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

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  • #52
    ButtersSuki
    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?

    WrsOJXU.png


    First thing I thought when I browsed the pics of this house was for the price the shell of the house + the structure + the lands it's not bad for the price. That said, I'd almost entirely gut the interior (which wouldn't be cheap) and redo it in a more "contemporary" style.


  • #53
    BattleCorp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,789 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    First thing I thought when I browsed the pics of this house was for the price the shell of the house + the structure + the lands it's not bad for the price. That said, I'd almost entirely gut the interior (which wouldn't be cheap) and redo it in a more "contemporary" style.

    You wouldn't need to gut the interior. €10k - €20k would have that place looking much better.


  • #54
    Mollyb60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,637 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    Even just taking out all the ostentatious crap would be a huge improvement.


  • #55
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Patww79 wrote: »
    mojoscripts_Living_Area.jpg

    (Possibly very small).


    Thanks for that Patww

    The question which springs to mind about car see-thru in the living room is:

    Why?

    :confused:


  • #56
    Mollyb60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,637 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    BBC piece on the new Co-Living trend in London. The journalist isn't too enamoured by them. £2,800 a month to live in one in Chelsea. That is just insanity. Would be interested in the comments from the planners.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43090849


  • #57
    inforfun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,862 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    I would turn into a serial-killer if i had to live in something like that.
    Absolute nightmare


  • #58
    redcup342
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭redcup342


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    BBC piece on the new Co-Living trend in London. The journalist isn't too enamoured by them. £2,800 a month to live in one in Chelsea. That is just insanity. Would be interested in the comments from the planners.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43090849

    Interi%C3%B8r-fengsel_Boenhet-fellesrom-1024x682.jpg

    The living area is much better in this Norwegian Communal Living space than that one in London, much cheaper too and a similar concept with like minded people sharing a space together and collaborating on ideas.

    Spoiler Alert: This is Halden Prison


  • #59
    Roy Melodic Flowerbed
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Roy Melodic Flowerbed


    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:

    And a gold microwave.
    A gold microwave.


  • #60
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    You wouldn't need to gut the interior. €10k - €20k would have that place looking much better.

    It depends on what you'd want from it. Personally I'd be tearing down a lot given the pics and the layout.


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  • #61
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    BBC piece on the new Co-Living trend in London. The journalist isn't too enamoured by them. £2,800 a month to live in one in Chelsea. That is just insanity. Would be interested in the comments from the planners.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43090849
    inforfun wrote: »
    I would turn into a serial-killer if i had to live in something like that.
    Absolute nightmare


    I hope "Leo & Murphs" don't see that or that's the future.......

    I have a vague recollection of reading about some sort of communal living townhouse or maybe it was a Georgian House before Christmas in Dublin though? Or maybe I'm just going batty from a severe lack of sleep at the moment.


  • #62
    miamee
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    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    I hope "Leo & Murphs" don't see that or that's the future.......

    I have a vague recollection of reading about some sort of communal living townhouse or maybe it was a Georgian House before Christmas in Dublin though? Or maybe I'm just going batty from a severe lack of sleep at the moment.

    You're not going mad! It's to be in Fitzwilliam Square, supposedly opening in March though I haven't read anything about it opening yet. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/all-together-now-ny-style-co-living-comes-to-dublin-2-1.3351963


  • #63
    jmayo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,186 ✭✭✭✭jmayo


    Kintarō Hattori wrote: »
    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.

    448943.JPG

    Looks like a 70s Irish bungalow for a hobbit.

    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    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.

    Ah now Stevie would do a better job.
    BattleCorp wrote: »
    I'd say Mr. McMansion ran out of money.

    Sadly after they had fooked it up and not before.

    It is nice to see that we aren't running short of material for the new thread. :D

    I am not allowed discuss …



  • #64
    inforfun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,862 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    I hope "Leo & Murphs" don't see that or that's the future.......

    I have a vague recollection of reading about some sort of communal living townhouse or maybe it was a Georgian House before Christmas in Dublin though? Or maybe I'm just going batty from a severe lack of sleep at the moment.

    Of course that is the future.
    It is the elite's dream to fcuk the plebs with as many as they can get away with in a building resembling a prison and bill them €2500 a month for the privilege.
    Cant have people with reasonable salaries expect to be able to buy or rent something on their own. Stick them in battery cages.


  • #65
    BattleCorp
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    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    It depends on what you'd want from it. Personally I'd be tearing down a lot given the pics and the layout.


    Not all of the furniture is crap but a lot of it is. Removing that would be a huge start. Cost next to nothing.
    Paint architrave and skirting the same colour or at least a colour that matches the door. Cost very little.
    Get rid of church like stands each side of the front door. Cost very little.
    Remove pillars and patch floor and ceiling. Would cost a few bob alright.
    Arrange furniture so that you were looking at the telly and not with it behind you. Wouldn't cost much.
    Change stove surrounds. That marble looks crap. Might not be mad expensive to cover up.
    Throw pelmets into stream. :pac: No cost.
    Tear down balcony and throw into stream. :pac: Some cost.
    Making good damage caused by tearing down balcony. Would cost a fair bit.
    Remove shutters on windows.
    If I had plenty of money I'd change all the doors in the house so that they were all the same style/colour but it wouldn't be a deal breaker as is.
    Repaint entire inside of the house magnolia. :pac:

    You'd do all of that for between €10k and €20k (apart from the doors) and you'd have a nice enough house inside.

    There's an unreal amount of landscaping needed outside but the place has potential.


  • #66
    tea and coffee
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    Why build it that close to the river. It looks like it's in danger of falling in


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  • #67
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    bluewolf wrote: »
    And a gold microwave.
    A gold microwave.


    Yup already spotted and noted ;) Don't forget the matching toaster ...


    Here are some additional photos from Sherdyfitz
    Including the outside

    http://www.sherryfitz.ie/residential/for-sale/79901?view=photos

    Google maps streetview has the house at foundation level ....
    tea and coffee wrote: »
    Why build it that close to the river. It looks like it's in danger of falling in

    Or as the normal case in Ireland- flooding...


  • #68
    threetrees
    Registered Users Posts: 1,281 ✭✭✭threetrees


    In fairness the gold microwave is probably brushed silver and the reflection from the light makes it look gold.

    Take out all the furniture and you have a house that's instantly improved. To fully improve it would be a big task, for example the shape of those windows would drive me batty.


  • #69
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    threetrees wrote: »
    In fairness the gold microwave is probably brushed silver and the reflection from the light makes it look gold.

    Take out all the furniture and you have a house that's instantly improved. To fully improve it would be a big task, for example the shape of those windows would drive me batty.

    Alas they do exist

    Search gold microwave for a few options ;)

    Tbh there's not much I personally like about the house as it stands from the religous style convent design, the lack of any real landscaping and the interior layout whilst ok would be a nightmare to keep up imo. I also wonder was the outside going to be painted at some stage?


  • #70
    orionm_73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 361 ✭✭orionm_73


    What’s with the huge gap under the front door? Plus the need for a gas heater in the sitting room with the pillars, makes me think it could be freezing.


  • #71
    mikeymouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 568 ✭✭✭mikeymouse


    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?
    Someone should have had a word at this stage


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  • #72
    inforfun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,862 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    ^^^

    Didnt get better after that, did it?


  • #73
    jmayo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,186 ✭✭✭✭jmayo


    gozunda wrote: »
    Yup already spotted and noted ;) Don't forget the matching toaster ...


    Here are some additional photos from Sherdyfitz
    Including the outside

    http://www.sherryfitz.ie/residential/for-sale/79901?view=photos

    Google maps streetview has the house at foundation level ....



    Or as the normal case in Ireland- flooding...

    Ok what is with the double opening doors all over the place.
    That works in great old houses where the doors are wide enough to drive a horse and buggy through, not in a standard size door or just a bit bigger.
    They would do your head in to always have to open and close the two.

    Those pillars. WTF :eek:

    The window shapes, was the owner trying to convey a convent or something.
    I guess the crosses on gables does take that religious theme a bit further.
    Maybe the owner was trying to ward off evil and vampires, but all they did was ward off taste.

    I am not allowed discuss …



  • #74
    ButtersSuki
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    To be fair....if you look at the Sherry Fitz Pic, the microwave and the toaster aren't actually gold- they're standard silver; it's whatever is in the room is reflecting off them that gives the impression they're gold.


    #gutted :)


  • #75
    Vojera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,812 ✭✭✭Vojera


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    BBC piece on the new Co-Living trend in London. The journalist isn't too enamoured by them. £2,800 a month to live in one in Chelsea. That is just insanity. Would be interested in the comments from the planners.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43090849
    The idea of living in one of these places on a temporary basis actually seems okay to me. However, it only makes sense if the price is cheap enough to allow you to save. The cost of these places is nuts! From £1000 to £2800 a month for a student dorm? :eek:


  • #76
    LirW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    That's the new trick, let's market houseshares as something hip and trendy and something to aspire to, more or less the pinnacle of modern living so we can charge a hefty premium for it.


  • #77
    BattleCorp
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    jmayo wrote: »
    Ok what is with the double opening doors all over the place.

    Possibly the owner was thinking ahead and put in extra wide doors that could accommodate a wheelchair?


  • #78
    jmayo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,186 ✭✭✭✭jmayo


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    Possibly the owner was thinking ahead and put in extra wide doors that could accommodate a wheelchair?

    But some of them do not look oversized.

    And you can get a normal door to fit doors that take wheelchairs.

    Are those wide enough that you can just open one half?
    Some of them do not look that wide.

    I am not allowed discuss …



  • #79
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    To be fair....if you look at the Sherry Fitz Pic, the microwave and the toaster aren't actually gold- they're standard silver; it's whatever is in the room is reflecting off them that gives the impression they're gold.


    #gutted :)

    Maybe it's me old rheumy eyes but the toaster and microwave definitly look gold even in the sherryfitz photos ;)

    There is a lot of gold bling detail in that house if you take a look at the rooms.


  • #80
    Surreptitious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭Surreptitious


    #whatcolouristhedress


  • #81
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    LirW wrote: »
    That's the new trick, let's market houseshares as something hip and trendy and something to aspire to, more or less the pinnacle of modern living so we can charge a hefty premium for it.

    Probably stuffed full of newvegans and other trendy lifestylers ;)

    I'll think Ill give them a miss ...


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  • #82
    Graces7
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    Dear God..

    http://www.daft.ie/westmeath/houses-for-rent/athlone/tubber-athlone-westmeath-1827610/

    That bedroom alone.... where are my sunglasses...


  • #83
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Don't think this is for rent but how about this building in Kerry which has been recently voted as one of the 'coolest constructions' on the planet ...

    And that's despite the fact that it's has just one door and one window, is dimly lit and measures a tiny 16 ft by 10 ft . :eek:

    See:

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kerry-church-ranks-with-eiffel-tower-as-one-of-the-coolest-constructions-on-the-planet-469617.html

    ;)


  • #84
    Graces7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    gozunda wrote: »
    Don't think this is for rent but how about this building in Kerry which has been recently voted as one of the 'coolest constructions' on the planet ...

    And that's despite the fact that it's has just one door and one window, is dimly lit and measures a tiny 16 ft by 10 ft . :eek:

    See:

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kerry-church-ranks-with-eiffel-tower-as-one-of-the-coolest-constructions-on-the-planet-469617.html

    Maybe read its history and purpose?Was never a dwelling house.. :confused: I ti s lovely holy place.


  • #85
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Graces7 wrote: »
    Maybe read its history and purpose?Was never a dwelling house.. :confused: I ti s lovely holy place.

    Yes Grace- I do know that. ;). Just humour and a comparison between what went before and now

    Interesting though in recent times it's actual use is now disputed by historians and archaeologists - I do wonder what future historians and archaeologists will make of some of the remarkable creations listed on these pages - that is if they survive that long :D


  • #86
    maudgonner
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    Not a day goes by when I don't wonder what happened to the Medicine Woman when her TV series ended. Well wonder no more...apparently she moved to Conamara:

    http://www.daft.ie/galway/houses-for-sale/carna/dr-quinns-house-mweenish-island-carna-h91-c8kr-carna-galway-1679080/


  • #87
    Fred Swanson
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  • #88
    Minnie Snuggles
    Registered Users Posts: 610 ✭✭✭Minnie Snuggles


    Wow Maud I was not expecting that interior. It's beautiful.


  • #89
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    maudgonner wrote: »
    Not a day goes by when I don't wonder what happened to the Medicine Woman when her TV series ended. Well wonder no more...apparently she moved to Conamara:

    http://www.daft.ie/galway/houses-for-sale/carna/dr-quinns-house-mweenish-island-carna-h91-c8kr-carna-galway-1679080/

    That would be a fabulous holiday home.


  • #90
    threetrees
    Registered Users Posts: 1,281 ✭✭✭threetrees


    The inside is gorgeous, not keen on some furniture but that's an easy fix.


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  • #91
    Aglomerado
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    Minnie Snuggles wrote: »
    Wow Maud I was not expecting that interior. It's beautiful.

    That's a little slice of heaven. Some day....


  • #92
    Graces7
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    How about this?

    https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-news/gumtree-mongolian-yurt-sale---5447440

    http://www.rainier.com/yurts/yurt-living/living-yurt-full-time/


  • #93
    Kitty6277
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,204 ✭✭✭Kitty6277


    Graces7 wrote: »
    How about this?

    https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-news/gumtree-mongolian-yurt-sale---5447440

    http://www.rainier.com/yurts/yurt-living/living-yurt-full-time/

    Cannot resist the urge to say "yuuuuurt" to this :D


  • #94
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Kitty6277 wrote: »
    Cannot resist the urge to say "yuuuuurt" to this :D

    Only if you agree to keep a Yak ...

    Yurts and Yaks go together. Otherwise it's just fancy camping! .... ;)

    Like this:

    imag0736.jpg


  • #95
    Graces7
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    gozunda wrote: »
    Only if you agree to keep a Yak ...

    Yurts and Yaks go together. Otherwise it's just fancy camping! .... ;)

    Like this:

    imag0736.jpg

    Not these days, my friend Se e the second link?

    and

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055082577

    So how DO you feel re full time yurt life?


  • #96
    Kitty6277
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,204 ✭✭✭Kitty6277


    gozunda wrote: »
    Only if you agree to keep a Yak ...

    Yurts and Yaks go together. Otherwise it's just fancy camping! .... ;)

    Like this:

    imag0736.jpg

    Wouldn't he be grand for a bit of company, might get lonely otherwise :p


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  • #97
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Graces7 wrote: »
    Not these days, my friend Se e the second link? and
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055082577
    So how DO you feel re full time yurt life?

    :( Nope - alas nothing there about Yaks ...


  • #98
    Arcto
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    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    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?


    Why is there a tilted mirror on the bathroom ceiling?


    https://youtu.be/EqPtz5qN7HM?t=3m29s


  • #99
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    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?

    WrsOJXU.png

    It could be hiding the water tank, given it's right under the roof? Doesn't make it any less ugly, though


  • #100
    ams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭ams


    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/a-single-bed-in-a-kitchen-in-stoneybatter-is-being-advertised-for-800month-36851308.html


  • #101
    whiskeyman
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    ams wrote: »
    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/a-single-bed-in-a-kitchen-in-stoneybatter-is-being-advertised-for-800month-36851308.html

    You could probably stick your head in the oven without even having to get out of bed...


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