Show us your real estate pawn (Vol 4)

[annodomini2]

Cold said:

Guardian story on Rightmove's list of the most (online) viewed properties this year.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/dec/03/the-...

Love the library, but that modern pool looks a bit naff compared to the rest of the house.

[Mark Benson]

Stay in Bed Instead said:

snobetter said:

The Chanters House, Ottery St Mary, EX11
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...

Historical place for those who like that kind of thing

Not too shabby. Love it.

The odd paragraph in the description wouldn't go amiss though.

At least they can spell 'principal' in relation to the hierarchy of rooms which seems a rare ability among agents, probably because spellchecker doesn't pick it up.

[RichB]

Mark Benson said:

Stay in Bed Instead said:

snobetter said:

The Chanters House, Ottery St Mary, EX11
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...
Historical place for those who like that kind of thing

Not too shabby. Love it. The odd paragraph in the description wouldn't go amiss though.

At least they can spell 'principal' in relation to the hierarchy of rooms which seems a rare ability among agents, probably because spellchecker doesn't pick it up.

No floorplan and a few moody external images at sunset are ok but they don't exactly 'sell' the property. Most of the interior images appear to have a grey hew to them. I wouldn't say the EA has exactly pushed the boat out considering it's a £7.0m property.

[parakitaMol.]

annodomini2 said:

Cold said:

Guardian story on Rightmove's list of the most (online) viewed properties this year.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/dec/03/the-...

Love the library, but that modern pool looks a bit naff compared to the rest of the house.

Oh please

"Below the new-build Tudorbethan exterior"

[Mark Benson]

parakitaMol. said:

annodomini2 said:

Cold said:

Guardian story on Rightmove's list of the most (online) viewed properties this year.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/dec/03/the-...

Love the library, but that modern pool looks a bit naff compared to the rest of the house.

Oh please

"Below the new-build Tudorbethan exterior"

I've always preferred my new builds in Jacobtorian.

[parakitaMol.]

Mark Benson said:

parakitaMol. said:

annodomini2 said:

Cold said:

Guardian story on Rightmove's list of the most (online) viewed properties this year.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/dec/03/the-...

Love the library, but that modern pool looks a bit naff compared to the rest of the house.

Oh please

"Below the new-build Tudorbethan exterior"

I've always preferred my new builds in Jacobtorian.

in Essex

Sort your nested quoting out Benson

[dmsims]

RichB said:

No floorplan and a few moody external images at sunset are ok but they don't exactly 'sell' the property. Most of the interior images appear to have a grey hew to them. I wouldn't say the EA has exactly pushed the boat out considering it's a £7.0m property.

Someone has done an amazingly st job at colour grading all the pictures, clowns

[Justin Case]

Cold said:

Guardian story on Rightmove's list of the most (online) viewed properties this year.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/dec/03/the-...

The one in surrey is hideous, I'm glad that it hasn't sold, and I won't even comment on the garden



It is possible to design a modern house in the palladian style and still get the proportions right

[rxe]

JuniorD said:

That place strikes me as more of an institute than an home.

I do like this bit from the description: " this home has undergone extensive and painstaking renovations over the past 10 years by the current owners to make it a magnificent country home once again "

If they wanted to make it a county home, surely they'd need to dismantle it and reconstruct it somewhere else...like in the actual countryside?

Yes - I can't imagine actually "living" in such a place. It looks like a hotel rather than a home, and would look weird with life's detritus scattered all over it.

[Pesty]

Justin Case said:

The one in surrey is hideous, I'm glad that it hasn't sold, and I won't even comment on the garden



It is possible to design a modern house in the palladian style and still get the proportions right

Yes very nice. Reminds me very much of cusworth hall. But the steps are on the other side and I guess that place doesn’t have a massive secret nuclear bunker under it

[Doofus]

Pesty said:

Yes very nice. Reminds me very much of cusworth hall. But the steps are on the other side and I guess that place doesn’t have a massive secret nuclear bunker under it

Neither does Cusworth Hall.

[anonymous-user]

Doofus said:

Neither does Cusworth Hall.

There is a cellar that some hoped might survive a nuclear attack. It wouldn't!

https://www.facebook.com/BBCArchive/videos/1982-na...

https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/people/i...

[Pesty]

JPJPJP said:

Doofus said:

Neither does Cusworth Hall.

There is a cellar that some hoped might survive a nuclear attack. It wouldn't!

https://www.facebook.com/BBCArchive/videos/1982-na...

https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/people/i...

Video gone it’s here.
He describes it as a nuclear bunker. But yeah it looks a bit st. There is also an underground raf control room not far away. That got turned into a factory then had family issues and iirc a murder
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=606400919732942

I watched them run an excercise when I was a kid including army as guards on the door.

Edited by Pesty on Friday 4th December 09:59

[Megaflow]

It seems a touring car driver lives not a million miles from here, lovely place and location.

Hambleton, Oakham, Rutland, LE15
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...

[Bonefish Blues]

Plot issues there - reminds me of some of the London houses that have outgrown theirs.

[soxboy]

Megaflow said:

It seems a touring car driver lives not a million miles from here, lovely place and location.

Hambleton, Oakham, Rutland, LE15
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...

Somebody's confusing build cost with value.

[abzmike]

Megaflow said:

It seems a touring car driver lives not a million miles from here, lovely place and location.

Hambleton, Oakham, Rutland, LE15
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...

Nice house, lots of gadgets, but 3.5M for a water view, no frontage?
Don't know the local prices, maybe that island is premium, but seems a lot to me.

[PositronicRay]

Lovely, not sure it's 3.5m lovely, but I'd happily live on the peninsular.

[Megaflow]

abzmike said:

Megaflow said:

It seems a touring car driver lives not a million miles from here, lovely place and location.

Hambleton, Oakham, Rutland, LE15
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...

Nice house, lots of gadgets, but 3.5M for a water view, no frontage?
Don't know the local prices, maybe that island is premium, but seems a lot to me.

The island, or peninsular as the locals like to call it, carries a massive premium. Whilst it is a very nice house the price is damn stupid compared to what can be bought in the area for similar. But peninsular!

I believe Paul Bailey, of holy trinity fame lives in there.

This is only a few miles down the road, but has a cement works in the village!

Aldgate Lodge, Ketton, Stamford, PE9
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...

Edited by Megaflow on Friday 4th December 11:12

[Wonderman]

RichB said:

Mark Benson said:

Stay in Bed Instead said:

snobetter said:

The Chanters House, Ottery St Mary, EX11
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...
Historical place for those who like that kind of thing

Not too shabby. Love it. The odd paragraph in the description wouldn't go amiss though.

At least they can spell 'principal' in relation to the hierarchy of rooms which seems a rare ability among agents, probably because spellchecker doesn't pick it up.

No floorplan and a few moody external images at sunset are ok but they don't exactly 'sell' the property. Most of the interior images appear to have a grey hew to them. I wouldn't say the EA has exactly pushed the boat out considering it's a £7.0m property.

Agreed, I'd be hacked off if that was selling a studio flat let alone something of this value. It's also billed as "an equestrian facility"...not sure the horses will enjoy the library much and there's no mention or pictures of the "out buildings" and no idea of any land which one might want to stick the nags on.