Strange & Unusual Houses
- ParisGal
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Re: Strange & Unusual Houses
How did someone who needs a bath lift live in a house up those steps?
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- baargain
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"requires a degree of cosmetic upgrading" :lol:
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- sally maclennane
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Thats quite near where I live 

Christ on a bendy bus son, don't be such a fucking faff arse
- ParisGal
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:lol: I assume the bath was the right sort of plastic not to melt if you dissolve a corpse in acid /BreakingBad/
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- Beena
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Jesus! There's a lot to digest there.

- Beena
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In complete contrast, mine is neither strange nor usual, just very disappointing.
When we were looking to buy, this was my dream road. It is just so leafy and lovely and all the houses have huge gardens. However it's been hit by developers who are knocking down the semi-affordable mid-century bungalows and building identikit McMansions, sometimes 2-3 on a single plot. Local wages don't support them so they're shut up apart from Christmas and a couple of weeks in the summer. It's a shame.
This one went up over lockdown (we wanted to view next door when that came on the market, but were too late). They've obviously spent a fortune, but some of their design choices :shake:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY
This is what was there before https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-price ... ry=england I know it's small, but I much prefer it.
When we were looking to buy, this was my dream road. It is just so leafy and lovely and all the houses have huge gardens. However it's been hit by developers who are knocking down the semi-affordable mid-century bungalows and building identikit McMansions, sometimes 2-3 on a single plot. Local wages don't support them so they're shut up apart from Christmas and a couple of weeks in the summer. It's a shame.
This one went up over lockdown (we wanted to view next door when that came on the market, but were too late). They've obviously spent a fortune, but some of their design choices :shake:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY
This is what was there before https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-price ... ry=england I know it's small, but I much prefer it.
- sally maclennane
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Wow that chimney breast! And those huge net curtains*
Do people buy them as holiday homes?
*I'm sure there's a posher name for them but that's pretty much what they are!
Do people buy them as holiday homes?
*I'm sure there's a posher name for them but that's pretty much what they are!
Christ on a bendy bus son, don't be such a fucking faff arse
- emma_p
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Oh my goodness. The fireplace and the kitchen lighting are choices!!!
Do you know if people lives there or is that the developer??
Do you know if people lives there or is that the developer??
- Beena
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Second homes, Sal. Yes, I think so. We have a few walking routes through the local villages and with the larger properties, you only see cars outside or lights on a few times a year. It's obvious which are homes and which aren't.
I think a family do live in this one, but the property we wanted to view next door was ripped down and a mirror image of this property is going up on the plot so I suspect there's some amateur developing going on. Our previous neighbours did the same - bought a property on the river, popped 3 houses on, kept one and sold the other two for a £million each.
I think a family do live in this one, but the property we wanted to view next door was ripped down and a mirror image of this property is going up on the plot so I suspect there's some amateur developing going on. Our previous neighbours did the same - bought a property on the river, popped 3 houses on, kept one and sold the other two for a £million each.
- Beena
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The nets, the chimney, the lights, the shot of the hoover on full show, the clutter under the stairs, not popping down the sockets on the island - please pay us £900k, thanx.
- Rebel Pebble
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Oh, that's just like fugly house along the road from me that I ranted about on here when it replaced an Arts and Crafts house full of character. Ugh.
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Wow, ridiculous kitchen island alert! People are really obsessed with them. I prefer the old pretty bungalow too.
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I must admit, I didn’t notice clutter at first. Plus the hoover is in a very posh storage room I think? I can’t ever sell my house :lol:
- Pippedydeadeye
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- Glint
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The back doesn’t match the front
Such a strange mix of decor.

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What a complete mishmash of styles .
- Estrella
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That’s such a weird one, Pip. It’s got a feel of conference centre decor to it too.
I’m such a basic bitch, I like the new one that replaced the bungalow. The bits and pieces left out for pics bothered me though.
I’m such a basic bitch, I like the new one that replaced the bungalow. The bits and pieces left out for pics bothered me though.