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VerinMathwin · 03/11/2026 20:04

£550k in Pontyclun? Really? Luckily none of their photos show the rest of Pontyclun just round the corner.

MrsMoastyToasty · 03/11/2026 20:11

I reckon under that 70s panelling there's some original 20s/30s panelling.

LibertyLily · 03/11/2026 20:12

MrsMoastyToasty · 03/11/2026 20:11

I reckon under that 70s panelling there's some original 20s/30s panelling.

That would be infinitely better 😍

ffoffpls · 03/11/2026 20:16

That's amazing. It has some Arts and Craft spirit in there not just 70s.

I think there should be some sort of law that requires houses like that to only be sold to people who love the style and would want to preserve it instead of ripping it all out.

I would update the kitchen a bit but otherwise it is really special period.

Sidebeforeself · 03/11/2026 20:17

JudgeJ · 03/11/2026 16:45

I wonder how many of the sneerers would rip out all the brown and replace it with frigate grey?

Nobody is sneering? There are other colours than brown and grey. And personally I dont believe how anyone would love and keep the bathroom but that doesnt mean I go for Insta griege either

MyManinCaracas · 03/11/2026 20:19

I wouldn’t change a thing except for the round rug in the entrance.

PolkaDotPorridge · 03/11/2026 20:19

Omg I love it and I wouldn’t change a thing! I really hope we don’t see it on the weeping houses Instagram page having been bought by soulless grey loving fake grass dickheads.

ExOptimist · 03/11/2026 20:22

VerinMathwin · 03/11/2026 20:04

£550k in Pontyclun? Really? Luckily none of their photos show the rest of Pontyclun just round the corner.

Quite.
It must be at the "better" end, if there is such a thing in Pontyclun. It is getting slightly gentrified though, there's a more upmarket bathroom shop for example, and I think sellers must be banking on buyers who are priced out of Cardiff and the Vale and their nicer areas and can commute to Cardiff on the train from Pontyclun.

PollyPocket80 · 03/11/2026 20:37

As much as I love 70's decor I'm a purist. That is a lovely Art Deco home and should be showing off those period features not mid century. The panelling could nod to that era but not ornate enough. The kitchen is probably late 70's/80s. So as much as I like it some of it aesthetically it just doesn't work overall for me. Sorry to be a party pooper!

PollyPocket80 · 03/11/2026 20:38

PolkaDotPorridge · 03/11/2026 20:35

Another Welsh one. I hope it’s updated sympathetically and not greyed out. I can almost see the families there in the old days 🥹https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/94951644?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUY

Now this is what I'm talking about...beautiful

ghostyslovesheets · 03/11/2026 20:41

Brown bubble glass! ❤️ I love it

LuciferOverLancashire · 03/11/2026 20:43

The bathroom is room 237 in The Shining but they’ve some nice mid century furniture

ExOptimist · 03/11/2026 20:43

PolkaDotPorridge · 03/11/2026 20:35

Another Welsh one. I hope it’s updated sympathetically and not greyed out. I can almost see the families there in the old days 🥹https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/94951644?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUY

Absolute bargain for Cyncoed. Those original features are fabulous and I really hope the buyer respects them.

Morecarrots · 03/11/2026 20:46

I knew as soon as I saw the photo where it was! Now homesick!

Yuletidefelicitations · 03/11/2026 20:48

It’s oppressive and creepy.

RaraRachael · 03/11/2026 20:54

Goodmorningeveryone26 · 03/11/2026 19:39

Is that lovely parquet flooring really from the 70s? Not earlier? I’d love to know the history of it - who put it in and when. Whether or not you’re a fan it’s beautifully done

My iLs built a new house in 1973 and it had parquet flooring like that.

bittertwisted · 03/11/2026 20:55

Tomatocutwithazigzagedge · 03/11/2026 14:49

I feel completely transported into an episode of "The Good Life" just flicking through these photos. Fabulous. 😅

My thoughts exactly
i am totally in love with it
I am picturing myself Margo style in a turban, drinking a Campari

feellikeanalien · 03/11/2026 20:59

Not enough clashing swirly brown carpets with non matching wallpaper to be truly 70s.

HellsBells13 · 03/11/2026 21:06

I look at houses like that and think of the people who lived there, the fun times, the emotions of those people. How although no longer there they still can be sensed.

LyndaSnellsSniff · 03/11/2026 21:06

I'd love to see what original features are hidden under all that pine. There might be fireplaces behind the built in wardrobes etc. It looks like it's been beautifully looked after.

I hope whoever buys it doesn't just give it a grey-over or shove in one of those hideous doors with an enormous vertical bar for a handle.

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 03/11/2026 21:12

PolkaDotPorridge · 03/11/2026 20:35

Another Welsh one. I hope it’s updated sympathetically and not greyed out. I can almost see the families there in the old days 🥹https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/94951644?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUY

Oh I absolutely bloody love that.

SuperLux · 03/11/2026 21:17

MrsMoastyToasty · 03/11/2026 20:11

I reckon under that 70s panelling there's some original 20s/30s panelling.

Yes! I love 1930's houses and would be tempted to rip out the teak to see what's underneath!

Love the parquet and the door is gorgeous.
I love that they still have a front garden.

Please please please don't let this one appear on weeping30'shouses in 12 months with a tarmac drive reading to the double Fargo 21 door 🫣

But each to their own & all that.

AbsoluteHoot · 03/11/2026 21:21

It’s like the interior of a caravan within a house.

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