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Can't tell if this is deliberate super cool retro decor - or a deceased old lady?

104 replies

Somethingtodo · 29/12/2014 12:08

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-44936869.html

OP posts:
strawberrydaquari · 29/12/2014 12:10

I was looking for a body Xmas Blush

LizzieMint · 29/12/2014 12:12

My eyes!!! That bathroom is something else. I'd vote hipster. Too neat and clean and tidy for an old lady. Blush

Medge68 · 29/12/2014 12:14

Deceased old lady with some fabulous retro bits worth keeping! Bit of a hard call but the wrinkly carpet in the bedroom was the clincherSmile

OneStepCloser · 29/12/2014 12:14

Wow, that wallpaper in the bathroom is erm... interesting.

But, I cant tell if its deliberate or not Blush

LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett · 29/12/2014 12:15

Original old lady wall paper (surely to god no-one would have done that recently???), bought by a vintage-loving couple who have then sympathetically under-modernised, would be my bet. Some of it is cool (bathroom tiles) but I couldn't live with most of those wallpapers.

tribpot · 29/12/2014 12:16

My christ. That wallpaper! I vote old person, it was too authentic to have been a pastiche.

GlitzAndGigglesx · 29/12/2014 12:17

Good god I wouldn't want to wake up in that house with a hangover

LikeASoulWithoutAMind · 29/12/2014 12:19

Old person without a doubt. Definitely some bits worth keeping though!

TheReluctantCountess · 29/12/2014 12:20

Awesome!

irregularegular · 29/12/2014 12:23

Bit of both I think. Was an old lady, slightly tarted up by cool hipster couple but not quite finished. Some rooms are very cool - some are more granny.

Madcats · 29/12/2014 12:27

Wow. Definitely genuine stuff (i am guessing the kids left home and nobody felt the need to redecorate).

I'd worry about having to rewire and upgrade the boiler etc.

bigkidsdidit · 29/12/2014 12:28

Old lady- things like the cables just running along the floor and not hidden.

BertieBotts · 29/12/2014 12:30

I think the red ceiling is definitely modern. And the light brown carpet in the bedroom matches a little too well with the wallpaper - if it was retro the carpet would have been blue and floral.

youmakemydreams · 29/12/2014 12:33

Hipster for sure. Those wallpapers are all the rage just now. I spent hours pouring over them for a small corner of dining room.

DeckTheHell · 29/12/2014 12:35

Old person

DoesntLeftoverTurkeySoupDragOn · 29/12/2014 12:38

Old person, definitely.

May09Bump · 29/12/2014 12:39

It is definitely on the edge of cool, I would say deceased though.

How about this one, especially pics 6 & 10 - I like renovating, but wouldn't know where to start here.

zoopla.homesandproperty.co.uk/for-sale/details/35035703#u0r7M9GFxyTUorQI.97

Thumbcat · 29/12/2014 12:39

Old person who was a total hipster back in her day. We'd be positively swooning over it if it was 1973.

Bartlebee · 29/12/2014 12:41

I'm thinking trendy owners who have no money to spend on the interior.

TalkinPeace · 29/12/2014 12:43

old person
agree about 1973
love it

Floggingmolly · 29/12/2014 12:45

Magnificent house. All that stuff is just cosmetic, couple of tins of paint and it'd be unrecognisable.

WhyYouGottaBeSoRude · 29/12/2014 12:53

Whatever it is i love it! Grin

Tollygunge · 29/12/2014 12:54

Oh my fucking God! I bloody LOVE that bathroom!

Gatekeeper · 29/12/2014 12:59

is it wrong of me to say that I love it!!!! Would hardly change a thing Grin

lalalonglegs · 29/12/2014 13:20

I think it is amazing - got a feeling it would all have to go in process of rewiring and replumbing Sad. I'd have a year of living with it first just so I could love it a bit longer.