Show us your real estate pawn (Vol 4)

[NickCQ]

okgo said:

NickCQ said:

I'm into this. I think the "wraparound" kitchen might actually work quite well, hard to see what else you'd put in a small circular room. Would be changing the tiles in the living area though.

Every single thing would need to be bespoke, is the only issue. But I think they've done a good job of actually using the circular shapes here. Not often you see that.

Looking at the pics again, I wonder if some of the oast rooms are going to be quite dark?

[Escort3500]

okgo said:

The view is about all it has going for it IMO. Very bland mishmash of everything.

Not much to commend it architecturally and the interior’s not very special. And £2.25m?

[anonymous-user]

Pistaaah said:

I know, it’ll be a tight squeeze - there’s just me, my wife and three cats, so we might have to do a loft conversion….

As for a thread of its own, I should probably do one, but progress will be slow as it’s my sort of retirement project (only 53, so not past it yet!) and we’re not starting it until the Spring.

I’ve had my own bespoke kitchen firm for some time, so we’re really going to go for it in there - think: island as big as Guernsey, separate larder and pantry, booth seating etc.

The first job is this:


Going to make it into a workshop and garage

Did some internet stalking and that's a great find, I'd recommended taking photos/video with commentary as you renovate not to make a thread (which would be nice) but more that I regret not doing it when we knocked down & rebuilt our (much less impressive) place

[FourWheelDrift]

okgo said:

Been waiting for one of these to come on that is 'interesting' - they look so stunning but often are a bit crap. This one is quite mad, but I 'think' I really like it

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/116539283

Usual pig farm or something 50 meters away, but still.

A vineyard on your doorstep. Will suit prospective alcoholic.

^
Correction apples, pears, plums, gooseberries, blackcurrants and hops - https://www.southeastfarmer.net/section/news/marst...

So beer & cider on your doorstep.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Tuesday 30th November 18:43

[TheJimi]

NickCQ said:

okgo said:

Been waiting for one of these to come on that is 'interesting' - they look so stunning but often are a bit crap. This one is quite mad, but I 'think' I really like it - rightmove.co.uk/properties/116539283#/?channel=RES_BUY

I'm into this. I think the "wraparound" kitchen might actually work quite well, hard to see what else you'd put in a small circular room. Would be changing the tiles in the living area though.

As am I.

Freakin' awesome. I *love* that place

[C70R]

TheJimi said:

NickCQ said:

okgo said:

Been waiting for one of these to come on that is 'interesting' - they look so stunning but often are a bit crap. This one is quite mad, but I 'think' I really like it - rightmove.co.uk/properties/116539283#/?channel=RES_BUY

I'm into this. I think the "wraparound" kitchen might actually work quite well, hard to see what else you'd put in a small circular room. Would be changing the tiles in the living area though.

As am I.

Freakin' awesome. I *love* that place

Agree. That's quite close to perfection.

[abzmike]

Escort3500 said:

okgo said:

The view is about all it has going for it IMO. Very bland mishmash of everything.

Not much to commend it architecturally and the interior’s not very special. And £2.25m?

Vast rooms are not always the answer.

[AJLintern]

abzmike said:

Escort3500 said:

okgo said:

The view is about all it has going for it IMO. Very bland mishmash of everything.

Not much to commend it architecturally and the interior’s not very special. And £2.25m?

Vast rooms are not always the answer.

A huge Scalextric track in every room though...!

[Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area]

You get a lot for your money in Scotland



https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbglrsg...

[Bonefish Blues]

Another one in that SW area we were discussing the other week - if it'd been prime Scotland there'd be bigger numbers at the top of the ad., I guess.

Lovely thing, much wine cellaring!

[hoagypubdog]

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:

You get a lot for your money in Scotland



https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbglrsg...

I moved from this area last year. Countryside is lovely but its cold and rainy most of the time. Nearest town is Girvan which is a dump.

This is what we sold in same valley. https://www.onthemarket.com/details/8975885/

[cadmunkey]

hoagypubdog said:

I moved from this area last year. Countryside is lovely but its cold and rainy most of the time. Nearest town is Girvan which is a dump.

This is what we sold in same valley. https://www.onthemarket.com/details/8975885/

I remember my Wife showing me your house online! Nice place.

[TheJimi]

hoagypubdog said:

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:

You get a lot for your money in Scotland



https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbglrsg...

I moved from this area last year. Countryside is lovely but its cold and rainy most of the time. Nearest town is Girvan which is a dump.

This is what we sold in same valley. https://www.onthemarket.com/details/8975885/

Is that a post box?

[hoagypubdog]

cadmunkey said:

I remember my Wife showing me your house online! Nice place.

Thank you, lovely house spoiled by local land owner getting planning for houses in field opposite, totally spoiling the view. We moved just as first application was rejected.

[hoagypubdog]

TheJimi said:

hoagypubdog said:

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:

You get a lot for your money in Scotland



https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbglrsg...

I moved from this area last year. Countryside is lovely but its cold and rainy most of the time. Nearest town is Girvan which is a dump.

This is what we sold in same valley. https://www.onthemarket.com/details/8975885/

Is that a post box?

Yes, an old VR box, still emptied daily. House had been village shop/post office in its 350 year history.

[Escort3500]

cadmunkey said:

hoagypubdog said:

I moved from this area last year. Countryside is lovely but its cold and rainy most of the time. Nearest town is Girvan which is a dump.

This is what we sold in same valley. https://www.onthemarket.com/details/8975885/

I remember my Wife showing me your house online! Nice place.

That’s a really nice traditional Scottish cottage*, unlike a lot of the dire ones that have been constructed since the sixties allo over Scotland - bungalows with broad span, shallow-pitched roofs, huge picture windows and pink harled walls

• or ‘But and Ben’ as my Scottish Mum used to call them

[TheJimi]

hoagypubdog said:

TheJimi said:

hoagypubdog said:

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:

You get a lot for your money in Scotland



https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbglrsg...

I moved from this area last year. Countryside is lovely but its cold and rainy most of the time. Nearest town is Girvan which is a dump.

This is what we sold in same valley. https://www.onthemarket.com/details/8975885/

Is that a post box?

Yes, an old VR box, still emptied daily. House had been village shop/post office in its 350 year history.

Cool

My village has a cottage with the same kind of box.

Where did you move to, just out of pure nosiness - no exactly locations needed!

[joshcowin]

C70R said:

TheJimi said:

NickCQ said:

okgo said:

Been waiting for one of these to come on that is 'interesting' - they look so stunning but often are a bit crap. This one is quite mad, but I 'think' I really like it - rightmove.co.uk/properties/116539283#/?channel=RES_BUY

I'm into this. I think the "wraparound" kitchen might actually work quite well, hard to see what else you'd put in a small circular room. Would be changing the tiles in the living area though.

As am I.

Freakin' awesome. I *love* that place

Agree. That's quite close to perfection.

Surprised there is so much love for this tbh!

The kitchen has been done well but apart from that these houses are fairly common in Kent. We have worked on around 10 in the last 15 years! I have a current client who has an awesome oast that we have extended and modernised for him.

[NickCQ]

joshcowin said:

The kitchen has been done well but apart from that these houses are fairly common in Kent. We have worked on around 10 in the last 15 years! I have a current client who has an awesome oast that we have extended and modernised for him.

I've seen a few of these too (shamefully I have family near Faversham ), but I haven't seen many where the building attached to the oast is quite as attractive or well-proportioned as the timber framed barn here. The ones I have seen either have a more modern building with an awkward narthex in between, or have tried to get the whole house in the oast (which doesn't really work).

[DeltonaS]

Put up for sale by the CEO of Shell, so we know why it's for sale as well:

https://www.funda.nl/en/koop/wassenaar/huis-424451...