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

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Trigger Happy

Meanwhile in Vancover $680 per month will get you a bed in a bathroom.

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/real-estate/this-bathroom-with-a-bed-was-listed-as-a-micro-studio-for-680mo-in-vancouver-photos-3927000

Larsso30

Baybay wrote: »

It’s a lovely location, almost beside the Black Castle.

Yeah right beside it. My mam just up the road from it. But it's literally a shell, and small!

Baybay

Larsso30 wrote: »

https://clarkeauctioneers.com/property/25-castle-street-wicklow-town-co-wicklow/

180k for 4 walls. Nice location but house is small and gonna cost you fortune to get it liveable

It’s a lovely location, almost beside the Black Castle.

Muahahaha

Yeah I would feel largely the same, living in one wouldnt appeal to me.

There are some good conversions that add floors but also leave one part of it as the full height space, a kind of a middle ground. The big downside for me though is the narrow windows that the planners will dictate have to remain as stained glass which lets very little light in. Even the big massive round window behind the churchs alter doesnt let much light in. Id find it claustrophobic never being able to properly see the sky because of the stained glass.

If you were allowed normal glazing the inside of the building would be a different proposition. But still wouldnt fancy living in one.

nibtrix

Muahahaha wrote: »

Article on some of the converted churches for sale in the UK at the moment.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/gallery/2021/jun/25/homes-for-sale-in-former-churches-in-pictures

I always think that you’d need a fairly strong personality to be comfortable living in a converted church. Not because of any religious element, but they are buildings designed to be overwhelming, with very high ceilings, narrow (but ornate) windows, the opposite of cosy. Unless they’ve been completely converted with additional floors or false ceilings etc. to make them standard room-sized, which then kind of defeats the purpose. I think it would be cool to stay somewhere like that for a holiday, but as a permanent home I’d find it very tiring to live in.

Larsso30

https://clarkeauctioneers.com/property/25-castle-street-wicklow-town-co-wicklow/

180k for 4 walls. Nice location but house is small and gonna cost you fortune to get it liveable

looksee

On the cgi furniture. It will backfire same as the fish eye lense will eventually. People go for a viewing and say, hang on, a bed would not fit there, and a sofa would be a tight fit there, no thank you. And the estate agent has wasted ah hour of his time. I agree it should be investigated though, think I will drop a line to https://www.ipav.ie/

I contacted them about the practise of rounding up site sizes - anything slightly over a half acre described as an acre etc. Now they put the actual size on the ad. (not suggesting that I had anything to do with it, but if enough people complain...)

Muahahaha

Article on some of the converted churches for sale in the UK at the moment.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/gallery/2021/jun/25/homes-for-sale-in-former-churches-in-pictures

This one the pick of the bunch, 4 bedrooms, £550k
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More pics here https://www.fineandcountry.com/uk/property-for-sale/accrington/bb5-2sb/2128004

punisher5112

some random drunk wrote: »

This picture is a good example of what I was saying about the shrunken cgi furniture.

Compare the size of the couch with the steps of the stairs, the front door and the window. No way you'd actually fit a real couch in like that. It's like the furniture images were reduced to circa 60% of actual real life size, giving the impression of loads of room in that house.

I don't think I've seen this CGI crap on a house sale before, very cute and it definitely shouldn't be allowed.
I'd class it exactly the same as false advertising and should be outlawed.

Muahahaha

Look at the bottom right of the photo- "Virtually staged using CGI furniture". Thats a new one on me, estate agents have gotten into the CGI business

In any case that tv is not for watching, its so Karen can have the digital version of 'Live, Laugh, Love' on it or whatever other inspirational quote she saw on Instagram that day.

some random drunk

inforfun wrote: »

So... you are going to watch the tv sitting on the stairs then?

This picture is a good example of what I was saying about the shrunken cgi furniture.

Compare the size of the couch with the steps of the stairs, the front door and the window. No way you'd actually fit a real couch in like that. It's like the furniture images were reduced to circa 60% of actual real life size, giving the impression of loads of room in that house.

[Deleted User]

inforfun wrote: »

So... you are going to watch the tv sitting on the stairs then?

The crying stairs.

inforfun

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So... you are going to watch the tv sitting on the stairs then?

Mollyb60

Deleted User wrote: »

It's hardly Mein Kampf in a bookcase on it's own, uplit with a spotlight :pac:

My husband has a copy of Mein Kampf in the house. I refused to allow it be in the bookshelves in the living room in case people thought the worst. In fairness to him, he's a history and politics nerd so he wanted to read it. Said it was the biggest pile of sh!te he's ever read. And he's read Moll Flanders.

Tabnabs

seamus wrote: »

Unbelievable property, it's barely in Dublin though to be fair. You wouldn't be popping out for a walk down to the pub or the shop. It all gets very rural once you start climbing into the mountains.

Great little spot to develop into a high-class party location. Build some additional accommodation, a small bar, auditorium, outdoor activities, etc. Rent it out for weddings, corporate & political junkets, etc.

No, just absolutely no. A quieter country location you won't find in any county in Ireland, never mind Dublin. There is no mobile signal up that end of the valley never mind any type of broadband. The road approaching is a single lane country road, and extends that way for quite a few kilometres.

This is a rural retreat for the uber-wealthy, not a play ground for the Instagram generation.

seamus

Tabnabs wrote: »

A real hidden gem, very difficult to believe this house is in Dublin at all.

Unbelievable property, it's barely in Dublin though to be fair. You wouldn't be popping out for a walk down to the pub or the shop. It all gets very rural once you start climbing into the mountains.

Great little spot to develop into a high-class party location. Build some additional accommodation, a small bar, auditorium, outdoor activities, etc. Rent it out for weddings, corporate & political junkets, etc.

[Deleted User]

ec18 wrote: »

Have a look at the attachment

It's hardly Mein Kampf in a bookcase on it's own, uplit with a spotlight :pac:

josip

ec18 wrote: »

Have a look at the attachment

Mike Godwin eventually surfaces in the "Who'd live in a house like this?" thread.

Gregor Samsa

ec18 wrote: »

Have a look at the attachment

The badger seems to have a little square moustache too.

Lovely house in stunning location. A true gem.

[Deleted User]

To be fair. Very few post war books on Hitler are favourable to Hitler.

Yeh that place is ok. No hunting these days though.

ec18

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Oh! Probably a history buff rather than a fan, or it could have been bought as part of a collection to fill the shelves.

In my defence that's the left of the picture. :cool:

my bad....it's a bit too close to the weekend lol

Leg End Reject

ec18 wrote: »

Have a look at the attachment

Oh! Probably a history buff rather than a fan, or it could have been bought as part of a collection to fill the shelves.

In my defence that's the left of the picture. :cool:

ec18

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Eeehhhh ... there's a lot of books, nothing is jumping out. Hang on until I turn on my bionic eye.

Have a look at the attachment

Leg End Reject

ec18 wrote: »

The book on the right of pic :P

Pleasure grounds comprising some 34.3 acres / 13.9 hectares surround the house and compliment the wider acreage of picturesque mountainous lands that extend to in excess of 220 acres (89 Hectares) - is that just the surroundings or is it part of the property?

Eeehhhh ... there's a lot of books, nothing is jumping out. Hang on until I turn on my bionic eye.

Mullinabreena

ec18 wrote: »

The book on the right of pic :P

Pleasure grounds comprising some 34.3 acres / 13.9 hectares surround the house and compliment the wider acreage of picturesque mountainous lands that extend to in excess of 220 acres (89 Hectares) - is that just the surroundings or is it part of the property?

The 220 acres is probably state owned or commonage the 34 acres is private

ec18

Leg End Reject wrote: »

34.3 acres, that's lot of land!

The stuffed animals are probably a relic of the past, but a lot of people hunt with that kind of property.

The book on the right of pic :P

Pleasure grounds comprising some 34.3 acres / 13.9 hectares surround the house and compliment the wider acreage of picturesque mountainous lands that extend to in excess of 220 acres (89 Hectares) - is that just the surroundings or is it part of the property?

Leg End Reject

ec18 wrote: »

no did a quick check on the bookshelf in pic 7

220 acres? I did read that right ?

34.3 acres, that's lot of land!

The stuffed animals are probably a relic of the past, but a lot of people hunt with that kind of property.

ec18

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Wow, that's just stunning. Fantastic location yet seems rural with all that land.

no did a quick check on the bookshelf in pic 7

220 acres? I did read that right ?

Leg End Reject

Tabnabs wrote: »

A real hidden gem, very difficult to believe this house is in Dublin at all.

https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/glenasmole-lodge-glenasmole-co-dublin-d24-tp86/4509222

Wow, that's just stunning. Fantastic location yet seems rural with all that land.

Rossi IRL

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Stunning house, obviously well loved too. I had to laugh at the estate agent's statement that it'd be an easily accessible weekend retreat. Who the fcuk has 4.25 million to spend on a holiday home?

Probably the same type of person who has 4 million to spend on a normal home