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Gossipisgood · 06/05/2026 14:40

I think it really depends on where in the UK this house is as 'Class' can vary in different parts of the country. A home for that price in London is probably average, middle class. where as a house like that in the North East would be very upper class.

user4903456342 · 04/05/2026 16:44

Who wants to start a thread about what class is it to have sex on a kitchen island?

Factors that would need to be considered:

status of partner
whether the family silver is housed in said kitchen island
is the housekeeper present
island surface (polished marble and quartz, lc, marble stained with Daddy's excellent claret, mc)

user4903456342 · 04/05/2026 16:42

ForeverTheOptomist · 04/05/2026 09:16

... with Keira Knightly. (Oh, ok, that was Atonement, but close!)

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ForeverTheOptomist · 04/05/2026 09:16

user4903456342 · 03/05/2026 15:14

Do you mean Rupert? I believe he was a great devotee of Horse & Hound. And I'm pretty sure he had sex in the library.

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... with Keira Knightly. (Oh, ok, that was Atonement, but close!)

AnnaQuayRules · 03/05/2026 19:15

I'm not quite sure what you mean.

I'd say that DH and I are middle class but our house looks nothing like that.

I've never really thought about houses in terms of "class" unless you're talking about places like Downton Abbey which is the preserve of the upper classes (and yes, I know it's fictional).

Serenissimissima · 03/05/2026 19:10

HarshbutTrue2 · 03/05/2026 15:51

Yes Rupert. Typo.
In the later books he studied o level literature. But he was generally an ignoramus, expelled from boarding school I believe. Part of his charm. Don't remember him having sex in the library, but he probably did.

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Sounds like the library was the only thing he never entered

user4903456342 · 03/05/2026 19:05

HarshbutTrue2 · 03/05/2026 15:51

Yes Rupert. Typo.
In the later books he studied o level literature. But he was generally an ignoramus, expelled from boarding school I believe. Part of his charm. Don't remember him having sex in the library, but he probably did.

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I also think he read the racing times (post?). And I'm just assuming he had sex in the library, since that was the whole point of him, really

ClippyMuldoon · 03/05/2026 16:41

Rupert Campbell-Black read Dick Francis.

I would love a kitchen island. Especially if RCB was on top of it 😁

I love this thread btw. Most of you are nuts but in a very entertaining way.

MabelRoyds · 03/05/2026 15:59

The way it’s decorated is plebby. could be she works in a bank, been there years, and he’s a white van man that employs a few people.

Differentforgirls · 03/05/2026 15:51

ExpressCheckout · 03/05/2026 15:25

House, possibly, although more Nouveau Riche than Middle Class tbh.
Interior, no, it's more Dunhelm Mills than it is John Lewis.

John Lewis 🤣

HarshbutTrue2 · 03/05/2026 15:51

user4903456342 · 03/05/2026 15:14

Do you mean Rupert? I believe he was a great devotee of Horse & Hound. And I'm pretty sure he had sex in the library.

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Yes Rupert. Typo.
In the later books he studied o level literature. But he was generally an ignoramus, expelled from boarding school I believe. Part of his charm. Don't remember him having sex in the library, but he probably did.

ExpressCheckout · 03/05/2026 15:25

House, possibly, although more Nouveau Riche than Middle Class tbh.
Interior, no, it's more Dunhelm Mills than it is John Lewis.

user4903456342 · 03/05/2026 15:14

HarshbutTrue2 · 03/05/2026 12:09

Richard Campbell-Black didn't read. He always drove expensive flashy cars and wore expensive well fitting clothes. He had labradors and lurchers. He had expensive art on the wall, which he took for granted. He possibly had a library which he never entered.
I think he was upper class.

Do you mean Rupert? I believe he was a great devotee of Horse & Hound. And I'm pretty sure he had sex in the library.

Allseeingallknowing · 03/05/2026 15:04

Serenissimissima · 02/05/2026 23:41

Yikes!

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Horror film. Conservatory very out of place imo.

HarshbutTrue2 · 03/05/2026 12:09

Richard Campbell-Black didn't read. He always drove expensive flashy cars and wore expensive well fitting clothes. He had labradors and lurchers. He had expensive art on the wall, which he took for granted. He possibly had a library which he never entered.
I think he was upper class.

Katemax82 · 03/05/2026 07:22

I love it. It's right near my birthplace (Buxton)

DirtyBird · 03/05/2026 02:56

I’d say upper middle class. I love it.

blythet · 03/05/2026 00:33

I always struggle with how MN users define middle class. Using this definition, I’d say this house is definitely middle class

Is this what you’d consider to be a ‘middle class’ style house?
Is this what you’d consider to be a ‘middle class’ style house?
ForeverTheOptomist · 03/05/2026 00:26

ilovepixie · 30/04/2026 21:42

Why does it matter?

Yes, I wondered this. Is class so important to you OP? I think that you'd find that many people who live in relatively expensive houses don't give a damn about how they are perceived.

I live alone in a 2 bed terrace within walking distance to the centre of one of the most beautiful towns in the UK. It cost me 400k. So perhaps because it is cheaper then it could be perceived as working class, if you really wanted to try to categorise. It is anything but working class. The love that I give it, the art that I choose when I can afford it, the music (which I can always afford), the furniture, the colours, make people smile, and to visit again and again, and I don't spend a huge fortune on it. Just a very small one.

You do not gain perceived class status by buying a large house. To be honest though, who gives a damn about class? I don't.

swingingbytheseat · 03/05/2026 00:19

The furniture no, house yes

ProfessorBinturong · 03/05/2026 00:10

PickAChew · 02/05/2026 23:32

This would probably break that poster.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/169545983?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=commercial-buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=COM_BUY

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Is that a toaster on the hob?

user4903456342 · 03/05/2026 00:08

Serenissimissima · 03/05/2026 00:05

Yes, they have a warehouse full of dolls ready to deploy for the photo shoot

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Only the very best stagers have those resources to hand

Serenissimissima · 03/05/2026 00:05

user4903456342 · 02/05/2026 23:50

You should have seen it before it was staged to be neutral 😂

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Yes, they have a warehouse full of dolls ready to deploy for the photo shoot

user4903456342 · 02/05/2026 23:50

PickAChew · 02/05/2026 23:32

This would probably break that poster.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/169545983?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=commercial-buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=COM_BUY

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You should have seen it before it was staged to be neutral 😂