Strange & Unusual Houses

Angus · Post by **Angus** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:24 pm

How is a 6 bedroom house so cheap? That's amazing.

I saw a house that didn't have a single widow at the back when we were looking. I'll see if I can find it.

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smalex · Post by **smalex** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:28 pm

Planning restrictions I bet. Looks bizarre!

Tabitha · Post by **Tabitha** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:34 pm

That looks so weird! Like it's blind.

Disco · Post by **Disco** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:42 pm

That was exactly my thought, Tabs!

MoFo · Post by **MoFo** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:47 pm

At least you'd be able to wander around in your pants without anybody seeing you.

Marth · Post by **Marth** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:52 pm

I want to chalk windows on it.

Angus · Post by **Angus** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:52 pm

It's really odd. I presume the rooms have no windows on that side of the house so must be really dark.

Ella · Post by **Ella** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:58 pm

That's upsetting.

overthehill · Post by **overthehill** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:35 pm

Marth wrote:I want to chalk windows on it.

I used to visit a house that had windows blocked in to avoid some ancient form of tax. The owners had painted the bricked-up apertures black. To me, as a child, it was the creepiest thing ever.

Figaro · Post by **Figaro** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:46 pm

I think window tax was fairly widespread for a couple of hundred years, but not as recently as these houses were built. I'm never sure why people seem to have bricked up windows recently (as in, during the past couple of centuries). I am probably missing something very obvious!

Marth · Post by **Marth** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 7:21 am

If you knew you could not have upstairs windows, and you were building from scratch, why not build something interesting and clever rather than a normal boring house but with no eyes? At the very least they might have been able to do something with glass bricks.

happyhighlandcoo · Post by **happyhighlandcoo** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 7:52 am

Figaro wrote: It sounds like it only has one bathroom for 6 bedrooms though :bob:

Four bathrooms and two WCs on the floor plan. Someone local, go and visit and tell us about the kitchen and inside.

Pippedydeadeye · Post by **Pippedydeadeye** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:35 pm

Chunk and I regularly pass this place on our walk & toastie jaunts on a Friday. I'm not sure about it.
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smalex · Post by **smalex** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:47 pm

It's such an odd shape. The gardens are lovely though. I'd buy it, knock it down and rebuild :affordable:

Figaro · Post by **Figaro** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:51 pm

I think that house exemplifies the fact that you can't buy taste

Smunder Woman · Post by **Smunder Woman** » Sat Mar 19, 2016 11:52 am

I don't mind that house. I'd definitely redecorate, but I think I could live with the odd shape.

rosy · Post by **rosy** » Sat Mar 19, 2016 11:58 am

I could live with that, given a boatload of redecoration. My ex-husband would love it just as it is, though - maybe I'll send him the link. :lol:

humbugger · Post by **humbugger** » Sat Mar 19, 2016 11:59 am

That bar! It'd be like drinking in a sauna. I don't like the shape either - despite it being a lot of sq ft I think I'd feel quite hemmed in on those corridors.

Mayday · Post by **Mayday** » Sat Mar 19, 2016 6:45 pm

shudder :nerves:

Is that owls on the duvet cover?

Tabitha · Post by **Tabitha** » Sat Mar 19, 2016 7:12 pm

Are those walls mouldy?

I don't mind the wonky house, the gardens are amazing. What's going on in the Simpsons Room though?

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