Where I live

Sundae · 10-31-2005, 09:36 AM

I was going to post this pic to illustrate why I don't get any trick or treaters, but it didn't seem appropriate somehow.

So am posting here in the hope that if I show mine, you'll show yours!

My flat is on the ground floor of this building - the windows you see are my front room.

York · 10-31-2005, 11:40 AM

this is our house

jinx · 10-31-2005, 12:01 PM

We live here;

Undertoad · 10-31-2005, 04:30 PM

Decorated for last Xmas. My only asset in life is mortgaged right up to the limit.

Saddam Hussein · 10-31-2005, 04:55 PM

Not quit as nice as all of yours but surely much better security.

Cyclefrance · 10-31-2005, 06:31 PM

Here's my pad - shows what happens if you reach 'old fart' age and status and have been lucky to move at the right time in the UK housing market. It all started with a small two bedroom job needing loads of work in a not so popular part of a town called Epsom.

We've moved a total of 5 times (so far - well, who knows...) in our 30+ years of marriage. This came up at the wrong time from a family size point of view (we still had our two boys living at home as teenagers and we only had two bedrooms in this place), but the right time price-wise. We managed to get an extra bedroom added in time to prevent the domestic equivalent of World War 3.

The house is the gate house to a park and was originally just the square bit with the funny chimney stack sat in the middle of it. It dates back from mid 1800's and has been extended a number of times since the 1950's. There is a wierd-looking main house in the park itself, that has been divided into five separate houses. I'll post a picture of it later. The main house claim to fame is that it was used by Joe Kennedy when he was here as US Ambassador during WW2 - like to think that JFK may have run around my garden when he was a boy....

Elspode · 11-01-2005, 01:24 PM

*Awesome* digs, CF. The sunroom/greenhouse is tres groovy. Must be rather pastoral where you are.

I'll post a picture of my wholly unremarkable suburban early-60's ranch hovel sometime soon. Looks a lot better now that the toilet and dead monitor and lawnmower are out of the driveway.

Cyclefrance · 11-01-2005, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

*Awesome* digs, CF. The sunroom/greenhouse is tres groovy. Must be rather pastoral where you are.

As ever, nothing is exactly as it seems, there's always a trade off. We do have fields of horses on one side, the village road on the other (all very twee!). We get a lot of Harleys at weekends as there is a regular meet at Box Hill which is just down the road (I don't mind the HOGs and their machines - they're some of the best around, that's people and bikes). Our real trade-off is that we're only half a mile from the London Orbital Motorway, the M25 - busiest highway in the UK. It's OK when the wind is blowing from the south or west, but east and north winds just carry its noise staright into our yard (it doesn't help that the section of M-way we are next to is the only concrete section on the whole thing - so tires make a nice loud 'flap-flap-flap' noise as they cross from one concrete slab to the next). We don't notice it so much now, but visitors certainly do. Still a great place to be, all the same.

seakdivers · 11-01-2005, 07:49 PM

CF - I love your house!!

We just rebuilt ours over the last two years, because our original house burned down in 2003. We used the same foundation, so we went from a one story rectangle box to a two story rectangle box. The character of the place is all on the inside, as the outside is a bit boring.

FloridaDragon · 11-01-2005, 08:25 PM

I agree with the rest CF, wonderful place! Looks like it has a lot of character.

This is the part of our house that I like the best :

capnhowdy · 11-01-2005, 08:38 PM

now that's nice

Hurricane brewing in the background?

FloridaDragon · 11-01-2005, 08:39 PM

Of course that same view looked like this last week as Wilma passed over:

capnhowdy · 11-01-2005, 08:40 PM

man who live in glass house......

FEAR HURRICANE!

ashke · 11-01-2005, 08:46 PM

I live at school:

FloridaDragon · 11-01-2005, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by capnhowdy

man who live in glass house......
FEAR HURRICANE!

We sure are tired of them ... that is the problem with paradise, there is always a catch!

10-31-2005, 09:36 AM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Where I live I was going to post this pic to illustrate why I don't get any trick or treaters, but it didn't seem appropriate somehow. So am posting here in the hope that if I show mine, you'll show yours! My flat is on the ground floor of this building - the windows you see are my front room. Attached Images

10-31-2005, 12:01 PM	#3
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	We live here; __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

10-31-2005, 04:55 PM	#5
Saddam Hussein The CIA faked my death Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: with OBL in the White House basement Posts: 61	Not quit as nice as all of yours but surely much better security. Attached Images

10-31-2005, 06:31 PM	#6
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Here's my pad - shows what happens if you reach 'old fart' age and status and have been lucky to move at the right time in the UK housing market. It all started with a small two bedroom job needing loads of work in a not so popular part of a town called Epsom. We've moved a total of 5 times (so far - well, who knows...) in our 30+ years of marriage. This came up at the wrong time from a family size point of view (we still had our two boys living at home as teenagers and we only had two bedrooms in this place), but the right time price-wise. We managed to get an extra bedroom added in time to prevent the domestic equivalent of World War 3. The house is the gate house to a park and was originally just the square bit with the funny chimney stack sat in the middle of it. It dates back from mid 1800's and has been extended a number of times since the 1950's. There is a wierd-looking main house in the park itself, that has been divided into five separate houses. I'll post a picture of it later. The main house claim to fame is that it was used by Joe Kennedy when he was here as US Ambassador during WW2 - like to think that JFK may have run around my garden when he was a boy.... Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears Last edited by Cyclefrance; 10-31-2005 at 06:39 PM.

11-01-2005, 01:24 PM	#7
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Awesome digs, CF. The sunroom/greenhouse is tres groovy. Must be rather pastoral where you are. I'll post a picture of my wholly unremarkable suburban early-60's ranch hovel sometime soon. Looks a lot better now that the toilet and dead monitor and lawnmower are out of the driveway. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-31-2005, 11:40 AM	#2
York Operations Operative Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tienen , Belgium Posts: 537	this is our house

10-31-2005, 04:30 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Decorated for last Xmas. My only asset in life is mortgaged right up to the limit.

11-01-2005, 07:49 PM	#9
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	CF - I love your house!! We just rebuilt ours over the last two years, because our original house burned down in 2003. We used the same foundation, so we went from a one story rectangle box to a two story rectangle box. The character of the place is all on the inside, as the outside is a bit boring.

11-01-2005, 08:25 PM	#10
FloridaDragon ... Maintaining .... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: FireAnt Hell Posts: 196	I agree with the rest CF, wonderful place! Looks like it has a lot of character. This is the part of our house that I like the best : Attached Images

11-01-2005, 08:38 PM	#11
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	now that's nice Hurricane brewing in the background? __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

11-01-2005, 08:39 PM	#12
FloridaDragon ... Maintaining .... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: FireAnt Hell Posts: 196	Of course that same view looked like this last week as Wilma passed over: Attached Images

11-01-2005, 08:40 PM	#13
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	man who live in glass house...... FEAR HURRICANE! __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

11-01-2005, 08:46 PM	#14
ashke Don't look at me! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 288	I live at school:

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