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The first floor window baffled me - but they've carved up what was formerly a full-width bedroom to allow for a first floor bathroom, and put the stud wall where the window used to be.
The views and light from the back of the house are incredible (south-west facing over allotments, a canal, a floodplain and distant hills), and the (also very ugly, from the outside) renovations make full use of this.
It's hard to think that our big once-in-a-lifetime move out of London could end up with us living in what looks like a council house in my northern hometown, but the location isn't quite the same I suppose.
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I mean that really is what it boils down to. It does look like ex LA housing. I think the fact you've raised it as a point of contention might mean it would play on your mind? Who knows. House buying and selling is bloody stressful so don't make any rush or knee jerk decisions. If you don't go for this one something else will likely come up for sale that you could make a good fist of.
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“Northern”?? Unless my googling is terrible we have different definitions of the North!
It looks like it’s in a fantastic spot, I see what you mean re the back - not beautiful but assuming that’s the main bedroom imagine waking up in the summer and opening the door up to that view.
I have no idea what places cost there, but wisteria (or a rose on a trellis so as not to fuck the pointing), a flower garden and hedges for privacy as suggested by @RodSaetan and a complementary herringbone brick footpath. It’ll be great.
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The views and light from the back of the house are incredible (south-west facing over allotments, a canal, a floodplain and distant hills)<
What more could you want?
You don't look at your house from the outside much. And it looks just fine to me. Nice windows as suggested and it might look great in an utilitarian way.
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Nice enclosed flowery front garden instead of concrete with bushes for privacy, make the ground floor window full height doors, put the 1st floor window back to the original width (weird btw) and it’ll be great. As long as the space more or less works as is, there is enough light inside for you and you like the immediate and not-so-immediate area it will work out. We live in a classically ugly ex-council house but its pleasant to be in, and an OTT front garden makes up for it IME.