Show us your real estate pawn (vol 2)
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dub16v said:
jontysafe said:
Stunning. I'd have to fight you for it.I want the house version of a Singer 911 or Eagle E Type.
jontysafe said:
Nice but sandwiched between the canal and the railway... 
Davey S2 said:
I want the house version of a Singer 911 or Eagle E Type.
That's actually a great way of putting it, and describes me pretty well. Part of my issue is that I'm 6'8'' tall, low ceilings are a no.I actually quite like the Victorian Rectory style of house, but I'd want it with modern insulation, heating and wiring...
If this thread is property pawn then that Japanese place is like the Reader's Wives bit in the back of Razzle. Although I did like that the 'impressed shadow facade' (the black bit round the window to your and me) was done to suggest the house had been "sliced by a passing ninja" according to the architects 
Edited by bigandclever on Saturday 14th January 10:01
Bespoke Japanese residential is *really* interesting to me.
The way things work over there, as I understand it anyway, is that the family owns the plot of land on which it will build a house in which the family will be brought up. When the children leave the house or the land is passed on, the building will be demolished and replaced.
So - and we're not talking about the manufactured houses, here - in houses (specifically, the bespoke ones), you can get some really interesting ideas as the building itself only has to last for about twenty years.
The houses also tend to be inward looking "the arm folds towards the heart" (more a South Korean thing, apparently) is all about how a family cares for itself. So windows usually serve no purpose other than letting in light (so many are opaque). You might get split system air con if you're lucky, but expect paraffin heaters rather than central heating. Some have loved little internal courtyards which are too small for people, but really just serve as lightwells and a source of ventilation.
Anyway, lots of experimental residential architecture out there because it if doesn't work it will get knocked down soon anyway. Have a look at the likes of arch daily or deezen for examples.
But that particular example is a bit s
t, to put it mildly.
The way things work over there, as I understand it anyway, is that the family owns the plot of land on which it will build a house in which the family will be brought up. When the children leave the house or the land is passed on, the building will be demolished and replaced.
So - and we're not talking about the manufactured houses, here - in houses (specifically, the bespoke ones), you can get some really interesting ideas as the building itself only has to last for about twenty years.
The houses also tend to be inward looking "the arm folds towards the heart" (more a South Korean thing, apparently) is all about how a family cares for itself. So windows usually serve no purpose other than letting in light (so many are opaque). You might get split system air con if you're lucky, but expect paraffin heaters rather than central heating. Some have loved little internal courtyards which are too small for people, but really just serve as lightwells and a source of ventilation.
Anyway, lots of experimental residential architecture out there because it if doesn't work it will get knocked down soon anyway. Have a look at the likes of arch daily or deezen for examples.
But that particular example is a bit s
t, to put it mildly. This has a slide into one of the rooms.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
or a slim house that looks bigger than it is
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Pesty said:
jontysafe said:
I find it depresses me. There's absolutely no joy in it
As opposed to their neighbours?I havppen to like it. I've also been to several cities in Japan. There is no joy whatsoever in most of their housing.
t. It's not real estate pawn is it 
it's austere, fking horrible.Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Du1point8 said:
This has a slide into one of the rooms.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
That is a lovely house. (not because of Slide I add) http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Bargain.
Gingerbread Man said:
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Du1point8 said:
This has a slide into one of the rooms.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
That is a lovely house. (not because of Slide I add) http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Bargain.
)Du1point8 said:
This has a slide into one of the rooms.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
or a slim house that looks bigger than it is
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
on the first one i couldn't really give a stuff about the slide, being as I am an adult, but the feel of the house is just lovely, so light and bright and airy. I really love places like that.http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
or a slim house that looks bigger than it is
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Second one, OK for london i guess... probably relatively cheap, again for london, and also slightly too cool for school...
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