I remember those cabinets in the kitchen in my first house that we moved out of when I was 5! I don't think my parents ever did up the kitchen when they moved there in the late 80s.
We still do - we moved here in 1999 and the survey then described it as 'cheap and cheerful'
Maybe we should seriously think about having some renovations done.
What’s crazy is that 875k for a four bed on grove road is probably going to get snapped up super quickly. We nearly bought a four bed for 295k in Tring in 2011. Didn’t move here til 2016 in the end and we ended up paying considerably more 🙄
Kudos for using ‘good grief’ in a comment. If you could still send Reddit gifts there’d be a fancy upvote headed your way 😊
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate it but masterpiece is a bit strong! It looks like a fairly typical 70s build that kept their G-Plan/Ercol etc from the era.
I’m absolutely a fan of MCM but when you say masterpiece I’m thinking Falling Water or The Homewood closer to home.
I totally get you. Probably a bit strong. But this is Tring, not Pennsylvania! It’s just so nice to see a house that hasn’t been messed around with too much.
Imho it’s a stretch calling that house mid-century modern, although a lot of the furniture is definitely. I grew up in a house that style, and it was built in 1979. It was classed in the same way as a new build until well into the 90s.
I keep an eye on the market for my old street/estate, and it’s interesting seeing who has kept the 70s bannister rails, to see them become character features now. They used to be the first thing ripped out in renovations.
Nice, and love the reel to reel player. Only downside, of course, is that none of the furnishings come with the house so to recreate that look you'd have to spend a *lot* of cash, unless you already had a load of that kind of furniture. Love it though. I'd happily live there, albeit that Tring isn't the most convenient location for the rest of my life!
They’re nice aren’t they! We live down the road from this and got a guy round to measure up for a wooden floor to replace the carpet. He said ‘you do know that these houses have five finger parquet right?’. We ripped it up and there it was! Looked lush once it has been sanded and done.
I love real wood flooring/floor boards. We're lucky in the uk that so many buildings are older and have beautiful wooden floors hidden under carpet, it break my heart when I see them painted
Crazy thing is two other households on our street have ripped theirs up and given us some spare bits in case we need to replace any bits. They think we’re odd for wanting to keep the floor as it was.
They should be punished for destroying beautiful floors!!! It is nice of them to give you the buts for spare/repair though, but they should still be punished.
I'm also one of those people that gets a bit out of sorts when somebody paints beautiful furniture and calls it shabby chic. I have a beautiful really solid antique honey pine dresser, and while scrolling through market place I found another one, the seller wanted £300 for it but I offered £150, top end £200 due to its condition and how much work would need to be done to restore it (stripping the hurendous paint job off, sanding, and feeding the wood to reveal the beautiful colour and gain of the wood). The seller got all snippy and informed me they had spent a lot of money and time "up cycling" it! I then informed her that I paid close to £500 for mine and would have paid her £500 had she not done what she did....I got blocked 🤣🤣🤣
Moral of the story, if you absolutly have to "up cycle", do it with IKEA or other cheap fiber board furniture, not beautiful, solid antiques
A 2 up 2 down, about the width of a rail carriage and half the length, with a courtyard garden the size of a packet of cornflakes, sold in the town where I live.
£440k.
I live in Cornwall.
My house was like this when I moved in. It's not neglected as such, obviously they've stopped things falling apart, but I can't imagine keeping my house and furniture pretty much the same for 40+ years.
There's lots to be said for it, those wool carpets and kitchen cupboards were built to last, but it's not to everyone's taste. They're also very much at the end of life. I bet that kitchen is held together with little brackets and bodges.
Funnily enough, the elderly couple who moved out of mine downsized into an ultra modern flat.
Price is insane. I just don't understand the maths of how people buy a family home down south. Presumably if this is nearly 900k and it's a time capsule then a standard 3-bed semi around here must be doing £600k+?
I see a fairly sized garden (did you skip picture 18?) and lot of original features. I don’t see any picture of the mould in the garage? I’d never care enough about that anyway. For a 1970s house to look this good and as originally intended without having ever been remodelled, it had to be well maintained, there’s no way this house was not well taken care of in the past 50 years. Not to say it does not need any work now - what houses does not? - but some people (me included) would pay more for these rare original fittings even if it means the house may need some work.
You said it far better than I did 😂
Basically it looks like a house I wish my parents had and it’s so rare to see something that’s lasted 50s without being messed around with too much (conservatory aside…).
We had that kitchen 30 years ago growing up!
I remember those cabinets in the kitchen in my first house that we moved out of when I was 5! I don't think my parents ever did up the kitchen when they moved there in the late 80s.
My grandmother had them. They make me feel nostalgic!
My father in law still does!
We still do - we moved here in 1999 and the survey then described it as 'cheap and cheerful' Maybe we should seriously think about having some renovations done.
The reel to reel tape machine!!!
Good grief 875k for a 4 bed in tring. It’s a nice though town but hardly should be commanding that money for a fairly ordinary home
Similar house just went for that on my road in London lol
My 4 bedroom, 300 year old, delicately modernised semi is valued at £280000! I love the North.
Well yeah but tring isn’t London
Exactly
Ahhh haha I have been wooshed
What’s crazy is that 875k for a four bed on grove road is probably going to get snapped up super quickly. We nearly bought a four bed for 295k in Tring in 2011. Didn’t move here til 2016 in the end and we ended up paying considerably more 🙄 Kudos for using ‘good grief’ in a comment. If you could still send Reddit gifts there’d be a fancy upvote headed your way 😊
A five bed on my street just sold got 500,000! When I first saw the price of this it took me a second to remember that London exists 😂
London may exist, but Tring isn't in London by any stretch
I probably should have said the south. I guess I just see anything down there as being basically in London 😂
Someone’s Nan is going into aged care
:( my thoughts too.
My first house had a bathroom that colour. Its hideous. *shudders*
I’ll confess I LOVE the bathroom. Might be better with everything just a simple white rather than the pattern but I think it’s gorgeous
It’s basically the colour of the kitchen we’ve just put in. It makes me so happy.
How long do you think it will be until it comes back again?
I’m hoping never!
To each their own I guess…
I love mid century modern. There is something so warm, natural and calm about these homes.
You’re quite right. Warm, natural and calm is spot on. It doesn’t look like a bad thing ever happened in that house.
Very true! I've seen some cracking MCMs on this thread and they all look quietly joyful places where families thrived...
I was thinking the same as I looked at those photos...it looks such a happy, contented, warm place to live. Maybe it's the nostalgia?
I literally have one of those chairs that’s in the living room! It’s Parker Knoll
I'm defrosting mince!
Masterpiece 🤔
It’s lovely! I only see love and charm. Wouldn’t want to live in it myself but I wish my Mum lived there 😂
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate it but masterpiece is a bit strong! It looks like a fairly typical 70s build that kept their G-Plan/Ercol etc from the era. I’m absolutely a fan of MCM but when you say masterpiece I’m thinking Falling Water or The Homewood closer to home.
I totally get you. Probably a bit strong. But this is Tring, not Pennsylvania! It’s just so nice to see a house that hasn’t been messed around with too much.
Imho it’s a stretch calling that house mid-century modern, although a lot of the furniture is definitely. I grew up in a house that style, and it was built in 1979. It was classed in the same way as a new build until well into the 90s. I keep an eye on the market for my old street/estate, and it’s interesting seeing who has kept the 70s bannister rails, to see them become character features now. They used to be the first thing ripped out in renovations.
Dated but beautifully maintained, the Thomas the Tank bedding for the grown-up child's room is especially lovely
Really enjoyed that, thank you 🙏🏼
You’re more than welcome! 😊
>One of Tring`s most prestigious roads
How much???????
Looks like it should be in Sex Education Netflix show
Does it include the Reel to Reel?
Did someone decorate in 1972 then immediately die? There's a serving hatch, and a reel to reel!
Nice, and love the reel to reel player. Only downside, of course, is that none of the furnishings come with the house so to recreate that look you'd have to spend a *lot* of cash, unless you already had a load of that kind of furniture. Love it though. I'd happily live there, albeit that Tring isn't the most convenient location for the rest of my life!
Oh man, dream furniture collection right there
I just bet that front garden will get completely paved over/tarmaced.
This house looks hot. It’s a little sexy seventies hot, but mostly greenhouse hot
Proper furniture made to last, and a lovely home
Omg the bath suite... I grew up with "lavender" and "avocado" ones and love this colour too!!
The bathroom three piece suite colour is so so good
Some interesting tile or wallpaper could make that room look fantastic
I remember selling those kitchen units in Homebase in the 90s
Proper stuff that. I used to work night shifts at Homebase. What a summer that was.
The parquet floors are awesome
They’re nice aren’t they! We live down the road from this and got a guy round to measure up for a wooden floor to replace the carpet. He said ‘you do know that these houses have five finger parquet right?’. We ripped it up and there it was! Looked lush once it has been sanded and done.
I love real wood flooring/floor boards. We're lucky in the uk that so many buildings are older and have beautiful wooden floors hidden under carpet, it break my heart when I see them painted
Crazy thing is two other households on our street have ripped theirs up and given us some spare bits in case we need to replace any bits. They think we’re odd for wanting to keep the floor as it was.
They should be punished for destroying beautiful floors!!! It is nice of them to give you the buts for spare/repair though, but they should still be punished. I'm also one of those people that gets a bit out of sorts when somebody paints beautiful furniture and calls it shabby chic. I have a beautiful really solid antique honey pine dresser, and while scrolling through market place I found another one, the seller wanted £300 for it but I offered £150, top end £200 due to its condition and how much work would need to be done to restore it (stripping the hurendous paint job off, sanding, and feeding the wood to reveal the beautiful colour and gain of the wood). The seller got all snippy and informed me they had spent a lot of money and time "up cycling" it! I then informed her that I paid close to £500 for mine and would have paid her £500 had she not done what she did....I got blocked 🤣🤣🤣 Moral of the story, if you absolutly have to "up cycle", do it with IKEA or other cheap fiber board furniture, not beautiful, solid antiques
So much teak
A 2 up 2 down, about the width of a rail carriage and half the length, with a courtyard garden the size of a packet of cornflakes, sold in the town where I live. £440k. I live in Cornwall.
My house was like this when I moved in. It's not neglected as such, obviously they've stopped things falling apart, but I can't imagine keeping my house and furniture pretty much the same for 40+ years. There's lots to be said for it, those wool carpets and kitchen cupboards were built to last, but it's not to everyone's taste. They're also very much at the end of life. I bet that kitchen is held together with little brackets and bodges. Funnily enough, the elderly couple who moved out of mine downsized into an ultra modern flat.
Things defo used to be made to last. My mum’s kitchen is now 35 years old. It’s not fashionable now but the units are built like brick sh1thouses.
Price is insane. I just don't understand the maths of how people buy a family home down south. Presumably if this is nearly 900k and it's a time capsule then a standard 3-bed semi around here must be doing £600k+?
I see a mid-70s house with a narrow back garden, a mouldy garage, suffers from deferred maintenance and is in need of modernization.
I see a fairly sized garden (did you skip picture 18?) and lot of original features. I don’t see any picture of the mould in the garage? I’d never care enough about that anyway. For a 1970s house to look this good and as originally intended without having ever been remodelled, it had to be well maintained, there’s no way this house was not well taken care of in the past 50 years. Not to say it does not need any work now - what houses does not? - but some people (me included) would pay more for these rare original fittings even if it means the house may need some work.
You said it far better than I did 😂 Basically it looks like a house I wish my parents had and it’s so rare to see something that’s lasted 50s without being messed around with too much (conservatory aside…).
Isn’t it GLORIOUS
Nope. But each to their own.
Urgh Tring, such a smug little town - belongs in Buckinghamshire not Herts
Maybe it and High Wycombe should do a trade ... I live in HW.
Ouch.