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If you look at how the stairs are drawn, they would suggest the bedrooms are in the basement.
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OwlFancier posted:also is there not any sort of shower or bath? I've seen bathrooms that have a drain in the floor and a shower head in the ceiling. Might be what's going on here.
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May 14, 2024 21:32
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Flipperwaldt posted:If you look at how the stairs are drawn, they would suggest the bedrooms are in the basement. Nah, it's just that the roof is angled and looks much shorter from in front than it actually is
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May 14, 2024 21:32
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Your bedrooms are in another castle.
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Kit Walker posted:Nah, it's just that the roof is angled and looks much shorter from in front than it actually is I don't get how those stairs on the plan are supposed to work though. You should be able to see them in the kitchen.
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May 14, 2024 21:47
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GoodyTwoShoes posted:Buildings from before central heating, that couldn't be updated (no space, in this one), have fancy space-heaters so you can pretend you aren't freezing solid at night. Oh I know aaaall about old, cold houses, my house has central heating in 3 rooms only, everywhere else, is an icebox in winter. I'm puzzled by the fact that in the other bedroom, which is also tiny, they have 2 little stoves, and I think, a plug-in radiator as well.
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May 14, 2024 21:51
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THEY CALLED HIM... THE SLATEMASTER
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America: Tiny homes are so cute and trendy! Victorian Ireland: Hold my beer.
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Facebook Aunt posted:America: Tiny homes are so cute and trendy! 
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Pookah posted:Look at this adorable little house! I think at least one late 90's adventure game happened here.
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May 15, 2024 04:37
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Flipperwaldt posted:If you look at how the stairs are drawn, they would suggest the bedrooms are in the basement. A basement? In an Irish house?!  
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Stexils posted:fmv adventure game house Neddy Seagoon posted:I reckon you could definitely cobble an FMV adventure game together out of those photos. I swear I could hear 90's FMV filler synth playing while clicking through them. Blue Footed Booby posted:Lmao that house could easily be the setting of a B-list adventure game. Respect. StoryTime posted:That fireplace looks like the worst 90' FMV adventure game puzzle ever devised. Winklebottom posted:I enjoy the leopard skin highlighted like it is an interactable item in a point-n-click adventure game By popular demand posted:I think at least one late 90's adventure game happened here.
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Poo In An Alleyway posted:A basement? In an Irish house?! I'm going to regret asking this but...if no basement then where keep potato?
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May 15, 2024 10:38
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In an unfinished root cellar
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In a vodka bottle. DUH
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I'm going to regret asking this but...if no basement then where keep potato? In belly.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I'm going to regret asking this but...if no basement then where keep potato? England
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Poo In An Alleyway posted:A basement? In an Irish house?!
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Flipperwaldt posted:Oh? What's the deal there? Rock? Swamp? In Cork it's marshland. I've only ever encountered basements in Dublin restaurants because the toilets are usually down there.
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May 15, 2024 13:08
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The house I grew up (Wicklow) had not only got a basement, it had a feckin wine cellar down under the basement. It hadn't been used as an actual wine cellar for years, but it was still kind of cool and spooky to go down there. There was even a little natural spring in one corner.
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Basements are very uncommon in the UK unless it's a rather grand house or a pub. I would presume the trend extends to Ireland. I don't know if there's a specific reason why, we just don't build them.
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It's because the country's made from mud, mate.
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Aren't most places?
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OwlFancier posted:In belly. Historically not true.
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OwlFancier posted:Aren't most places? No, just the UK and Florida
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It's water table or bedrock that usually gets in the way of building basements. I could see why the Dutch don't build them, but it's not like most of the UK is technically underwater.
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Most places in England I've lived have been on clay, chalk and flinty soil which is very prone to subsidence, so probably not a good combo with cellars before modern reinforcing techniques.
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Sure, but those modern reinforcing techniques exist. So at this point is it just maintaining tradition out of spite? That would be very in character for the English.
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I think broadly speaking it's probably not an expected or desired feature in new builds unless you're really rammed for space in somewhere like London and you can get more bang for your buck by excavating. Damp is also a big problem in the Uk and flooding can be a problem too so that probably factors in as well when developers are trying to whack up homes as cheap as possible to exploit our crazy housing market.
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Would it be crazy to say that if I moved in there, I'd only remove some of the fake stone panels? Like, I might leave an accent wall or two in each room done up in repetitive rock texture?
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Powered Descent posted:Would it be crazy to say that if I moved in there, I'd only remove some of the fake stone panels? Like, I might leave an accent wall or two in each room done up in repetitive rock texture? I think I'd just paint over them.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Sure, but those modern reinforcing techniques exist. So at this point is it just maintaining tradition out of spite? That would be very in character for the English. Nah now its just a rich English thing to see how deep you can dig to add size to your lovely damp house. Iirc they keep finding artifacts and munitions that stop the digs....or they just hire people who dgaf and will just grind up some vases and skeletons and keep on diggin
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Powered Descent posted:Would it be crazy to say that if I moved in there, I'd only remove some of the fake stone panels? Like, I might leave an accent wall or two in each room done up in repetitive rock texture? Those are heirloom brick-effect kitchen cabinets, there's a protection order on them.
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Pookah posted:Look at this adorable little house! I'm only clicking through the Daft listing for this just now. First of all, this is only a few minutes from my apartment and I'm sorely tempted to book a viewing with my husband and not showing him this listing so he can go in blind. Secondly, did they paint the washing machine or is that my imagination?
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There are only two actual windows, one in the bathroom, plus the skylight in the bedroom. Ugh.
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Poo In An Alleyway posted:I'm only clicking through the Daft listing for this just now. First of all, this is only a few minutes from my apartment and I'm sorely tempted to book a viewing with my husband and not showing him this listing so he can go in blind. Secondly, did they paint the washing machine or is that my imagination? Omg please go, some real, unfiltered photos would be amazing. Also I don't think the washing machine is painted, I think they wallpapered it as well - look at the curling piece of purple paper at the top left corner. I think they painted the bar on the oven door too.
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Tbh a 2 bedroom house in Cork city centre for 189k is a total steal, so I have to assume there's a ton of black mould or asbestos under those things. Or it's one of those places that floods so much you can't insure it.
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rollick posted:Tbh a 2 bedroom house in Cork city centre for 189k is a total steal, so I have to assume there's a ton of black mould or asbestos under those things. Or it's one of those places that floods so much you can't insure it. The BER rating is G. It's gotta be pretty bad.
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It's probably old enough to predate asbestos so any you find is likely retrofitted. And probably encapsulated under a thick coating of brick effect wallpaper  I suspect it might be loving freezing though. Old houses like that seem to assume you're going to be burning a giant coal fire 24/7.
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OwlFancier posted:It's probably old enough to predate asbestos so any you find is likely retrofitted. And probably encapsulated under a thick coating of brick effect wallpaper Nope, they assume you are OK with just being cold all the time. I grew up in a big old victorian house where the only heating source was open fires, and you just got used to the cold. Those rooms were just plain unheatable -12 foot ceilings, big sash windows plus the rooms themselves were big. Even now, I can't bear to sleep in a heated room. Even when it's freezing outside I have to have the window open or it's too stuffy. Anything over about 15c is reasonably warm inside for me, toasty warm is 20c The funny thing is that my father grew up in a former council cottage that is and was absolutely cosy all the time, while my mother grew up in a giant victorian vanity house that was cold as gently caress all year round.
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