Who knew?
I was sent this link today:
http://www.pickwickestates.com/Default2.aspx?ID=324&Page=detail
The accompanying message suggested it showed my previous house in Upland Road. I had to take several long hard looks before I realised it was indeed the same house. I have never formed any attachment to these project properties but I confess to being a little puzzled by this subsequent makeover. Not because I feel that the house could not be improved upon and obviously we all have very different tastes, but because what was the essence of the house seems to have been removed. The original windows have been removed, as have the lovely original fire surrounds. In their place modern reproductions have been installed. The lovingly restored floors have been covered in ubiquitous beige carpet.Why have a pastiche when the real thing was already there I wonder?
Happily for the owners, and that lovely old house, the property always had good bones and I do hope that the new buyers will eliminate that show home look that is so proudly trumpeted in the particulars and let the house breathe again. Our before pictures can be seen here:
http://www.helent.co.uk/uploadroad.php