Strange & Unusual Houses

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I absolutely hate it :))
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It's such a waste of Oak. (well, tbf, I guess the basic house is still lovely).
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OMG, the dust! It's like a theme park.
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I’m sure I’ve seen that on tv in something.
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I kind of love the kitchen island, but the rest isn't particularly to my taste, and I actively dislike the book wallpaper in one of the gallery nooks.
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It's so mad! There's only two bedrooms, and yet there's a 3-stall public loo set-up in one area.

I agree, H1ppy, willing to pay for larger-than-life handcarved figureheads for the four poster bed, but let's not buy a job lot of actual books to make the library look nice :lol:
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Not the greatest fan of the main house but I do like the land especially the canon.
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Hazey_Jane wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 2:26 pm I found this place on Twitter, I totally want it (minus page 15)

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... bcOsvThk#/
I think I hate it. I started off thinking it would be fun. Then I thought it might be OK with different furniture. Then, I thought I could live with it if some of the wood was painted. Then I wanted to set fire to the whole place. I could live in that cottage that comes with it.
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I was just about to say Beatrix it reminds me of the themed hotels at euro Disney!
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I love the pool but the pirates are creepy and hideous.
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Hazey_Jane wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 2:26 pm I found this place on Twitter, I totally want it (minus page 15)

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... bcOsvThk#/
That’s one part of a bigger estate that was divided up.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.birm ... 161224.amp
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This house is in a new built gated development (only 4 or 5 houses) in our neighbourhood:
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/new-homes/deta ... 1145828947

I love the built in larder cupboard next to the banquette seating but the labelling on the drawers :mog: Snackies anyone? The tiki bar too!
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Christ alive. 3 million quid.

It's all quite tasteful until snackies :lol: That palm roof is going to look like a sopping, mouldy rag within weeks.

My main takeaway is... how many seats in the garden do the stylists think people needs?!
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It’s lovely, but I also cringed at “snackies” and am pondering what country the garden designers think we live in. That’s definitely a warmer-climate set up there - so far this year you’d have been able to use it for 10 days :lol:
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I kind of love it, snackies aside.
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And where would you put all of the chairs/sunloungers/cushions when it's raining like it is today? From the floorplan it looks like behind the bar there's a shed but it wouldn't all fit in there. There is very little storage throughout actually.

It looks quite American to me, lack of storage aside ;).
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Isn't it just a show home though? So all furniture gets removed when it's bought anyway, and much of it may have been for "lifestyle photos" only.

"Snackies" indeed :lol:
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Derek Nimmo wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:05 am Isn't it just a show home though? So all furniture gets removed when it's bought anyway, and much of it may have been for "lifestyle photos" only.

"Snackies" indeed :lol:
I'd imagine. It just makes me laugh they've put so much in. YOU COULD SIT HERE. OR HERE. OR HERE. OR HERE. OR OVER THERE.
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This is the website for the developers: https://www.nomaddevelopments.com/west-hill-place-index

The amount of styling going on in insane. Imagine the budget!
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For that price I'd want more than a shoehorned-in house on a new build development.

I have a personal dislike of new builds though.
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