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wiffmaster said:
My neighbour's place has just come on the market. Nicely done and in a nice spot, but I'll be interested to see if they get £1.8m with only 3000sq/ft.
Well that didn't take long - under offer already. Will have to see if I can somehow find out what the offer was for. If it was anything close to £1.8m, then that's seriously good news!
Some council pleb will probably stop me.
Planning this, old house that, no cars in 1700, blah f
king blah, carbon footprint etc etc
when i'm rich i don't want to deal with these people ever again EVER.
I want somebody else to do all that ste so I can move into my castle and have garages.
Planning this, old house that, no cars in 1700, blah f
king blah, carbon footprint etc etcwhen i'm rich i don't want to deal with these people ever again EVER.
I want somebody else to do all that s
te so I can move into my castle and have garages.AstonZagato said:
northandy said:
Its far enough out to not be too associated with the boro (i can say that as im a boro lad), its a nice area.
Not sure. I've been going up there for the last 25 years. Burglary rates seem quite high. Fabulous countryside, though. I'd move up there in a heartbeat - I love it in Yorkshire.
Manks said:
There was some horrible damage caused to great houses during WWII. The owners gave them over to the MOD in the belief that if they didn't the Germans would probably seize them anyway. Then the military occupants treated them with absolutely no respect whatsoever. Which is why so many were never lived in again by the owners and why so many were flattened between the end of the war and the seventies.
After WWII there was a big increase in demolition due to damage not by bombs but by military personnel or lack of money due to the inheritance tax virus. On average in 1955 there was 1 house demolished every 5 days.
FourWheelDrift said:
After WWII there was a big increase in demolition due to damage not by bombs but by military personnel or lack of money due to the inheritance tax virus. On average in 1955 there was 1 house demolished every 5 days.
I read a book about this, "No Voice from the Hall". The death of the country house and the reasons behind it are quite interesting. It started with the introduction of inheritance tax in the 19th century, then the first world war made staffing them difficult. Pernicious taxes and, as discussed, unsympathetic occupation during the second war made many unviable.
We are not likely ever to see again the like of some of the houses we have lost. Not only for the reasons stated above, which still hold true, but because those houses were built when slavery, dealing in opium and that sort of thing were quite acceptable.
Our home grown rich people capable of building on that sort of scale and affording the running costs will be few in the future. Happily though there are plenty of absurdly rich people from countries where human rights are of far less importance, and they can afford to buy up our remaining great houses.
It seems that to build on a grand scale requires that someone, somewhere, is having a rough time of it.
Manks said:
I read a book about this, "No Voice from the Hall". The death of the country house and the reasons behind it are quite interesting.
It started with the introduction of inheritance tax in the 19th century, then the first world war made staffing them difficult. Pernicious taxes and, as discussed, unsympathetic occupation during the second war made many unviable.
We are not likely ever to see again the like of some of the houses we have lost. Not only for the reasons stated above, which still hold true, but because those houses were built when slavery, dealing in opium and that sort of thing were quite acceptable.
Our home grown rich people capable of building on that sort of scale and affording the running costs will be few in the future. Happily though there are plenty of absurdly rich people from countries where human rights are of far less importance, and they can afford to buy up our remaining great houses.
It seems that to build on a grand scale requires that someone, somewhere, is having a rough time of it.
It's still possible but it comes at a price http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-14/ve... I guess they probably didn't have access to as much credit when the UK's country houses were being built. It started with the introduction of inheritance tax in the 19th century, then the first world war made staffing them difficult. Pernicious taxes and, as discussed, unsympathetic occupation during the second war made many unviable.
We are not likely ever to see again the like of some of the houses we have lost. Not only for the reasons stated above, which still hold true, but because those houses were built when slavery, dealing in opium and that sort of thing were quite acceptable.
Our home grown rich people capable of building on that sort of scale and affording the running costs will be few in the future. Happily though there are plenty of absurdly rich people from countries where human rights are of far less importance, and they can afford to buy up our remaining great houses.
It seems that to build on a grand scale requires that someone, somewhere, is having a rough time of it.
Andrew[MG] said:
Manks said:
I read a book about this, "No Voice from the Hall". The death of the country house and the reasons behind it are quite interesting.
It started with the introduction of inheritance tax in the 19th century, then the first world war made staffing them difficult. Pernicious taxes and, as discussed, unsympathetic occupation during the second war made many unviable.
We are not likely ever to see again the like of some of the houses we have lost. Not only for the reasons stated above, which still hold true, but because those houses were built when slavery, dealing in opium and that sort of thing were quite acceptable.
Our home grown rich people capable of building on that sort of scale and affording the running costs will be few in the future. Happily though there are plenty of absurdly rich people from countries where human rights are of far less importance, and they can afford to buy up our remaining great houses.
It seems that to build on a grand scale requires that someone, somewhere, is having a rough time of it.
It's still possible but it comes at a price http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-14/ve... I guess they probably didn't have access to as much credit when the UK's country houses were being built. It started with the introduction of inheritance tax in the 19th century, then the first world war made staffing them difficult. Pernicious taxes and, as discussed, unsympathetic occupation during the second war made many unviable.
We are not likely ever to see again the like of some of the houses we have lost. Not only for the reasons stated above, which still hold true, but because those houses were built when slavery, dealing in opium and that sort of thing were quite acceptable.
Our home grown rich people capable of building on that sort of scale and affording the running costs will be few in the future. Happily though there are plenty of absurdly rich people from countries where human rights are of far less importance, and they can afford to buy up our remaining great houses.
It seems that to build on a grand scale requires that someone, somewhere, is having a rough time of it.
CharlesdeGaulle said:
I'm currently wanting this.
50 acres of Somerset, with a farmhouse that needs lots of work. 600k.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
I fancy a change of lifestyle: property developer and then a farmer just might suit.
Could you sell of some of the 50 acres? Whats the going rate for an acre? 50 acres of Somerset, with a farmhouse that needs lots of work. 600k.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
I fancy a change of lifestyle: property developer and then a farmer just might suit.
Manks said:
I read a book about this, "No Voice from the Hall". The death of the country house and the reasons behind it are quite interesting.
It started with the introduction of inheritance tax in the 19th century, then the first world war made staffing them difficult. Pernicious taxes and, as discussed, unsympathetic occupation during the second war made many unviable.
We are not likely ever to see again the like of some of the houses we have lost. Not only for the reasons stated above, which still hold true, but because those houses were built when slavery, dealing in opium and that sort of thing were quite acceptable.
Our home grown rich people capable of building on that sort of scale and affording the running costs will be few in the future. Happily though there are plenty of absurdly rich people from countries where human rights are of far less importance, and they can afford to buy up our remaining great houses.
It seems that to build on a grand scale requires that someone, somewhere, is having a rough time of it.
http://www.qftarchitects.com/It started with the introduction of inheritance tax in the 19th century, then the first world war made staffing them difficult. Pernicious taxes and, as discussed, unsympathetic occupation during the second war made many unviable.
We are not likely ever to see again the like of some of the houses we have lost. Not only for the reasons stated above, which still hold true, but because those houses were built when slavery, dealing in opium and that sort of thing were quite acceptable.
Our home grown rich people capable of building on that sort of scale and affording the running costs will be few in the future. Happily though there are plenty of absurdly rich people from countries where human rights are of far less importance, and they can afford to buy up our remaining great houses.
It seems that to build on a grand scale requires that someone, somewhere, is having a rough time of it.
some people are still building lovely houses that will stand the test of time.
z4chris99 said:
Manks said:
I read a book about this, "No Voice from the Hall". The death of the country house and the reasons behind it are quite interesting.
It started with the introduction of inheritance tax in the 19th century, then the first world war made staffing them difficult. Pernicious taxes and, as discussed, unsympathetic occupation during the second war made many unviable.
We are not likely ever to see again the like of some of the houses we have lost. Not only for the reasons stated above, which still hold true, but because those houses were built when slavery, dealing in opium and that sort of thing were quite acceptable.
Our home grown rich people capable of building on that sort of scale and affording the running costs will be few in the future. Happily though there are plenty of absurdly rich people from countries where human rights are of far less importance, and they can afford to buy up our remaining great houses.
It seems that to build on a grand scale requires that someone, somewhere, is having a rough time of it.
http://www.qftarchitects.com/It started with the introduction of inheritance tax in the 19th century, then the first world war made staffing them difficult. Pernicious taxes and, as discussed, unsympathetic occupation during the second war made many unviable.
We are not likely ever to see again the like of some of the houses we have lost. Not only for the reasons stated above, which still hold true, but because those houses were built when slavery, dealing in opium and that sort of thing were quite acceptable.
Our home grown rich people capable of building on that sort of scale and affording the running costs will be few in the future. Happily though there are plenty of absurdly rich people from countries where human rights are of far less importance, and they can afford to buy up our remaining great houses.
It seems that to build on a grand scale requires that someone, somewhere, is having a rough time of it.
some people are still building lovely houses that will stand the test of time.
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