Show us your real estate pawn (vol 3)

[BigGingerBob]

I'm certain this won't be to everyone's taste but this was designed by one on my favourite architects, 1960s modernist in Brixham...
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/58537521

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[RichB]

BigGingerBob said:

I'm certain this won't be to everyone's taste but this was designed by one on my favourite architects, 1960s modernist in Brixham...
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/58537521

Super

One assumes those stairs are illegal these days?

[Bonefish Blues]

Timewarp-tastic mate

[AstonZagato]

That is not to my taste at all. IMHO, it has dated very poorly. However, taste is an individual thing and I'm sure you are not alone in liking it.

Funnily enough, I had a debate with my son yesterday about modern houses. He was saying how he liked the sharp edge / glass box / flat roof / steel and white wall type of C21 modern architecture. I agreed (I have seen some fabulous examples) but raised a note of caution that, in 20/30/40 years time, they might not look quite so fabulous to him or the next generation. The type of architecture in the house above is the type I remember as a child - and I now don't like it. When it was built, I would have thought it amazing.

[Doofus]

BigGingerBob said:

I'm certain this won't be to everyone's taste but this was designed by one on my favourite architects, 1960s modernist in Brixham...
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/58537521


Super

I See the seller likes old cars to go with his old house.

[FourWheelDrift]

Looks like council flats from the outside.

[PositronicRay]

AstonZagato said:

That is not to my taste at all. IMHO, it has dated very poorly. However, taste is an individual thing and I'm sure you are not alone in liking it.

Funnily enough, I had a debate with my son yesterday about modern houses. He was saying how he liked the sharp edge / glass box / flat roof / steel and white wall type of C21 modern architecture. I agreed (I have seen some fabulous examples) but raised a note of caution that, in 20/30/40 years time, they might not look quite so fabulous to him or the next generation. The type of architecture in the house above is the type I remember as a child - and I now don't like it. When it was built, I would have thought it amazing.

Quite agreed. Plenty of recently completed renovations of the white box/grey window variety also looking dated and tired, doesn't seem to patina very well.

[DKL]

The inside is probably of its time but it's not my idea of loveliness. The outside is just properly grim.

[RichB]

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Worse of all it looks like it's not got a garage to keep the sea spray off those '60s classics, MGB, Mini and Farina saloon.

[cmvtec]

I like it. I woulddrive past it and say "that's epic". Not sure if i could live in it!

[Bonefish Blues]

I think that it's been messed around with, and as a result the frontage looks messy in a way that it I suspect wouldn't have done originally. Also they could have opened the curtains for the exterior shot, at least!

We got close to buying something of this era, complete with pine cladding, exposed foundry bricks etc - also built into a bank, until rampant damp and good sense prevailed.

[DonkeyApple]

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BobToc said:

Love this, ludicrous London price and some questionable interior design decisions, but a great location for me. Price reduced, so who knows, maybe there’s a lot more to come.

https://www.dexters.co.uk/property-for-sale/proper...

A handsome looking house but I couldn't imagine spending a tad under £4 million to be overlooked on all sides!

It's OK, but it's a bit like the sort of boring bland house you would have drawn when you were 5 years old. As for the price tag like most properties in the nicer parts of London it's absolutely utterly stupid in absolute terms, but that's what they cost. Financially you will always make more on property in London, but there's quality of life too and I'd much rather something for half the price near York for instance... that would buy you a really nice place with lots of land and you could enjoy living there a lot more than in that Hampstead house .... but each to their own!

Im not understanding the quality of life statement.

If you can afford £4million... its not your only money and as such you still have a great quality of life. Enjoy living in more in York over London, only if you like going to the dales... I dont believe York can offer more in entertainment over anything in London.

Yeah, I guess it depends what you like doing. We looked at a place just outside York last year.... 3 acres, 6 bedroom house, 2 bedroom cottage and a ruined castle in the grounds for less than a million, it was too far away to sensibly work for us sadly, but not having neighbours overlooking you and land aplenty with beautiful countryside and the nicest city in England 5 miles away is my idea of a perfect life. Living in London isn't especially when you factor in the cost of housing.

It’s very much horses for courses. Until last year I’d lived in NW3 most of my life. It’s a lovely little island in London that in comparison is quite peaceful. I always had a place out in the Cotswolds for weekends and the set up gave the best of both worlds. Shooting and fishing and kids running free at the weekend and a peaceful place during the week with everything instantly on tap including 20 minute commutes.

I’m currently expatting for the next decade out in the Cotswolds while the children grow up, partly because I realised one day that London has changed a lot from when I was a kid and I wanted them to have the same freedoms that I had, plus the demographic of the local schools had changed so much. But I don’t want to be old out here and will move back where life is hectic and alive.

York is a lovely city but it’s too quiet for me. My mother had a family cottage on the moors and much of my childhood holidays were up there. I’ve good friends in York who I visit and enjoy the city but it’s too small and insular for me.

The house above is tippy at £1300 but it’s the mock Georgian facade and the relatively secluded garden that adds value, despite the location not generally being £1300. It wouldn’t be for me as it’s location makesnit pointless for central London as you’d end up driving or cabbing to all the places you’d want to be.

[Escort3500]

Bonefish Blues said:

I think that it's been messed around with, and as a result the frontage looks messy in a way that it I suspect wouldn't have done originally. Also they could have opened the curtains for the exterior shot, at least!

We got close to buying something of this era, complete with pine cladding, exposed foundry bricks etc - also built into a bank, until rampant damp and good sense prevailed.

I think you may be right re: the front elevation. It’s very disjointed so I suspect it has been altered a bit. Not my favourite period of architecture, but it has its place historically and I’m not surprised it’s listed. Family friends had one built in the sixties which had similar design characteristics and caused outrage locally when it was finished due to its modernist design. It has aged fairly well but structurally it’s been a terrible millstone requiring extensive repairs. I think many ‘60s/‘70s houses like this were also badly built.

[ben5575]

BigGingerBob said:

I'm certain this won't be to everyone's taste but this was designed by one on my favourite architects, 1960s modernist in Brixham...
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/58537521
Super

I'm with you on that one.

PositronicRay said:

Quite agreed. Plenty of recently completed renovations of the white box/grey window variety also looking dated and tired, doesn't seem to patina very well.

That's because rendering a facade and adding grey windows is the same as painting a wall; it doesn't actually alter the fundamental architecture of the building.

R7016 windows and white render is to a modernist building what stone cladding a Coronation St terrace is to a 12th century castle. Sadly poor quality pastiches will dilute the perceived quality of the originals in exactly the same way the above Mervyn Seal house now looks so superficially dated.

[DKL]

A couple from the coast, North Devon.

First is this - 28k sq feet close to the coast and I like the interior, downstairs anyway. For he money its alot of house but running costs would be huge
https://assets.reapit.net/web/live/pdf.php?p=MIN08...





Second is rather more realistic and I like it.

https://www.webbers.co.uk/property-for-sale/somers...

That's quite a lot of thatch and it doesn't look in wonderful shape. A whole new roof won't give you a lot of change from £75k. But you can walk to the beach.

[Fermit and Sexy Sarah]

That is beautifully done, love it.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

DKL said:

Second is rather more realistic and I like it.

https://www.webbers.co.uk/property-for-sale/somers...

That's quite a lot of thatch and it doesn't look in wonderful shape. A whole new roof won't give you a lot of change from £75k. But you can walk to the beach.

Great spot - I love that. Is a roof really 75? I thought something like that would be around 50 ish.

[FourWheelDrift]

DKL said:

A couple from the coast, North Devon.

First is this - 28k sq feet close to the coast and I like the interior, downstairs anyway. For he money its alot of house but running costs would be huge
https://assets.reapit.net/web/live/pdf.php?p=MIN08...

That's been for sale for years, was on an episode of Country House Rescue - https://thecountryseat.org.uk/2012/06/20/country-h...

I wonder if it did get sold (was on for years) and it's new owners selling after doing it up?

[DKL]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

DKL said:

Second is rather more realistic and I like it.

https://www.webbers.co.uk/property-for-sale/somers...

That's quite a lot of thatch and it doesn't look in wonderful shape. A whole new roof won't give you a lot of change from £75k. But you can walk to the beach.

Great spot - I love that. Is a roof really 75? I thought something like that would be around 50 ish.

We paid £25 for one half and the ridge of ours about 5 yrs ago. That is longer by a set of windows. The rear may offset it a little as it looks like tile so the gable may reduce the area. You may end up a bit less but I'm sure you'd be getting quotes about the 75 mark.

[DKL]

FourWheelDrift said:

That's been for sale for years, was on an episode of Country House Rescue - https://thecountryseat.org.uk/2012/06/20/country-h...

I wonder if it did get sold (was on for years) and it's new owners selling after doing it up?

It's on with the same agent.