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Who'd live in a house like this? Part 2

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,844 ✭✭✭py2006


    :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,862 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    https://www.funda.nl/koop/weesp/appartement-86902225-waagplein-12/#

    Nothing funny about this place until......


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    inforfun wrote: »
    Holy cr*ap, I can smell that carpet from here! :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,039 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Not sure if this featured on the old one. Fancy living in someone's converted shed?

    http://www.daft.ie/cork/houses-for-sale/midleton/gurteenina-midleton-cork-1683960/

    OK it's a bit better than a shed but it's not worth the asking- €105,000 for 25 sqm.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭tea and coffee


    inforfun wrote: »

    Is that a urinal or a bidet? How tall would you have to be to reach it?!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,732 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    inforfun wrote: »

    That looks like it's from a 1970's porno. Is that a bidet or a urinal? Are you supposed to stand on the step to use it? :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,862 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    Dont forget, it is The Netherlands.
    We are tall....

    I run into toilets every now and then where i need binoculars to see if there is one down there.
    (Toilet i mean, don't be funny)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,472 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    inforfun wrote: »
    Dont forget, it is The Netherlands.
    We are tall....

    I run into toilets every now and then where i need binoculars to see if there is one down there.
    (Toilet i mean, don't be funny)

    Do you often lose track of your penis.

    (Sorry, couldn't help it)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,862 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    I could say i always find it back in yor ma but i am a grown up


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,472 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    inforfun wrote: »

    That place is lovely... except for the carpets and I've never heard of a urinal in a home before.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    Grayson wrote: »
    That place is lovely... except for the carpets and I've never heard of a urinal in a home before.

    My grandfather put a urinal in his house because using the normal one to pee was below him. So there's the toilet and next to it the urinal and I swear to god, the amount of pee splashes on the floor was unreal.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    It is a washbasin.. Found more on the same lines eg
    https://www.houzz.ie/photo/14206855-rosalind-bathroom-suite-contemporary-bathroom-hampshire

    Obvious...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    Graces7 wrote: »
    It is a washbasin.. Found more on the same lines eg
    https://www.houzz.ie/photo/14206855-rosalind-bathroom-suite-contemporary-bathroom-hampshire

    Obvious...

    It is not. It is a urinal.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭Carry


    Graces7 wrote: »
    It is a washbasin.. Found more on the same lines eg
    https://www.houzz.ie/photo/14206855-rosalind-bathroom-suite-contemporary-bathroom-hampshire

    Obvious...

    No, it's not. Have you ever seen a washbasin without taps?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,472 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    That looks like it's from a 1970's porno. Is that a bidet or a urinal? Are you supposed to stand on the step to use it? :confused:

    If that's a bidet you'd beed to be a gymnast to use it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,062 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    http://www.daft.ie/waterford/houses-for-sale/lismore/glenriver-house-monalour-lower-lismore-waterford-1625939/

    This abomination of an interior balcony thing has to be the ugliest piece of architecture Ive seen in these threads, what would possess you to ask for that?

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    Grayson wrote: »
    If that's a bidet you'd beed to be a gymnast to use it.

    If that’s a bidet, the angle of your crack to reach it would cause some collateral damage on the walls.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 790 ✭✭✭LaChatteGitane


    Is that a urinal or a bidet? How tall would you have to be to reach it?!

    You have to be as tall as a Dutchman


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    Thargor wrote: »
    http://www.daft.ie/waterford/houses-for-sale/lismore/glenriver-house-monalour-lower-lismore-waterford-1625939/

    This abomination of an interior balcony thing has to be the ugliest piece of architecture Ive seen in these threads, what would possess you to ask for that?

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    Looks like the building was originally a church so it might be where the organ was.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Thargor wrote: »
    http://www.daft.ie/waterford/houses-for-sale/lismore/glenriver-house-monalour-lower-lismore-waterford-1625939/

    This abomination of an interior balcony thing has to be the ugliest piece of architecture Ive seen in these threads, what would possess you to ask for that?

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    DJ Booth for your house parties?:pac:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Was looking at the rest of the pics of that house (with interior balcony). Mother of God it looks like they hired Stevie Wonder to do the interior decorating. Hideous.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    Was looking at the rest of the pics of that house (with interior balcony). Mother of God it looks like they hired Stevie Wonder to do the interior decorating. Hideous.

    Ugh. Pelmets. I hate pelmets.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Aglomerado wrote: »
    Ugh. Pelmets. I hate pelmets.

    Whoever did it was fond of garish fabrics that's for sure.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    DJ Booth for your house parties?:pac:

    Or to greet people, like Pontius Pilate (Life of Brian version).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    WTF? Why does it have two kitchens. And why face the stupid looking sofa so you're watching the balcony instead of the tv behind you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    http://www.sellityourself.ie/cgi-bin/property.cgi?id=3345&action=view&type=ad


    "Integral garage"??? - There's a flippin car in the living room! :confused:

    Not too sure how to upload/ link the photo for posterity. Anyone able to grab the photo?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,062 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Looks like the building was originally a church so it might be where the organ was.
    Looks like a recent macmansion to me judging by the state of it and the site its built on, what makes you think it was a church?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,472 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    Thargor wrote: »
    Looks like a recent macmansion to me judging by the state of it and the site its built on, what makes you think it was a church?

    Yep. And wicker furniture? Not to mention the beds and the horrible christmas decorations. That person has money but no taste.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭Carry


    Thargor wrote: »
    http://www.daft.ie/waterford/houses-for-sale/lismore/glenriver-house-monalour-lower-lismore-waterford-1625939/

    This abomination of an interior balcony thing has to be the ugliest piece of architecture Ive seen in these threads, what would possess you to ask for that?

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    That's a so-called minstrel gallery, very popular during the middle ages, so you have discreet musical entertainment without the musicians sneeking up to your goblets of wine downstairs or making eyes to the lady of the manor ....

    Judging by the interior design they got their styles a bit confused, methinks - a bit antiquity, a bit medieval, a bit barock, a bit classicism, a bit country house, a bit American Wild West, a bit Dublin city-slicker, and lots and lots of bad taste,.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭Surreptitious


    WTF? Why does it have two kitchens. And why face the stupid looking sofa so you're watching the balcony instead of the tv behind you.

    One of the kitchens is a self contained one bedroom apartment included.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Carry wrote: »
    That's a so-called minstrel gallery, very popular during the middle ages, so you have discreet musical entertainment without the musicians sneeking up to your goblets of wine downstairs or making eyes to the lady of the manor ....

    Yeah...like I said...DJ booth. :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,732 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    Thargor wrote: »
    http://www.daft.ie/waterford/houses-for-sale/lismore/glenriver-house-monalour-lower-lismore-waterford-1625939/

    This abomination of an interior balcony thing has to be the ugliest piece of architecture Ive seen in these threads, what would possess you to ask for that?

    Oh christ I have so many questions about this house!
    Why are there 4 doors into the dining room?
    Why are there only 3 bedrooms but 4 reception rooms? The blurb says 5 bedrooms but the plan only shows 3. Unless they're counting the 'conservatory' balcony thing as a bedroom?
    Who thought those hideously ornate columns in the 'library' were a good idea?
    Why are there half doors everywhere?
    Why is there an exercise bike in the living room? They had so much space, just put in a gym!
    Why are there no chairs at the dining table? (I count 3 against the walls)
    Why are there little to no books in the 'library'?
    Who would ever want a leopard print tissue box?
    Why is there a tilted mirror on the bathroom ceiling?
    Why are there 2 clocks in the landing?
    Why does the internal joinery keep changing wood?
    What is a hanging lantern smoke alarm?
    Having rattan furniture in a room does not make it a conservatory. That is not a conservatory.

    And finally, the front door. So much wrong. Why is it so tiny when you have a huge house? Why is there a tiny vision panel above it? Why are there urns at the front door? Why put in shutters if you can never close them because of the giant urns? Why is the welcome mat so tiny?

    Hideous house. More money than style/sense. :confused::confused::confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    Thargor wrote: »
    Looks like a recent macmansion to me judging by the state of it and the site its built on, what makes you think it was a church?

    My bad. Totally missed the outside photo as I got bored going through many of the 70-odd photos.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,790 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    Oh christ I have so many questions about this house!
    Why are there 4 doors into the dining room?
    Why are there only 3 bedrooms but 4 reception rooms? The blurb says 5 bedrooms but the plan only shows 3. Unless they're counting the 'conservatory' balcony thing as a bedroom?
    Who thought those hideously ornate columns in the 'library' were a good idea?
    Why are there half doors everywhere?
    Why is there an exercise bike in the living room? They had so much space, just put in a gym!
    Why are there no chairs at the dining table? (I count 3 against the walls)
    Why are there little to no books in the 'library'?
    Who would ever want a leopard print tissue box?
    Why is there a tilted mirror on the bathroom ceiling?
    Why are there 2 clocks in the landing?
    Why does the internal joinery keep changing wood?
    What is a hanging lantern smoke alarm?
    Having rattan furniture in a room does not make it a conservatory. That is not a conservatory.

    And finally, the front door. So much wrong. Why is it so tiny when you have a huge house? Why is there a tiny vision panel above it? Why are there urns at the front door? Why put in shutters if you can never close them because of the giant urns? Why is the welcome mat so tiny?

    Hideous house. More money than style/sense. :confused::confused::confused:

    The ridiculous bits of shutters on the bathroom windows in pic 30 that wouldn't cover the window. Same in pic 33.
    Grey skirting and white architrave around the doors? Would it not make more sense to have them the same colour? Pic 5.
    Why is the corner press in the kitchen white while the rest of the kitchen is cream? Pic 18.
    Kitchen island a different wood to the rest of the kitchen. Pic 19.
    Chairs beside the kitchen island too high to actually sit at the island. Pic 19.
    Those pedestals beside the front door look like they belong in a church. Pic 20.
    For such a big expensive house, the stairs is remarkably cheap looking. Pic 21.
    Very few matching doors throughout the house. Would it not be better to have the same finish throughout?
    They seriously like those pendulum style clocks. They are everywhere.
    The sh1te rattan chairs in the apartment. Pic 70.

    Yeah, I'm not even going to talk about the bit of a balcony in pic 35.

    I have to say I do like the doors in pic 21 but not in that setting.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Grayson wrote: »
    Yep. And wicker furniture? Not to mention the beds and the horrible christmas decorations. That person has money but no taste.


    For me it was the state if the garden and outside area. In the first photo it looks absolutly awful nearly as if nobody really bothered with it and especially the large concrete base with scattered bits of wood etc :confused: why would you show that?

    Overall not my taste at all but the one thing that stood out amongst many was the gold(?) Microwave and toaster in the kitchen ....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    inforfun wrote: »
    A urinal for a sink. Its novel if nothing else
    Looks like the building was originally a church so it might be where the organ was.
    It's where the organ is in the urinal house anyway :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,790 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    gozunda wrote: »
    For me it was the state if the garden and outside area. In the first photo it looks absolutly awful nearly as if nobody really bothered with it and especially the large concrete base with scattered bits of wood etc :confused: why would you show that?

    I'd say Mr. McMansion ran out of money.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,790 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    inforfun wrote: »


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    If that's a urinal on the wall and I had to use it, there'd be a fair amount of p1ss on the carpet. No way I could reach that with every drop.

    And why you'd need a urinal when there's a toilet right beside it is beyond me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,134 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    If that's a urinal on the wall and I had to use it, there'd be a fair amount of p1ss on the carpet. No way I could reach that with every drop.

    And why you'd need a urinal when there's a toilet right beside it is beyond me.

    Thats why its beside the step/raised area


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,862 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    If that's a urinal on the wall and I had to use it, there'd be a fair amount of p1ss on the carpet. No way I could reach that with every drop.

    And why you'd need a urinal when there's a toilet right beside it is beyond me.

    Something not completely right with that picture. Something you also see a lot on daft where you see 2 meter wide ovens in kitchens.

    Just see how high the toilet seat is compared to the rim of the urinal. It is not that high.

    Let me put it this way, i am rather tall. Most kitchen sinks, toilets, bathroom sinks, office desks et cetera are just a little too low to be comfortable for me as they have been built\installed on averages.
    If i have kitchens or bathrooms built for me, it would all probably be 10\15 centimeter higher than standard.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,862 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    Thargor wrote: »
    http://www.daft.ie/waterford/houses-for-sale/lismore/glenriver-house-monalour-lower-lismore-waterford-1625939/

    This abomination of an interior balcony thing has to be the ugliest piece of architecture Ive seen in these threads, what would possess you to ask for that?

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    This picture annoys me for many reasons.
    More than it should.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,790 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    inforfun wrote: »
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    This picture annoys me for many reasons.
    More than it should.

    Are they crucifixes near the apex of the roof each side of the front door? :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,790 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    GBX wrote: »
    Thats why its beside the step/raised area

    Fcuk that. I'd miss more than I'd hit. And if you were meant to p1ss in it from the step, wouldn't it be turned to actually face the step?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    Are they crucifixes near the apex of the roof each side of the front door? :confused:

    The layout does look very convent like though ...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,790 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    gozunda wrote: »
    The layout does look very convent like though ...

    It does look like they were going for the church/convent look. There's even what looks like a bible open in one of the pics. That said, it looks new enough so I don't think it is an old building that was renovated and extended.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,326 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kingp35


    Article on the Waterford house. It was built in 2012 by an Irish American.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/a-unique-delight-in-the-heart-of-the-deise-465964.html


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,790 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    Kingp35 wrote: »
    Article on the Waterford house. It was built in 2012 by an Irish American.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/a-unique-delight-in-the-heart-of-the-deise-465964.html

    The guy who built that was an interior designer and then became a builder. :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,206 ✭✭✭jordata


    Kingp35 wrote: »
    Article on the Waterford house. It was built in 2012 by an Irish American.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/a-unique-delight-in-the-heart-of-the-deise-465964.html

    Described as a unique delight!! Found it on daft http://www.daft.ie/waterford/houses-for-sale/lismore/glenriver-house-monalour-lower-lismore-waterford-1625939/

    I think might granny might say that man has notions!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,732 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    Kingp35 wrote: »
    Article on the Waterford house. It was built in 2012 by an Irish American.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/a-unique-delight-in-the-heart-of-the-deise-465964.html

    This explains a lot. So it's a mishmash of all the pieces of ****e he's collected through the years. fair play to the journalist, Trish Dromey, for trying to make that monstrosity seem more appealing. And it's his dream home but he's feckin off to Florida coz it's warmer than Waterford? Coulda told ya that before you built it mate.


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