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Allseeingallknowing · 30/04/2026 22:27

Funnys · 30/04/2026 22:23

no, it means you have no taste

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Snobby!

WildGarden · 30/04/2026 22:26

Justusethebloodyphone · 30/04/2026 22:13

A settee belongs in a front room!

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Apologies.

We have a three piece suite in our front room. With a dumpty obviously, we're not animals.

Hotpants123 · 30/04/2026 22:26

What i find tacky and classless is random people on the internet taking about someone's home making disparaging comments.

bozzabollix · 30/04/2026 22:26

NoSoupForU · 30/04/2026 22:22

What the fuck is a middle class house? And why the fuck are people so obsessed with labelling themselves middle class? Can't you just live your life and like whatever you like rather than whatever you feel curated to like in order to appear sufficiently middle class?

I don't like the house. I'm not a fan of new build Barratt type houses and I don't like the layout or decor.

This. What a bizarre thread. Can’t we just live in what we like and not be judged?

My house, built by an architect in 1967, described as ‘frankly bizarre’ by a firmly middle class acquaintance when bought by us ten years ago would have you all scratching your heads.

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 30/04/2026 22:26

HarkHarktheDogsdoBark · 30/04/2026 22:24

Bankers? Marketing execs? Life coaches?
Money is made very strangely nowadays.

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What is an acceptable way to make money, in your opinion?

Zov · 30/04/2026 22:25

5128gap · 30/04/2026 22:16

Ha. I don't think so. People desperate to appear MC wouldn't have that decor and hot tub. The aspiring MC abhors a hot tub.
Looks to me like the house of people with enough money to have their house the way they want it with the things they want in it, who couldn't give a monkeys about class.

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LOL.

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 30/04/2026 22:25

HarkHarktheDogsdoBark · 30/04/2026 22:22

Can you easily get to a good city or enjoyable countryside or is it a Suburban Trap? I fear suburbs.

Where I live now is a tiny fraction of the space where I grew up, but both were in interesting cities and not far from nice walks.

Ashbourne is lovely. Small picturesque town surrounded by beautiful countryside.

LBFseBrom · 30/04/2026 22:25

Can't tell from that, it looks as though it has been extended. If you are that interested in how 'middle class' the house is, you need to see some of the other houses in the road and find out what people do for a living.

I'm not sure houses actually take on class but places like that exist in very mixed areas.

HarkHarktheDogsdoBark · 30/04/2026 22:24

flagpolesitta · 30/04/2026 22:21

Also why is new money used negatively? It just means you actually worked for your wealth rather than acquired or inherited.

Bankers? Marketing execs? Life coaches?
Money is made very strangely nowadays.

Auroraloves · 30/04/2026 22:24

I like the house but who cares what class it is

suki1964 · 30/04/2026 22:23

Houses say nothing about you

This is the same size as mine. just 4 miles up the road, only we dont have gates

https://www.propertypal.com/kilbarchan-house-140-moycraig-road-ballymoney/1036503

Im very much working class, as is DH,

Funnys · 30/04/2026 22:23

flagpolesitta · 30/04/2026 22:21

Also why is new money used negatively? It just means you actually worked for your wealth rather than acquired or inherited.

no, it means you have no taste

HarkHarktheDogsdoBark · 30/04/2026 22:22

Can you easily get to a good city or enjoyable countryside or is it a Suburban Trap? I fear suburbs.

Where I live now is a tiny fraction of the space where I grew up, but both were in interesting cities and not far from nice walks.

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 30/04/2026 22:22

flagpolesitta · 30/04/2026 22:21

Also why is new money used negatively? It just means you actually worked for your wealth rather than acquired or inherited.

Agreed. Being ‘new money’ is nothing to be ashamed of. It means you’ve worked for your money instead of inheriting it from other people.

NoSoupForU · 30/04/2026 22:22

What the fuck is a middle class house? And why the fuck are people so obsessed with labelling themselves middle class? Can't you just live your life and like whatever you like rather than whatever you feel curated to like in order to appear sufficiently middle class?

I don't like the house. I'm not a fan of new build Barratt type houses and I don't like the layout or decor.

sammylady37 · 30/04/2026 22:22

Pallisers · 30/04/2026 21:59

quite a good insight into what people really think about class in the UK on this thread. Every cliche out in full. First prize probably goes to this:

at best it's upper working class / lower middle class. The decor is not nice, there's no sense of class, style or history. Quite a few tacky features (like the hot tub).

Indeed. I’m so glad to be Irish, we don’t have this ridiculous obsession with class.

Nedward · 30/04/2026 22:22

Are you referring to the price of the house or the decor ?
It's well out of a lot of people's price ranges (myself included).

"Middle class" i think is a broad brush

Funnys · 30/04/2026 22:21

and to answer your question @Inburess , no its not a MC house. That would be a double fronted victorian or Georgian house with a good bit of land

flagpolesitta · 30/04/2026 22:21

Also why is new money used negatively? It just means you actually worked for your wealth rather than acquired or inherited.

TinkyBella · 30/04/2026 22:20

It’s not what I’d call middle class. It’s got good bones but the decor / interior design does not say middle class.

HarkHarktheDogsdoBark · 30/04/2026 22:20

I tend to notice if people are enjoying their house rather than judging their class. Do they have a pizza oven / hobby herb garden / makeshift art studio / sports equipment / ongoing fun DIY / a Dutch tile collection / lived-in, messy or sociable spaces with books or board games and comfortable seating and little tables / a set of family bikes, or whatever

ToffeeCrabApple · 30/04/2026 22:20

Nice middle class home but it's a cramped plot. All that money on decor for a small garden, its a bit fur coat no keks

justasking111 · 30/04/2026 22:19

It wouldn't be band F here but G. Decent size plot.

Wolmando · 30/04/2026 22:19

It does look a bit like a MN house, the sort you get on the kitchen threads, is that what you wanted OP

Lifeomars · 30/04/2026 22:18

Be able to fit my run down little slum of a house in there about 6 times with room to spare. In fact you could buy around 4 or 5 houses on my street for that amount of money.

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