Wow, built in 1896. I wonder if it's got remodeling restrictions? Because I love the structure, but that wallpaper in the entryway has got to go.

Oh I know. It's atrocious.

Not really to my taste...
... but it is a hell of a lot of house for the price!
If that house was in Aylesbur it would be going for about £1m.

You can get that size house here for that price, but not that style. Housing markets are good out here, but most of it is no more than 15 years old.

Surprise.

I like spooky old homes with nooks and crannies and passageways and hidey holes.

Or log homes.

McMansions are shite. Not worth the nails they're haphazardly put together with. Oh but oh, everyone knows I live in the rich section of town.

We don't really have McMansions here.
In my town I mean - I know cities witha larg complement of fottballers hav them!

Which isn't to say we don't have some bloody ugly houses.
It seems so peculiar to me that architects actually study and train and get expensive qualifications. I mean I get that they have to learn about supporting walls and all that - but couldn't that be done by computer now? Seems to me that the majority of architects must be bored to death churning out identical ugly buildings.

Not referring to the house above.
It's not where I would want to live but it has definite appeal.

My immediate dream would give me a 2 bed ex council flat on the Elmhurst Road.
Sadly, I'd still need to buy it outright (£112k) in order to afford to live there.

My ideal is a house in Bierton which has a gorgeous curved wall, huge windows (on private grounds with an electric gate) and so much space I think I'd have to have a Dwellar come and live with me to fill the place with noise. I'd have a carpenter come and build a whole cat room for Diz with tunnels, perches, hidey-holes and ramps.

Sigh.

It fills a small book with 20+ more verses, but you get the idea...

Vagabond's House by Don Blanding

The intro to Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, by Bruce Stringbean, is horrible. He sounds like Tommy Chong.

Why does he suck so bad?

That's lovely, lamp. Thanks for picking up on my interest in old homes in this thread, about 10 posts ago. Thanks!

That does sound like us, Lamp.
Castles in the air are for the lucky ones. IM and I are simply looking for bricks & mortar. Although hers have a castle flavour.

FTR - I am not posting carelessly, or drunk.
I only realised tonight that this keyboard is knacked. That's a technical term.
In order to type correctly I have to hit each key quite hard. Even the space bar. Not condusive to my way of typing. It won't bother Mum who touch types and learned on a heavy old typewriter - she naturally hammers the keys. And Dad is hunt and peck if he types at all.

Argh. I hate this already - typing in slo-mo and hurting my fingers leaves no room to think.

Oh bollox, mine too Sundae.

Sometimes I have to go and edit posts because, like all the fucking 't's are missing. Or none of the spacebar presses have registered and it's just onelongrunofwordswithnospaces...

I really should buy another. Or, ye know...maybe clean this one.

You could EAT off my keyboard at home.

I've spilled foodstuffs and drinks all over it for quite some time. Also, you could probably roll a joint AND a cigarette from whatever is underneath the keys.

(Did I type that out loud?) :bolt:

In that case I will swap with you Shawnee (good luck getting it through Customs though!)

Maybe ours is just due a clean.
We don't eat up here but Diz is a serious problem re keyboard interaction.

Cleaning tips please?!

Diz eats EVERYTHING! He eated everything! :)

:) Everything inappropriate :)

The fact his hairs are all over the computer desk and therefore the keyboard are not a good deal.

Catspank.