Show us your real estate pawn (Vol 4)

[Justin Case]

Is that in estate agent speak 'a development opportunity' in which case it may make sense

[kowalski655]

In that area I imagine most big houses will have garages so you would need a very large car collection to justify it(so most of PH then )
In the city centre you wont have much parking but who would want to travel miles to collect a car

[phil_cardiff]

kowalski655 said:

In that area I imagine most big houses will have garages so you would need a very large car collection to justify it(so most of PH then )
In the city centre you wont have much parking but who would want to travel miles to collect a car

Me. I'd be happy to have my driver's cars stored next to some driver's roads if I lived in a city.

[cmvtec]

Looking at the old street view, these appear to have been a set of lock up garages. The type you might rent one of if you lived nearby, that someone has bought as a job lot.

Can't see much other use for that plot.

[snobetter]

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

[Cold]

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

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

[Stay in Bed Instead]

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.

[Dan_1981]

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-...

I actually quite like the £40m quidder. Apart from the lift.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/79055890#/

[Bullet-Proof_Biscuit]

irocfan said:

Patch1875 said:

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/57089256...

I know nothing about Edinburgh so that does seem quite lumpy on the face of it

I can't see any purpose for it being decorated like that, except maybe a detailers shop?

[Justin Case]

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 for me, I'm afraid. The 'restoration' is unsympathetic and seems to prefer mod cons to original character, but still looks a place for show rather than living in. I wouldn't mind the library though, I could probably get most of my books in

[Shambler]

Justin Case 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 for me, I'm afraid. The 'restoration' is unsympathetic and seems to prefer mod cons to original character, but still looks a place for show rather than living in. I wouldn't mind the library though, I could probably get most of my books in

The library is rather special.

[abzmike]

Shambler said:

The library is rather special.

Agree that is seems a little over styled. Lots of house there, but it will look very differennt when the furniture and posessions are taken out.

[sidekickdmr]

Hardly porn in the traditional sense, but loving the hillbilly outbuilding, complete with stage and spit and sawdust floor.

You would just HAVE to make moonshine and wear dungarees with no tshirt while playing a ukulele wouldn't you!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/100731593#/

[Escort3500]

Justin Case 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 for me, I'm afraid. The 'restoration' is unsympathetic and seems to prefer mod cons to original character, but still looks a place for show rather than living in. I wouldn't mind the library though, I could probably get most of my books in

Quite agree. The interior is soulless, and it’d cost a fair chunk to make it nice. Nice from the outside

[GT03ROB]

sidekickdmr said:

Hardly porn in the traditional sense, but loving the hillbilly outbuilding, complete with stage and spit and sawdust floor.

You would just HAVE to make moonshine and wear dungarees with no tshirt while playing a ukulele wouldn't you!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/100731593#/

Thats frikking awful with those windymills things. Probably suit an environmentalist though.

[Louis Balfour]

sidekickdmr said:

Hardly porn in the traditional sense, but loving the hillbilly outbuilding, complete with stage and spit and sawdust floor.

You would just HAVE to make moonshine and wear dungarees with no tshirt while playing a ukulele wouldn't you!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/100731593#/

Look at all those windmills. That can mean only one thing... mutant killer monster moles.

[parakitaMol.]

Justin Case 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 for me, I'm afraid. The 'restoration' is unsympathetic and seems to prefer mod cons to original character, but still looks a place for show rather than living in. I wouldn't mind the library though, I could probably get most of my books in

My husband said the same - 'the books' are a huge source of friction, fekkin dusty pointless things

I'm not keen on that, I feel like I should be, but it just doesn't works somehow

[Louis Balfour]

parakitaMol. said:

Justin Case 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 for me, I'm afraid. The 'restoration' is unsympathetic and seems to prefer mod cons to original character, but still looks a place for show rather than living in. I wouldn't mind the library though, I could probably get most of my books in

My husband said the same - 'the books' are a huge source of friction, fekkin dusty pointless things

I'm not keen on that, I feel like I should be, but it just doesn't works somehow

Agreed, libraries tend to become a storage facility for books that have been read once and which will never be read again.

[parakitaMol.]

Louis Balfour said:

Agreed, libraries tend to become a storage facility for books that have been read once and which will never be read again.

Along with his extensive medical related collections he also buys entire collections of classic novels he found in some quaint bookshop and entire collections of AA maps, encyclopaedias etc etc etc even the whole set of Rupert Bear annuals ffs - any old st basically.

And that's just the books

This is why I found this thread because we are looking for a bigger house lol

[JuniorD]

Louis Balfour said:

parakitaMol. said:

Justin Case 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 for me, I'm afraid. The 'restoration' is unsympathetic and seems to prefer mod cons to original character, but still looks a place for show rather than living in. I wouldn't mind the library though, I could probably get most of my books in

My husband said the same - 'the books' are a huge source of friction, fekkin dusty pointless things

I'm not keen on that, I feel like I should be, but it just doesn't works somehow

Agreed, libraries tend to become a storage facility for books that have been read once and which will never be read again.

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?