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Strange Houses You Have Looked At To Buy
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Many years ago I went to view a house, it was a terraced, the lounge had a fish pond under the floor and you viewed it by the glass lid set into the floor. It was weird. Needless to say I didn't buy it. Have anyone else strange viewings?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Before we bought the house we're in now, we viewed a house I had been to visit as a child (approx 1977/78) with my father who was doing a bit of work for the then owners. I remembered it as an almost magical place, VERY 1970s in design, stunning, all sharp lines, psychedelic decor, open planned and I can smell it to this day - clean like a new toy. When my hubby and I viewed it in the early 90s - what a shock! All the windows were head height - you had to stand on tiptoes to look out, it had horrendous stone floors and the bedrooms looked like public toilets. Needless to say, we didn't make an offer....
Went to one, pictured in the particulars as having a lovely, established garden full of mature trees. When I got there, I couldn't find this garden. Then I saw what the photographer had done. He'd taken the shots across the churchyard next door, carefully aligning the camera to miss out the graves and head stones.
Another, advertised as "convenient for the railway" was well over a mile from the nearest station. But it was convenient for suicides. The main line was next door but one, 50 yards from the front door.
A third, a fine Queen Anne pile, was described as being rural and possessing atmosphere. True enough, it was outside the town and the 'atmosphere' was from the adjacent chicken processing factory.
Another, advertised as "convenient for the railway" was well over a mile from the nearest station. But it was convenient for suicides. The main line was next door but one, 50 yards from the front door.
A third, a fine Queen Anne pile, was described as being rural and possessing atmosphere. True enough, it was outside the town and the 'atmosphere' was from the adjacent chicken processing factory.
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I viewed a beautiful bungalow overlooking the river wye, it had no vehicular access. The neighbour refused to let anyone drive over their land. So you had to park at the bottom of the hill and walk up your access path. Furniture had to be carried up from the bottom of the hill too. Nasty neighbours. Didn't find this out until years later. We didn't buy it because our sale fell through. We met someone years later who's secretary had bought it, and heard the sorry tale of all the problems they had from the neighbours. We had a lucky escape.
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Imagine going for a house that looks like Hitler!
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