I live in a medium-sized Home Counties town. As you drive in to the town, you drive through an oldy woldy village with several cottages, a village green and a pub. Let’s call this village Sydham Green.
In plain view of the road, there is also a very large house - definitely modern, but built in sort of manor-style.
The inhabitants of this house recently put up a sign at the front of their front garden, by the pavement - a pole with a small wooden board hanging from it - that said Sydham Hall.
A few weeks later, they decided that that sign clearly wasn’t noticeable enough, so they now have a huge sign, about 2 by 2.5 metres, with ‘SYDHAM HALL’ written on in huge letters, propped up against the side of the house.
It’s not used as a guesthouse or for any events, it is purely a residential house. And it’s not a historical landmark, it’s a new build.
Is it just me who thinks this is rather obnoxious behaviour? It seems to me like they’re flaunting their wealth to anyone who drives past and to all the villagers who live in far smaller houses. It’s not even like it’s a real authentic stately home - it was built about 20 years ago!
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Neolibera · 23/02/2018 12:29
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