ;)but I really don't find this to be a character property. I can spot an old door, a couple of old beams, but very little that's in keeping with the age of the property, or its history as a pub. Maybe its just me, maybe I need to get with the times! And as for the portakabin 'annex'...0 -
Ditzy_Mitzy said:
With residential planning granted, a somewhat half-baked attempt has been made to convert the thing to a house.mi-key said:
That upstairs reception room is very cosy ( and totally usable if you have a family of 30 ). I wonder if they ran out of money before converting that part?Ditzy_Mitzy said:Did you notice the wall behind that ASHP ?Looks decidedly damp to me...
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2009 street view...Ditzy_Mitzy said:
I suspect that it was originally built as a small commercial unit with speculative residential planning thrown at the council for good measure. With residential planning granted, a somewhat half-baked attempt has been made to convert the thing to a house. I've been in similar buildings in commercial use; the mezzanine is either used as an open plan office with meeting rooms downstairs or, as a boardroom with offices downstairs.mi-key said:
That upstairs reception room is very cosy ( and totally usable if you have a family of 30 ). I wonder if they ran out of money before converting that part?Ditzy_Mitzy said:
That may also explain the lack of other amenities such as gardens, views, garage, outbuildings and the like that one would expect for the money. The 'garden' really does have the look of a car park that has been turfed over.
Brook Rd - Google Maps
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Well it does say "barn conversion".GaleSF63 said:
2009 street view...Ditzy_Mitzy said:
I suspect that it was originally built as a small commercial unit with speculative residential planning thrown at the council for good measure. With residential planning granted, a somewhat half-baked attempt has been made to convert the thing to a house. I've been in similar buildings in commercial use; the mezzanine is either used as an open plan office with meeting rooms downstairs or, as a boardroom with offices downstairs.mi-key said:
That upstairs reception room is very cosy ( and totally usable if you have a family of 30 ). I wonder if they ran out of money before converting that part?Ditzy_Mitzy said:
That may also explain the lack of other amenities such as gardens, views, garage, outbuildings and the like that one would expect for the money. The 'garden' really does have the look of a car park that has been turfed over.
Brook Rd - Google Maps1 -
Looking at the Arial the EE should warn any buyer the old tractor is now parked just behind the fence, And the will be farm smells! haGaleSF63 said:
2009 street view...Ditzy_Mitzy said:
I suspect that it was originally built as a small commercial unit with speculative residential planning thrown at the council for good measure. With residential planning granted, a somewhat half-baked attempt has been made to convert the thing to a house. I've been in similar buildings in commercial use; the mezzanine is either used as an open plan office with meeting rooms downstairs or, as a boardroom with offices downstairs.mi-key said:
That upstairs reception room is very cosy ( and totally usable if you have a family of 30 ). I wonder if they ran out of money before converting that part?Ditzy_Mitzy said:
That may also explain the lack of other amenities such as gardens, views, garage, outbuildings and the like that one would expect for the money. The 'garden' really does have the look of a car park that has been turfed over.
Brook Rd - Google Maps0 -
Some bad diy and diy photos?
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/122344178#/?channel=RES_BUY
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https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/131306570#/?channel=RES_BUY
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When you cant find your long masonry drill bit to fit the lightsmarkin said:Some bad diy and diy photos?
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/122344178#/?channel=RES_BUY
Timewarp
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/131306570#/?channel=RES_BUY
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This shows the stupidity of our planning system. You are allowed to convert 2 old barns as long as you keep the building substantially the same which makes a poor house with a poor garden layout. You probably would not get planning to knock them down and build 2 proper houses with a much better layout and much better garden layout.Patr100 said:
Well it does say "barn conversion".GaleSF63 said:
2009 street view...Ditzy_Mitzy said:
I suspect that it was originally built as a small commercial unit with speculative residential planning thrown at the council for good measure. With residential planning granted, a somewhat half-baked attempt has been made to convert the thing to a house. I've been in similar buildings in commercial use; the mezzanine is either used as an open plan office with meeting rooms downstairs or, as a boardroom with offices downstairs.mi-key said:
That upstairs reception room is very cosy ( and totally usable if you have a family of 30 ). I wonder if they ran out of money before converting that part?Ditzy_Mitzy said:
That may also explain the lack of other amenities such as gardens, views, garage, outbuildings and the like that one would expect for the money. The 'garden' really does have the look of a car park that has been turfed over.
Brook Rd - Google Maps1 -
would suit snooker playerDitzy_Mitzy said:3 -
Most disturbing bit is the towel rail that could have been centred above the radiator (and thus warm and dry a towel) is in a no man lands land between wall and tiles.markin said:2
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