It used to be a Local Authority house until it was sold in 1991. Over the years it has had a lot of care and work lavished on it. It needs a lot more to make it The House of our Dreams, but we can (probably) afford it.
Iam going to get a job as an Estate Agent because these pix do it more than justice.
There's a compact Kitchen....and utility.
The bathroom compact and aromatic with some black slimy stuff, but plenty of air freshener.Lounge complete with working gas fire and carpet.
As it turned out, there were at least 3 layers of carpet in every room, Quite a lot of dog hair and wee stains and whiff. Some blood spattered on a rug. They nearly filled the skip too.
Luckily this the kind of area where the skip empties as fast as you fill it (except for carpets...). The gas cooker, rusty radiator, cast iron pipe all disappeared overnight. A kindly neighbour noted down the name on the thieves van, but I'm forgiving them. That explains why it cost over £100 for one - they know there'll be nowt worth having when it gets back to the depot.
The neighbours are great. They stop to chat and invariably say what a nice area it is and how we look out for each other. (Uncle George maintains it has a lot to do with not Being Darkies, but he belongs to non-PC World). One guy puts everyone's bins out (though he could be an commission from the Skip Raiders). The bins - Luxury. They are collected Every Week.
