VERYSTORMY Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Blimey there's some posh people on here! Our washing machine was well and truly in the kitchen. Which measured about 6ft by 6ft I didn't know anyone with either a Laundry or even an ensuite. Although my Mum did have a downstairs toilet :laugh: When we left nearly 8 years ago, most of our friends had laundries and ensuites - we were one of the few that didn't, but we lived in a 150 years terrace cottage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briman Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 The weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 When we left nearly 8 years ago, most of our friends had laundries and ensuites - we were one of the few that didn't, but we lived in a 150 years terrace cottage. Well we we always knew it VS. You're posh and I'm not :wink::laugh: Maybe that's why we are so happy here we could never have afforded what we have here back in the UK. You clearly could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Well we we always knew it VS. You're posh and I'm not :wink::laugh: Maybe that's why we are so happy here we could never have afforded what we have here back in the UK. You clearly could. i don't know many people who have them either. I know one girl who has a laundry room, ensuites, Jacuzzi, balconies etc but she built her own house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERYSTORMY Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Well we we always knew it VS. You're posh and I'm not :wink::laugh: Maybe that's why we are so happy here we could never have afforded what we have here back in the UK. You clearly could. Lol - far far from it. Our cottage was in one of the roughest parts of Leicester. Most of our friends live in modern two storey 4x2 houses in the suburbs. Nothing flash, just regular houses. They do regular jobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERYSTORMY Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 The weather That is one of the things I will never understand. The desperate quest of Brits to acquire skin cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 Then you'll love this one. The washing machine is just poking out below the door knob on the right. We had to chop the draining board in half and remove the cupboard below to house it. The little chest freezer (rear right) is where the cold shelf/pantry used to be but we knocked it down. The cold shelf was a concretes slab projecting to the outside through the brick wall to draw in the cold. Wonderful idea in winter but not much cop in summer :-) Why do you need about 50 rolling pins ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JockinTas Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Why do you need about 50 rolling pins ? She probably collects them. What do you collect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Lol - far far from it. Our cottage was in one of the roughest parts of Leicester. Most of our friends live in modern two storey 4x2 houses in the suburbs. Nothing flash, just regular houses. They do regular jobs It's the north/south thing again I suppose. A 4x2 in our neck of the woods would be well over £400,000 definitely not affordable on an average wage.A normal, average house would be a 3 bed terrace around £175,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERYSTORMY Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 It's the north/south thing again I suppose. A 4x2 in our neck of the woods would be well over £400,000 definitely not affordable on an average wage.A normal, average house would be a 3 bed terrace around £175,000 We sold our place to move to Oz in 2008. It had just been fully modernised - fully rewired, new plumbing, new bathroom, a new solid oak kitchen, newly decorated. 84k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndoe Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Why do you need about 50 rolling pins ? For the same reason that we needed 50 milk jugs :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 For the same reason that we needed 50 milk jugs :-) Now I thought you liked a nice set of Jugs Kev? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndoe Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Now I thought you liked a nice set of Jugs Kev? :laugh: Not really. I'm more a botty man. You should have seen how many old chamber pots we had in the bedroom :-) Looking back, I wonder why the feck she ever wanted an ex 1930's council house in the middle of Blackpool to look like an old cottage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sassy Duck Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 As do we. We have never had a washing machine in the kitchen. Sometimes especially in a flat space is at a premium of course. I'd say it's rare to have a separate laundry in uk houses and definitely not the norm. We have a good sized four bed detached and our washing machine is in the kitchen and tumble dryer in the garage. We do have an ensuite but it is quite a small shower and the main bathroom has the shower over the bath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sassy Duck Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 That is one of the things I will never understand. The desperate quest of Brits to acquire skin cancer. Just because "Brits" prefer better weather does not mean they are on a desperate quest to acquire skin cancer...what a ridiculous thing to say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booma Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 the rubbish weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolman Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 The weather isn't rubbish by any means, it is temperate and usually neither too hot or too cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolman Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Just because "Brits" prefer better weather does not mean they are on a desperate quest to acquire skin cancer...what a ridiculous thing to say! Only 'better' for some, hotter does not equate to better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booma Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 The weather isn't rubbish by any means, it is temperate and usually neither too hot or too cold. its rubbish just like i said http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/16/washout-british-summer-witness-holiday-experts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERYSTORMY Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 its rubbish just like i said http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/16/washout-british-summer-witness-holiday-experts Depends on view - I despise Australian summers. Spring is tolerable, though at work, we are already far too hot at mid 30's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolman Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 its rubbish just like i said http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/16/washout-british-summer-witness-holiday-experts No, it's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolman Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Depends on view - I despise Australian summers. Spring is tolerable, though at work, we are already far too hot at mid 30's Yes exactly, even our Aussie born kids prefer the climate here. They used to hate the heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelensvaleHoward Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 You have to cope with the weather in both country's For me summer is not great here but spending long hours in the pool and now having installed some new air con units will make it more bearable Same as winters in the UK easy to keep warm with central heating but the ice was always the worst and very dangerous Either way you get by with the good and bad from both Neither is perfect in my book But moaning about it aint going to change it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JockinTas Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 The weather isn't rubbish by any means, it is temperate and usually neither too hot or too cold. Just like Tasmania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 No - I think the Tassie weather is much better unless you live right over on the west coast. Least it was when we lived there and I know things change but surely not that much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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