Someone seems to have gone out of their way to grow ivy over this new build property

[KievLoverTwo]

Words, anyone?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/139142411

I think it looks lovely. It is better than that awful bare look new houses have.

I mean it's from 2007 so I'd barely call that a new build in my mind! Plenty of time for ivy to grow. I'd be worried about my brickwork!

I call anything under thirty years old a new build cos they all look the same to me.

Exactly.

Have a look at the street view, it's even worse.

I quite like the ivy! But why do people not get appliances built in? That washing machine ruins the look of the whole kitchen!

First thing we did was remove it
It was so round the door - full of bugs and worse ....

I really like it! Would love to cover up my ugly house 😄

@Leovaldie we didn’t get built in appliances because the sizes were too small. We have 3 kids and big dogs so needed huge ones. Built in looks so much better I agree!

@KievLoverTwo I'm 30, so to me that seems like an old build 😂 I guess it's all relative!

Just seen the street view 😬 it looks like a mini jungle! Must be dark in those rooms surely?

I'd never open my windows because I'd be scared of what creepy crawlies are living in there 🙈

That street view - someone didn't like gardening very much.

I can’t work out the point of that mezzanine/staircase. It’s just there taking up two floors of space.

Looks more like Virginia creeper than ivy. Virginia creeper is nowhere near as damaging as ivy.

Yeah that mezzanine conservatory thing is very weird! Is that original?! And I reckon that big bedroom on the first floor used to be two rooms. I’d rip that spiral staircase/mezzanine out and try to turn that into an en-suite for the big bedroom.

It takes ages to train ivy, though. Thick as mince.

Ah!

Maybe they're not as wreckless as I originally thought.

Not ivy though

Still getting out of control and looks like it is getting under the rafters.

They have another out of control creeper collapsing a rotten decking thing in the back garden too,

You are probably too young for this, but it reminds me of fraggles on the street view.

I don’t think so. It looks like an addition above the garage. It looks odd from behind.

Strange decisions were made.

I thought Virginia creeper was worse than Ivy?

It does look nicer than most standard new builds but it needs cutting back significantly from the windows etc.

I'm v confused by the multiple staircases.

I actually really like the look. But I agree that the creeper needs to be cut back from the guttering and roof. My mum has it growing over a pergola and half the house and it gives really nice shade. It is a bit messy and attracts wasps, but maybe not such a problem here in the UK.

I think it looks nice.

Yeah I reckon you’re right. Annoyingly the other house of the ‘link’ looks like a completely different plan so no way to see what this one originally looked like.

We have an attached garage and our bedroom is above the room to which it’s attached - tempted to persuade DH we need a conservatory-spiral staircase-mezzanine-“study space” of our very own. I’m sure it’d add loads of value!

I like it!

I think I should add that I do quite like the house, weird layout and creeper aside. It looks like it’s on a nice road and it’s pretty cheap!

I thought Virginia creeper was worse than Ivy?

I'm pretty sure it is.