Work starts on the eagerly awaited new Foxtons office on Brixton Road
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leanderman
Street Party: July 2
unlikely: window film lasts forever, is dead cheap and requires no maintenance.
Manter
Lunch Mob
shuttersI reckon there'll be no houses with net curtains left in Elm Park soon. I tried to look through the edges of the frosting on the £800k house today. Wonder what will replace frost on a roll when it goes out of fashion
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
There's quite a few shutters in Elm Park, but they never seemed to catch on the same way frost on a roll did, I'd imagine due to cost.
Come to think of it, can't seem to remember seeing any bars on windows nowadays. There used to be a few houses with bars. Why would you want to live in something that looked like you were imprisoned
Manter
Lunch Mob
they are much more expensive. I imagine they'll be wave 2 gentrification...window film is more taste than money*
I guess if the alternative is endlessly replacing your stereo they start to look more attractive, but they do look dreadful. Make an area feel unsafe too, IYSWIM- bit of a self fulfilling prophecy. There were loads of bars on windows and doors in the bit of leeds I lived in when I was up there, and it was all a bit depressing
*I actually like shutters. And my major objection to net curtains (I think we've discussed this before?) is that many of them aren't clean. Like the ones in the house opposite mine, that are dark grey, with a very suspicious brown stain on one. Ugh
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
they are much more expensive. I imagine they'll be wave 2 gentrification...window film is more taste than money*
I guess if the alternative is endlessly replacing your stereo they start to look more attractive, but they do look dreadful. Make an area feel unsafe too, IYSWIM- bit of a self fulfilling prophecy. There were loads of bars on windows and doors in the bit of leeds I lived in when I was up there, and it was all a bit depressing
*I actually like shutters. And my major objection to net curtains (I think we've discussed this before?) is that many of them aren't clean. Like the ones in the house opposite mine, that are dark grey, with a very suspicious brown stain on one. Ugh
Some people have bay windows though, and they can be draughty, so if you can't afford to have heating on all the time, curtains are probably best, but then if you have a shitty curtain track and can't pull the curtains, a bit of a waste of time having frost if curtains are shut most of the time
Rushy
basically a scrotum
I have the original shutters in my place - including some very unusual sliding sash shutters. Which I rebuilt, presumably not very well as they are currently jammed at about 10% shut.they are much more expensive. I imagine they'll be wave 2 gentrification...window film is more taste than money*
Plantation shutters are the one to look out for. They look lovely IMO but rather expensive.
Manter
Lunch Mob
my best mate had victorian floor to ceiling shutters in her old house, and they seemed to need rebuilding every 18 months or so, so you're not alone. I'm v jealous....I have the original shutters in my place - including some very unusual sliding sash shutters. Which I rebuilt, presumably not very well as they are currently jammed at about 10% shut.
Plantation shutters are the one to look out for. They look lovely IMO but rather expensive.
gaijingirl
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We have plantation shutters (on bay windows) and they were expensive, but I absolutely love them - not least because we're on a fairly busy road as we're close to lots of transport so it keeps our privacy a bit - and also because we get strong sun in, so we can still have some light without being blinded.
Manter
Lunch Mob
we have bays with curved radiators underneath them, so plantation shutters were the only things that offered privacy, adjustable light, but don't block the radiators. that's how I explained the cost to the Northerner, anywaySome people have bay windows though, and they can be draughty, so if you can't afford to have heating on all the time, curtains are probably best, but then if you have a shitty curtain track and can't pull the curtains, a bit of a waste of time having frost if curtains are shut most of the time
I also love them....We've got practically floor to ceiling shutters in our front room and one of them works nearly perfectly and is lovely. The other one doesn't shut properly as some previous chump who rented this place has installed loads of those little clips that attach cables to skirting boards on the skirting board at the bottom.
Whole thing needs to come out but it's not our place and doubt the landlord will do it unless the windows are about to fall out.
They are lovely things though, I love Georgian houses though generally.
Whole thing needs to come out but it's not our place and doubt the landlord will do it unless the windows are about to fall out.
They are lovely things though, I love Georgian houses though generally.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
George IV ackshually
. And they are still solid. The sliding ones had been removed and just the boxes remained - hence the rebuild. I think the weights have gotten stuck. It's on the list...
Manter
Lunch Mob
Is your list like my list? A zillion items long and growing?!George IV ackshually
The sliding ones had been removed and just the boxes remained - hence the rebuild. I think the weights have gotten stuck. It's on the list...
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Cost a fortune, need to be cleaned etc etc. Madness
Manter
Lunch Mob
Frumious B.
Well-Known Member
What's happening to this Foxtons hate thread? Seems to have been taken over by Sarah Beeny.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
My list appears to be written on a mobius strip.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
blinds. Blinds need to be cleaned but cannot be cleaned properly. I don't understand why people like them, except for fashion.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Gaijingirl and I like them....
Then I can't help you!
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
surely shutters gather dust?
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
I'm sure they do. But so do blinds and everyfucker has them.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
What's wrong with normal curtains?
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Nothing. As long as you have film as well.
Otherwise you may have no privacy when the curtains are open.
Our curtains definitely make it warmer - or at least feel such
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Just don't open the curtains! I never do unless I have the window open.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I don't really understand what this film thing is
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
If you're worried about privacy and are weird and like having the curtains open, just close the curtains when you're naked. job done
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
They're not that good at letting the light in. I never shut my curtains. Apart from the voile ones in front of the voile ones in the bedroom. Or if I'm doing the wii fit in the living room in my pants. ie I never shut them.
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