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Original poster

to ADORE this house?

135 replies

TakeItFromMe · 10/05/2016 19:45

I mean sure, it looks a little bare, but I could do so much with it

http://www.quickclarke.co.uk/properties/840/highcroft-cherry-burton-east-riding-of-yorkshire?location=cherry+burton

OP posts:
SlimCheesy · 10/05/2016 20:23

I laughed at the panda.

skinofthericepudding · 10/05/2016 20:23

That panda seriously freaked me out Shock

Hulababy · 10/05/2016 20:23

Had to check some of the other properties to see if the panda was the norm for them! Don't think so.

TheCricketWidow · 10/05/2016 20:24

Seriously whats with the panda? Im also a bit freaked out by him!

BitOutOfPractice · 10/05/2016 20:25

The toilet off the kitchen diner is very odd. And doesn't comply with Building Regs

StepAwayFromTheThesaurus · 10/05/2016 20:26

The panda appears to be unique to this particular house. It isn't in the photos for houses sold through this EA.

Are the owners trying to go viral with it?

kitkat1968 · 10/05/2016 20:27

suspct it is OPs house

OhMrBadger · 10/05/2016 20:27

I wonder if all Estate Agents take 2 sets of marketing photos...? One set to sell the house and a secret second set for panda-related shenanigans...

BoomBoomsCousin · 10/05/2016 20:28

YABVU

Panda is not nice! Badly proportioned, poor finish and adds nothing to its surroundings. Bit like the house really.

The house is nasty. Low ceilings, windows with those horrid fussy pretend regency bars on them. Rooms look a bit pokey and v. dull. The whole thing seems overpriced.

What's to adore?

MimsyBorogroves · 10/05/2016 20:29

The panda was the estate agent's idea.

MimsyBorogroves · 10/05/2016 20:30

Thought I should probably evidence that.

m.hulldailymail.co.uk/Giant-panda-helping-sell-Cherry-Burton-house/story-29239837-detail/story.html

Ambroxide · 10/05/2016 20:30

The house is horrid. The panda is worse.

StepAwayFromTheThesaurus · 10/05/2016 20:31

The toilet off the kitchen does seem odd. It seems like a poor use of space (and lakes the kitchen a slightly less optimal shape. I'd want a utility in a house of that size (and price). They could put the downstairs look off that, or find another more suitable location for it.

I actually like new builds, and that one's quite nice on the inside (the outside is not beautiful). I'm not convinced the kitchen design is at all ergonomic. It's a long walk from the sink to the oven and the island is in the way.

KingJoffreyLikesJaffaCakes · 10/05/2016 20:32

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to ADORE this house?
honeyroar · 10/05/2016 20:33

Its amusing in a wierd kind of way, and it will get the house shared around Facebook and the internet, but at a the end of the day, it actually distracts a bit from the pictures of the house, and won't sell the house unless someone likes the house anyway. The house is ok, if you like new build types, but I was more shocked at the price than the panda, it seemed about £150k too much.

JuxtapositionRecords · 10/05/2016 20:35

I read that article as it being the sellers idea? Either way, the panda just makes me think unprofessional, cowboy estate agents and sellers who aren't really interested in selling.

At least the guy got his five minutes of fame though in the Hull Daily Mail!

LittleHouseOnTheShelf · 10/05/2016 20:37

The panda is a weak attempt to get traffic to the page.
I'd be very concerned about buying a house with a tenant who is the property of China.

StepAwayFromTheThesaurus · 10/05/2016 20:38

I bet the vendor annoys viewers by dressing as a panda to show them round. It's all a bit, 'I'm zany, me' really.

Looking at it again, the kitchen design is truly dreadful. It looks all contemporary and nice at first glance, but it would be so hard to cook anything in there. The oven (and I assume the fridge is built in there, as it doesn't appear to be anywhere else) are miles away on one side of the room. The hob and sink and worktop are all on the other side of the room, and on the other side of that island. You'd be fed up walking round and round that island.

StrangeLookingParasite · 10/05/2016 20:39

Ugh, boring horrible house, though.

Original poster
TakeItFromMe · 10/05/2016 20:40

The one of him throwing the beach ball made me think of The Prisoner for some reason.

Once again, it's not my house! I just thought it was amusing.

OP posts:
PuckyMup · 10/05/2016 20:42

The panda in the shower Shock

wavingnow · 10/05/2016 20:43

It made me laugh - it was a fun idea IMO.

SueTrinder · 10/05/2016 20:45

Book wallpaper in a house with no books is weird (admittedly it would be even weirder in a house with books). Why don't they have any shelving in the study with actual books???

And who thinks that the shape of bedroom 3 is sensible? The architect should have forgotten about the little entrance lobby to the room, moved the door next to bedroom 2's door and then created a larger upstairs hallway that was a useful space.

And the downstairs is horribly laid out. I suspect they were allowed the toilet off the kitchen diner because it's next to the 'diner' part of the room rather than the kitchen. Although who wants to poo with your dinner guests listening as they sit round the table (I don't even have poo hangups but that's a poo too far)?

The panda made me laugh though.

BennyTheBall · 10/05/2016 20:46

What's with the panda? Is it supposed to be amusing?

That's an ugly house with bad proportions and a nasty conservatory and a poxy garden.

Apart from that, I love it Grin

Not sure why toilet off diner is non compliant? There is no requirement for a lobby area off toilets and hasn't been for years and years.

StandByYourTesselators · 10/05/2016 20:47

My house could do with a random casual panda...