Period style light switches!

[jocelyn plummer]

Amusing feedback from our Estate Agent who showed some people around our period (circa 1900) house today-----they were very concerned to see that the house has 'those funny old fashioned light switches' so has it been re wired?' see picture below (yes I know its sideways on!)--the previous owners put those in and I actually quite like them. But it just goes to show how easy it is to fool the untrained eye!!!!!!!

 

[CliffordPope]

Sorry, not clear whether you are saying the viewer was fooled into thinking it was an original fitting, or foooled into thinking the house must have been rewired just because it had a repro light switch?


Silly question - why is it sideways?

 

[88v8]

When we sold our beautiful previous house with its old switches I lovingly installed, the agent advised me to remove at least the brass ones and replace with Bakelite. He was right. So many ignorant people around who are afraid of anything 'different'.
Even though the Bakelite ones unscrewed just the same as the brass.......

Ivor

 

[jocelyn plummer]

They thought it was the original light fitting and indicative of the state of the wiring!!

Sideways because I just held the phone camera the wrong way round I expect and then did not notice when I put into 'my pictures,' otherwise I would have rotated the image!!!

Interesting reactions to this house as we are getting the younger hopefuls who want a character property and then promptly want to knock all the internal walls around and install plastic windows and make a very cheeky offer on the strength of that alone!--one couple did manage to say that they would secondary glaze---then we get the mature downsizers whose kids have flown the nest and are looking for a character property as a doer upper and are house hunting well within their budget. Oh well, we will see.

 

[Owain]

Obviously only those people who say "I'm so glad you haven't ripped out all those lovely old light switches" will be invited back for a second viewing.

Anyone who actually notices they're repro (the ball of the dolly being in an oval slot being a giveaway) might be offered a KitKat and the opportunity to admire your collection of heritage paint left-overs in the tweeny's cupboard.