A trip to Homfirth

WellyMan said:
We're going to spend a couple of days looking around Holmfirth in July prior to my 60th birthday, but so as not to embarrass Mrs WM I won't try to re-enact any Summer Wine scenes Have booked to stay at the Foxglove in Kirkburton which is only a few miles away.

Is the Daisy Lane bookshop still going? If so, I'll definitely be able to pass some time, and spend some money, in there!
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We'll be there sometime around late April early May, Lord willing. Can't wait.
 
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What is the purpose of having a wash basin in the bedroom?. I have seen it before in UK homes looking through online listings but it leaves me baffled as we don't have that in NZ.
 
Adrian Morris said:
What is the purpose of having a wash basin in the bedroom?. I have seen it before in UK homes looking through online listings but it leaves me baffled as we don't have that in NZ.
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I've always thought that, it used to be a lot more common in older houses and old hotel rooms. I'm guessing it was before en suites became popular and a family often had to share a bathroom. Thus having a sink elsewhere was more convenient.
 
Had another look at that property, I have to say the layout is absolutely dreadful - it even has an toilet in the utility room! The fact it's up for auction rather than sale indicates the agent doesn't expect an easy sale. I think you're very limited what you can actually do with that space. Possibly I'd use the basement as a kitchen/diner and a bedroom and use the upstairs as a living area. But £70k is really cheap even for that area which I think says a lot. I'd definitely not want to stay there, does anyone who's more practically minded than me have any ideas ho you'd use the space???
 
Barrychuckle said:
Had another look at that property, I have to say the layout is absolutely dreadful - it even has an toilet in the utility room! The fact it's up for auction rather than sale indicates the agent doesn't expect an easy sale. I think you're very limited what you can actually do with that space. Possibly I'd use the basement as a kitchen/diner and a bedroom and use the upstairs as a living area. But £70k is really cheap even for that area which I think says a lot. I'd definitely not want to stay there, does anyone who's more practically minded than me have any ideas ho you'd use the space???
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Maybe use it as a shop selling Antiques
 
Upstairs needs to be open plan and become the living area because that is where all the light is , clearly the walls that form the hallway are going to be supporting walls but that can be overcome . It would be good to see the overhead plan view of both floors because the video is disorientating to watch that might help to see what could be possible . Problem is the cost of reconfiguration plus the purchase price will come to a figure you are highly unlikely to recover from selling it on or from renting out , whoever developed it has made a huge mistake and has left it as a millstone for any prospective buyers.
 
Adrian Morris said:
What is the purpose of having a wash basin in the bedroom?. I have seen it before in UK homes looking through online listings but it leaves me baffled as we don't have that in NZ.
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Maybe for sometime the basement area was used for looking after an elderly person, hence the sink and loo in that area
 
captain clutterbuck said:
Upstairs needs to be open plan and become the living area because that is where all the light is , clearly the walls that form the hallway are going to be supporting walls but that can be overcome . It would be good to see the overhead plan view of both floors because the video is disorientating to watch that might help to see what could be possible . Problem is the cost of reconfiguration plus the purchase price will come to a figure you are highly unlikely to recover from selling it on or from renting out , whoever developed it has made a huge mistake and has left it as a millstone for any prospective buyers.
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I would love to know the history of the building, was it built as a single home, these days the building seems to have multiple apartments, some accessed from the rear
 
captain clutterbuck said:
Upstairs needs to be open plan and become the living area because that is where all the light is , clearly the walls that form the hallway are going to be supporting walls but that can be overcome . It would be good to see the overhead plan view of both floors because the video is disorientating to watch that might help to see what could be possible . Problem is the cost of reconfiguration plus the purchase price will come to a figure you are highly unlikely to recover from selling it on or from renting out , whoever developed it has made a huge mistake and has left it as a millstone for any prospective buyers.
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There was a plan diagram on one of the 'for sale' sites, but they managed to put one of the doors in the wrong place and it nearly gave me a migraine trying to resolve it!
 
Barrychuckle said:
Had another look at that property, I have to say the layout is absolutely dreadful - it even has an toilet in the utility room! The fact it's up for auction rather than sale indicates the agent doesn't expect an easy sale. I think you're very limited what you can actually do with that space. Possibly I'd use the basement as a kitchen/diner and a bedroom and use the upstairs as a living area. But £70k is really cheap even for that area which I think says a lot. I'd definitely not want to stay there, does anyone who's more practically minded than me have any ideas ho you'd use the space???
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My mates son would turn it into something. He has this midas touch. I think he made a deal with a Builders Demon :oops::oops::oops:
 
Adrian Morris said:
What is the purpose of having a wash basin in the bedroom?. I have seen it before in UK homes looking through online listings but it leaves me baffled as we don't have that in NZ.
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I've never had a sink in a bedroom but have known people that have, it's always baffled me to but I can top that! My cousin moved into a house that had a toilet in the bedroom, no sink just a toilet! That is still a head scratcher 5 years on. :14:
It just comes under the heading " there's nowt as quear as folk. "
 
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