Show us your real estate pawn (Vol 5)

[Tango13]

h0b0 said:

Another grand design celebrity.

Forest Road, Colgate, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 Offers in Excess of £4,000,000

Was this the one where a pawn film was actually shot?

[Sway]

Tango13 said:

h0b0 said:

Another grand design celebrity.

Forest Road, Colgate, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 Offers in Excess of £4,000,000

Was this the one where a pawn film was actually shot?

Don't know, I'd need a link for research to let you know.

[Tango13]

Sway said:

Tango13 said:

h0b0 said:

Another grand design celebrity.

Forest Road, Colgate, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 Offers in Excess of £4,000,000

Was this the one where a pawn film was actually shot?

Don't know, I'd need a link for research to let you know.

It would involve a link to the daily wail and no one wants that sort of website on their browser history

[FourWheelDrift]

Grand Designs, series 13 episode 1. "The Perfectionist's Bungalow"

If it's still online 4od or E4 or whatever

[riskyj]

EBRANDON1 said:

Not too big or flashy as others but I really like this, feels like a proper home

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/148124522#/...

That’s nice but the price seems punchy given the location ?

[p1stonhead]

My contender which is only about 15 mins from me and not billionaire level money;

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/144739892

[Caddyshack]

p1stonhead said:

My contender which is only about 15 mins from me and not billionaire level money;

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/144739892

Yes, that is very nice

[okgo]

Quite close to Gatwick?

Nice house without question, very tasteful and great grounds….but it’s an utter dead zone for getting to anywhere from around those ends. I was toying with viewing a house near Parkgate on the map to the West. Everything you ever do is a car journey. Suspect these sorts of locations are/have been in for a proper correction now people do need to commute somewhat more often. While Horley Station is only 2.5 miles as crow flies, I’m guessing it isn’t going to be particularly quick by car to get there.

Edited by okgo on Monday 20th May 22:26

[hidetheelephants]

okgo said:

Quite close to Gatwick?

Nice house without question, very tasteful and great grounds….but it’s an utter dead zone for getting to anywhere from around those ends. I was toying with viewing a house near Parkgate on the map to the West. Everything you ever do is a car journey. Suspect these sorts of locations are/have been in for a proper correction now people do need to commute somewhat more often. While Horley Station is only 2.5 miles as crow flies, I’m guessing it isn’t going to be particularly quick by car to get there.

Edited by okgo on Monday 20th May 22:26

Why would you use a car? It's short enough to walk occasionally or for a commuter either bike or e-bike.

[McGee_22]

hidetheelephants said:

okgo said:

Quite close to Gatwick?

Nice house without question, very tasteful and great grounds….but it’s an utter dead zone for getting to anywhere from around those ends. I was toying with viewing a house near Parkgate on the map to the West. Everything you ever do is a car journey. Suspect these sorts of locations are/have been in for a proper correction now people do need to commute somewhat more often. While Horley Station is only 2.5 miles as crow flies, I’m guessing it isn’t going to be particularly quick by car to get there.

Edited by okgo on Monday 20th May 22:26

Why would you use a car? It's short enough to walk occasionally or for a commuter either bike or e-bike.

I believe the house is on a bit of a rat-run to Gatwick via Dorking so pretty busy 80-90% of the time and is narrow without full wide borders, lighting and pavements so it would be pretty risky to walk along for a commute.

[dobly]

^ this house is nowhere near Dorking - it’s south of Gatwick, southwest of Crawley, east of Horsham.
Nice plot, wooded but plenty of south facing clear sky, so why no solar with that huge roof area?

[Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area]

This place in Belsize is cool, although I’m not sure it qualifies as being a country estate as the agent claims…



https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147037853

More pics here https://assets.savills.com/properties/GBSJRSSTS110...

Edited by Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area on Tuesday 21st May 07:29

[AJLintern]

dobly said:

^ this house is nowhere near Dorking - it’s south of Gatwick, southwest of Crawley, east of Horsham.
Nice plot, wooded but plenty of south facing clear sky, so why no solar with that huge roof area?

Why would you want to ruin a nice period property with solar panels? There are 20 acres to put them elsewhere!

[p1stonhead]

dobly said:

^ this house is nowhere near Dorking - it’s south of Gatwick, southwest of Crawley, east of Horsham.
Nice plot, wooded but plenty of south facing clear sky, so why no solar with that huge roof area?

It’s north of Gatwick and 10 mins from Dorking and Reigate.

North west of Horley and nowhere near Horsham.

[dobly]

We are talking about different houses - I was still on the Perfectionist’s Bungalow - sorry I’ll try to keep up in future.

[Truckosaurus]

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:

This place in Belsize is cool...

Only parking for two motorcars seems a bit poor for the size and price of the place - you'd have to turn the annexe back into a garage at the very least

[p1stonhead]

McGee_22 said:

hidetheelephants said:

okgo said:

Quite close to Gatwick?

Nice house without question, very tasteful and great grounds….but it’s an utter dead zone for getting to anywhere from around those ends. I was toying with viewing a house near Parkgate on the map to the West. Everything you ever do is a car journey. Suspect these sorts of locations are/have been in for a proper correction now people do need to commute somewhat more often. While Horley Station is only 2.5 miles as crow flies, I’m guessing it isn’t going to be particularly quick by car to get there.

Edited by okgo on Monday 20th May 22:26

Why would you use a car? It's short enough to walk occasionally or for a commuter either bike or e-bike.

I believe the house is on a bit of a rat-run to Gatwick via Dorking so pretty busy 80-90% of the time and is narrow without full wide borders, lighting and pavements so it would be pretty risky to walk along for a commute.

You definitely wouldn’t want to walk the road it’s on. It’s very windy and quite fast.

Also whilst it is close to Gatwick, the fact that it is so close means you never get any planes flying directly overhead and not much plane noise at all funnily enough.

[AJLintern]

dobly said:

We are talking about different houses - I was still on the Perfectionist’s Bungalow - sorry I’ll try to keep up in future.

The BMW dealership? You are free to smother that in solar panels!

[CivicDuties]

RSTurboPaul said:

EBRANDON1 said:

Not too big or flashy as others but I really like this, feels like a proper home

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/148124522#/...

I don't know what it is with Scottish houses but they all seem to have dormer windows and/or be 1.5 storeys.

Seems like the perfect way to make a house dark that will already be dark for six months of the year!

I've always assumed it is because it means there is less air to heat in the house in the winter, making it cheaper to heat than 2 full stories, and makes roof maintenance more accessible in a climate where there is probably more weather damage to buildings than in other parts of Britain.

[okgo]

hidetheelephants said:

Why would you use a car? It's short enough to walk occasionally or for a commuter either bike or e-bike.

Because it’s England and most people are fat and incapable.