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Whooo baby, look at this place on Rightmove!

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OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow · 30/04/2020 01:16

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-90092834.html
So many questions-like where’s the sex dungeon, why so many chairs in the bedroom?

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SeasonallySnowyPeasant · 30/04/2020 07:19

It looks like a set from a classic Bond film. I half-expected to see a bra machine gun hanging up somewhere.

pinkyredrose · 30/04/2020 07:21

Wow it's like a 70s porn set!

Doobedoobedoobe2020 · 30/04/2020 07:21

Well... at least the bedrooms are a good size Grin

zigzagbetty · 30/04/2020 07:26

I want to see what car is under the pink tarpaulin! A lot of love went into this house, I bet the walls could tell some amazing stories! I'm imagining an entertainer who put up his fellow entertainers during the season Smile

leolion81 · 30/04/2020 07:27

@JacobReesMogadishu visited where exactly? The tacky touristy areas I presume. Also police shows are hardly going to show any town in a good light. Stupid to presume this would reflect the whole town.
If you know the area so well you can be so judgemental you would have picked up on the fact the house isn't even in Blackpool but Lytham St Anne's which is an affluent area.

Bluesheep8 · 30/04/2020 07:27

Oh the carpets Shock hideous.

boatyardblues · 30/04/2020 07:28

I dig it.

Me too. I see the potential.

MushroomTree · 30/04/2020 07:28

PP are right though, it's in immaculate condition. Someone has obviously really loved that house.

I always find it a bit sad when you see houses that were clearly a much loved family home and are now being sold because the elderly owner has died or gone into a home.

I saw one a while ago where the upstairs was half packed and obviously hadn't been used in years, one downstairs room had twin beds in it, and the living room had a single wing back chair by the fire facing looking out the window Sad

The garden was a jungle and the house needed "modernisation" as the estate agents say but someone had loved it once.

JacobReesMogadishu · 30/04/2020 07:29

Oh I had picked up it’s Lytham St Anne’s, but it’s still only a mile from Blackpool train station.

Sarcelle · 30/04/2020 07:30

I think Lytham St Anne's is meant to be the posh part of Blackpool. A bit like how Hove is to Brighton. Had to visit there years ago for work. Caught the train to Lytham, I remember there were a lot of pink ruched net curtains in the houses. I am sure it has changed, but I thought Blackpool and LSA were grim too.

Dita73 · 30/04/2020 07:31

@JacobReesMogadishu You can only judge a shithole by the turds that pass through it. Stop being an arse

nogooddeedgoesunpunished · 30/04/2020 07:31

It wasn't joe longthornes place was it ?!

Mutedgrey · 30/04/2020 07:32

Obviously decor is horrendous but so much potential.
I was thinking a of LA hills and breezey condo with an Art Deco vibe. I think it would be amazing under the right owner..

YogaPantsSavedMyLife · 30/04/2020 07:32

I love it. Can you imagine the parties? The amount of Babycham that must have flowed through that house is mind-boggling to contemplate. It's like Abigail's Party on steroids.

The outside is uglier than hell but the inside is amazing. I hope someone buys it and loves it. There's more to interior design than grey walls and granite-topped kitchen islands.

JacobReesMogadishu · 30/04/2020 07:33

8 out of 10 of the most economically deprived areas in England are in Blackpool

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49812519

I get it’s in the posh part of Blackpool (Or Lytham st Anne’s)but seeing as it’s only a mile from Blackpool town centre I’m still surprised that the house is up for so much, especially considered 99% of people would want to do a full refurb. I did not think Blackpool would be such a property hotspot. Maybe someone who knows Blackpool could tell me if this is considered overpriced for the area or cheap?

FredaFrogspawn · 30/04/2020 07:33

It should be preserved as a museum. Fascinating and as someone pointed out, if the walls could talk...

Pelleas · 30/04/2020 07:34

"Deceptive" in estate agent's parlance usually means bigger inside than it looks from the outside.

reefedsail · 30/04/2020 07:35

The armchair next to the aga and tv makes me sad- some older person has spent their last days there. Why wouldn't you move it for the photos?

leolion81 · 30/04/2020 07:35

@JacobReesMogadishu wrong again. I think that particular train station is unused the main Blackpool train station in the town centre is a good few miles away.
Anyway I'd rather live in a 'shithole' than be as rude and judgy as you.

Mutedgrey · 30/04/2020 07:36

It’s actually the outside that I don’t how you’d improve...

JacobReesMogadishu · 30/04/2020 07:38

I googled to see how run down it was and found a whole MN thread about the “delights” of Blackpool.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1810027-To-think-Blackpool-is-a-bit-shit

ivfbabymomma1 · 30/04/2020 07:38

Some houses in Blackpool, particularly near Stanley park, Lytham, poulton etc can cost millions so it's not a complete shit hole lol

EricaNernie · 30/04/2020 07:39

i imagine they moved the bed into the garage to create the illusion of more space,
oh dam, someone actually took a photo of the garage!
one of the bedrooms has a wooden floor though!

JacobReesMogadishu · 30/04/2020 07:39

Oh I’m sorry, it’s 3 miles away from the main train station not 1. Makes all the difference Hmm

And Lytham is next door to an airport. Grin.

MangosteenSoda · 30/04/2020 07:40

This place needs to be listed. Any redecoration would be a travesty.

I think it could work well as a TV/film set.

Going out to look for a bed for my garage now. Never thought of that before.