Show us your real estate pawn (Vol 5)

Show us your real estate pawn (Vol 5)

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TheJimi

25,076 posts

245 months

Saturday 20th April
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Danielson73 said:
My old neck of the woods, relatively good value so to speak. Lovely part of the world. Only 10 mins drive to nearest tescos. Some great driving roads on your doorstep.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/141688499
That's awesome, imo, with some cracking interiors - some of which I wouldn't change at all.


Pit Pony

8,840 posts

123 months

Sunday 21st April
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TheJimi said:
Danielson73 said:
My old neck of the woods, relatively good value so to speak. Lovely part of the world. Only 10 mins drive to nearest tescos. Some great driving roads on your doorstep.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/141688499
That's awesome, imo, with some cracking interiors - some of which I wouldn't change at all.
It makes me think.

How hard would it be to steal £3.5 million quid ?

I wish I'd worked harder, been more ruthless, sold Google a line of code. Etc.


Caddyshack

11,007 posts

208 months

Sunday 21st April
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dobly said:
ianrb said:
A couple of nice hifi setups too (in that narrow respect it's like my house).
I wouldn’t put a turntable on the same surface as amplification.

Back to the house - awesome site, but horrid overblown execution - too much house, not enough home.
Sorry to go off topic but why would an amplifier change anything where there are no moving parts? I love to know these sorts of things and I don’t even own a turntable or a record.

dobly

1,212 posts

161 months

Sunday 21st April
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^ vibration from a big amplifier transformer. Best to isolate each component, especially a sensitive mechanical device such as a turntable.

RSTurboPaul

10,607 posts

260 months

Sunday 21st April
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abzmike said:
okgo said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147074114

Fairly serious place. Great views for the south.
Bit of a jumble of interior decor, but lovely property.
I'm presuming this sort of thing was built before Planning regs came into being.

Nice to have been 'old money' and able to create some great stuff in amazing locations!

Escort3500

11,946 posts

147 months

Sunday 21st April
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RSTurboPaul said:
abzmike said:
okgo said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147074114

Fairly serious place. Great views for the south.
Bit of a jumble of interior decor, but lovely property.
I'm presuming this sort of thing was built before Planning regs came into being.

Nice to have been 'old money' and able to create some great stuff in amazing locations!
As it was built in the 1800s, yes, it pre-dates the planning system smile

smithyithy

7,278 posts

120 months

Sunday 21st April
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dobly said:
^ vibration from a big amplifier transformer. Best to isolate each component, especially a sensitive mechanical device such as a turntable.
Without wishing to divert the thread too far into an audiophile discussion laugh How much of an issue is this in reality? Surely the bass from a decent set of speakers nearby would produce more vibrations than the transformer inside an amplifier?

DodgyGeezer

40,759 posts

192 months

Sunday 21st April
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smithyithy said:
dobly said:
^ vibration from a big amplifier transformer. Best to isolate each component, especially a sensitive mechanical device such as a turntable.
Without wishing to divert the thread too far into an audiophile discussion laugh How much of an issue is this in reality? Surely the bass from a decent set of speakers nearby would produce more vibrations than the transformer inside an amplifier?
ahhhh - that's what speaker pins are for nuts

Caddyshack

11,007 posts

208 months

Sunday 21st April
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DodgyGeezer said:
smithyithy said:
dobly said:
^ vibration from a big amplifier transformer. Best to isolate each component, especially a sensitive mechanical device such as a turntable.
Without wishing to divert the thread too far into an audiophile discussion laugh How much of an issue is this in reality? Surely the bass from a decent set of speakers nearby would produce more vibrations than the transformer inside an amplifier?
ahhhh - that's what speaker pins are for nuts
Sound is still a vibration though, obviously a big bass gives off huge vibration.

I am amazed that the vibration from a transformer wouldn’t be damped out by a quality turntable and that bass would not cause more vibration.

EBRANDON1

194 posts

6 months

Sunday 21st April
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abzmike

8,554 posts

108 months

Sunday 21st April
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EBRANDON1 said:
I very much like both of them… the castle for its building, the Torridon house for its situation.
Also, neither are priced at fanciful offers over numbers, although of course the market will determine the prices.

phil_cardiff

7,136 posts

210 months

Sunday 21st April
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Pit Pony said:
TheJimi said:
Danielson73 said:
My old neck of the woods, relatively good value so to speak. Lovely part of the world. Only 10 mins drive to nearest tescos. Some great driving roads on your doorstep.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/141688499
That's awesome, imo, with some cracking interiors - some of which I wouldn't change at all.
It makes me think.

How hard would it be to steal £3.5 million quid ?

I wish I'd worked harder, been more ruthless, sold Google a line of code. Etc.
Proper hambon country there, very Welsh speaking.

smithyithy

7,278 posts

120 months

Sunday 21st April
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Caddyshack said:
DodgyGeezer said:
smithyithy said:
dobly said:
^ vibration from a big amplifier transformer. Best to isolate each component, especially a sensitive mechanical device such as a turntable.
Without wishing to divert the thread too far into an audiophile discussion laugh How much of an issue is this in reality? Surely the bass from a decent set of speakers nearby would produce more vibrations than the transformer inside an amplifier?
ahhhh - that's what speaker pins are for nuts
Sound is still a vibration though, obviously a big bass gives off huge vibration.

I am amazed that the vibration from a transformer wouldn’t be damped out by a quality turntable and that bass would not cause more vibration.
We only have a hifi setup now with a single turntable and an amp side by side on a glass / metal stand, with speakers on the floor either side.. they're not too bassy so I don't think we'd ever have an issue.

But back in the day I had a pair of Nunark direct drives and Behringer mixer, running through one of those gaudy 90's 'MAX SOUND TURBO BASS' stereo systems laugh We used to mix drum & bass / jungle where some of the bass lines would shake the hell out of the room and I don't think I ever had an issue with the records, which is why I asked (although fair to say, sound quality wasn't the main consideration back then laugh)

macron

9,983 posts

168 months

Sunday 21st April
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Pit Pony said:
It makes me think.

How hard would it be to steal £3.5 million quid ?

I wish I'd worked harder, been more ruthless, sold Google a line of code. Etc.
Don't forget the 331k stamp too. Unless it's your second home, when you should pinch £436,250 on top of your 3.5M...

Legacywr

12,244 posts

190 months

Sunday 21st April
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Escort3500 said:
RSTurboPaul said:
abzmike said:
okgo said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147074114

Fairly serious place. Great views for the south.
Bit of a jumble of interior decor, but lovely property.
I'm presuming this sort of thing was built before Planning regs came into being.

Nice to have been 'old money' and able to create some great stuff in amazing locations!
As it was built in the 1800s, yes, it pre-dates the planning system smile
I’d live in the garage block, make the other bit a holiday let…

rodericb

6,819 posts

128 months

Monday 22nd April
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EBRANDON1 said:
The tiny castle is cool!

Dan_1981

17,424 posts

201 months

Monday 22nd April
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Is this area of the North West really that bad?

These seem very very good value for money, lovely views, decent size, all for £625k

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/146884943#/...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/145628378#/...

dundarach

5,135 posts

230 months

Monday 22nd April
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Dan_1981 said:
Is this area of the North West really that bad?

These seem very very good value for money, lovely views, decent size, all for £625k

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/146884943#/...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/145628378#/...
Each to their own, however these are dreadful!


Tango13

8,511 posts

178 months

Monday 22nd April
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dundarach said:
Dan_1981 said:
Is this area of the North West really that bad?

These seem very very good value for money, lovely views, decent size, all for £625k

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/146884943#/...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/145628378#/...
Each to their own, however these are dreadful!
They remind me of something from the Miami Vice film a few years back.

Wonderman

2,302 posts

197 months

Monday 22nd April
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rodericb said:
EBRANDON1 said:
The tiny castle is cool!
The tiny castle is ice cold energy rating score 1!

Surprised the "Torridon" one is only C rated despite being built in 2021.