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From the ones I've seen it's either was a cheap rental with a lick of paint or someone lived in there for 80 years, it was sold cheap to a developer and they've just gone the easy option.
Admittedly the one I'm looking to buy is something along the lines of the second but at least they left in some fireplaces and the like.
A remarkable number of houses which have had the same person living there for dozens of years seem to have had the fireplaces ripped out and replaced by shitty gas fires.
Nice size but I find all those properties where all the period features have been gutted and you're just left with some magnolia boxes a bit depressing.