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

Aglomerado

That navy kitchen is cool. Not sure about those glass patio doors inside the house, they look weird, as do the silly pillars on the front.

HeidiHeidi

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I can't figure that house out at all.

Did they split the living room in two, creating what looks like an altar or something in one bit, and a telly room barely wider than the couch in the other?

No wonder they haven't provided a floor plan!

The decor isn't bad in fairness, I like the kitchen cabinet and those wooden floorboards that I think are actually tiles. Just need to get rid of the knick-knacks and those ostentatious pillars. That TV room is like something from Being John Malkovich. Couches wider than the front door.

Overall, the house wouldn't require much work, I'd say.

whisky_galore

freshpopcorn wrote: »

The fussy fascia on the outside is normally a good tell!





https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/terraced-house-587-carnlough-road-cabra-west-cabra-dublin-7/3165525

Settled traveller chic.
A masterclass in stupid expense put into a property at the same time managing to look cheap.

whisky_galore

whisky_galore wrote: »

Settled traveller chic.
A masterclass in stupid expense put into a property at the same time managing to look cheap.

I'm getting a porcelain fetish vibe more than anything. That lampshade is one serious piece of work.


But no horse or religious representation.


So, more someone with a high level of individual taste.


Can you imagine what the estate agent was thinking as they took the photos?

Kintarō Hattori

AlejGuzman68 wrote: »

I always wonder from looking at different houses, why there is sofas in the kitchen area. I know the kitchen is the heart of a home but a sofa is a bit extreme imo.

I have a sofa in mine and I'd never go back to not having one. The missus being Polish wanted one as she always had one in her family kitchen and well it makes a lot of sense. Providing you have the space for it, it's far more comfortable than sitting at the table. It makes being in the kitchen a far more relaxed affair.

Kintarō Hattori

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

I have a sofa in mine and I'd never go back to not having one. The missus being Polish wanted one as she always had one in her family kitchen and well it makes a lot of sense. Providing you have the space for it, it's far more comfortable than sitting at the table. It makes being in the kitchen a far more relaxed affair.

That's mad, the first thing I thought of when I read 'sofa in the kitchen' is that our Polish neighbours have one. I never know where to sit.

It must be their version of having a toaster in the cupboard.

I thought everyone has a couch or chairs in the kitchen?
Do ye all go sit in the sittingroom to relax?
Is the kitchen not the heart of the home.......

Greentree_uk

whisky_galore wrote: »

Settled traveller chic.
A masterclass in stupid expense put into a property at the same time managing to look cheap.

Can't believe they didn't replace the carpet on the stairs/landing.. and no mention of the shed/house at the end of the garden

bubblypop

bubblypop wrote: »

I thought everyone has a couch or chairs in the kitchen?
Do ye all go sit in the sittingroom to relax?
Is the kitchen not the heart of the home.......

Chairs, ya; the wooden upright ones at the table where visitors sit until they get too uncomfortable and leave. Never give them something they can sink into.

r93kaey5p2izun

whisky_galore wrote: »

Settled traveller chic.
A masterclass in stupid expense put into a property at the same time managing to look cheap.

Doesn't look like it to me at all. Just tacky taste - it's a common aesthetic at the moment among non Travellers where I grew up. It looks like a hair salon on South William Street.

House is in good nick though, easy to get in shape. The back garden is a let down though.

humberklog

The clock in the kitchen is making my eye twitch.

SineadSpears

Aglomerado wrote: »

That navy kitchen is cool

Miriam should take a leaf from their book for her new gaf

Aden Uneven Pavilion

Aden Uneven Pavilion wrote: »

Doesn't look like it to me at all. Just tacky taste - it's a common aesthetic at the moment among non Travellers where I grew up. It looks like a hair salon on South William Street.

House is in good nick though, easy to get in shape. The back garden is a let down though.

The kitchen and most of the rooms are grand. Back garden could certainly use work.

BrenMar

Aden Uneven Pavilion wrote: »

Doesn't look like it to me at all. Just tacky taste - it's a common aesthetic at the moment among non Travellers where I grew up. It looks like a hair salon on South William Street.

House is in good nick though, easy to get in shape. The back garden is a let down though.

I agree about the garden, I was expecting ornamental cherubs & a hot tub.

Jeju

Cant imagine how they enjoy watching the TV through the chandelier

Leg End Reject

Jeju wrote: »

Cant imagine how they enjoy watching the TV through the chandelier

It must give a kaleidoscope effect.

seamus

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm getting a porcelain fetish vibe more than anything. That lampshade is one serious piece of work.

But no horse or religious representation.

So, more someone with a high level of individual taste.

Can you imagine what the estate agent was thinking as they took the photos?

I wouldn't have immediately jumped to "settled traveller", except for the holy water font in the sitting room and the fact that they have external sliding doors as internal doors.

Other than the style though tbh, there wouldn't be a huge amount of work to de-tackify it. I expect the abundance of porcelain and crystal would be taken by the vendor, then all you need is a bit of painting and decorating. You could live with the sliding doors I guess, though I wouldn't be long swapping them out.

seamus

seamus wrote: »

I wouldn't have immediately jumped to "settled traveller", except for the holy water font in the sitting room and the fact that they have external sliding doors as internal doors.

Looks more like a general font than holy. I'd say if you turned up at their door with a porcelain cricket bat they'd buy it off you.

BattleCorp

seamus wrote: »

I wouldn't have immediately jumped to "settled traveller", except for the holy water font in the sitting room and the fact that they have external sliding doors as internal doors.

Other than the style though tbh, there wouldn't be a huge amount of work to de-tackify it. I expect the abundance of porcelain and crystal would be taken by the vendor, then all you need is a bit of painting and decorating. You could live with the sliding doors I guess, though I wouldn't be long swapping them out.

A 'hape' of money spent downstairs and very little spent upstairs, Boss.

freshpopcorn

seamus wrote: »

I wouldn't have immediately jumped to "settled traveller", except for the holy water font in the sitting room and the fact that they have external sliding doors as internal doors.

Other than the style though tbh, there wouldn't be a huge amount of work to de-tackify it. I expect the abundance of porcelain and crystal would be taken by the vendor, then all you need is a bit of painting and decorating. You could live with the sliding doors I guess, though I wouldn't be long swapping them out.

What's the deal with pupping external doors inside?

knucklehead6

freshpopcorn wrote: »

What's the deal with pupping external doors inside?

Heat insulation? :P

NIMAN

Proof that money can't buy taste/class.

BattleCorp

freshpopcorn wrote: »

What's the deal with pupping external doors inside?

They either came off the back of a lorry or someone is missing their patio doors.

accensi0n

The poor kid on the wall side of that seesaw

xeresod

freshpopcorn wrote: »

What's the deal with pupping external doors inside?

They're between the kitchen and back sitting room which was probably added as a later extension so I reckon the doors could have been the original ones out to the garden!

anewme

BattleCorp wrote: »

They either came off the back of a lorry or someone is missing their patio doors.

Why on earth would you think that?

lawred2

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm getting a porcelain fetish vibe more than anything. That lampshade is one serious piece of work.


But no horse or religious representation.


So, more someone with a high level of individual taste.


Can you imagine what the estate agent was thinking as they took the photos?

a high level of individual taste?

you got a high level of taste from that mess?

lawred2

lawred2 wrote: »

a high level of individual taste?

you got a high level of taste from that mess?

Missed the key word there, Chief.

BattleCorp

anewme wrote: »

Why on earth would you think that?

I plead the 5th.

lawred2

Deleted User wrote: »

Missed the key word there, Chief.

not really...

individual taste can mean anything

edit - sorry I get you now