Pleased to see that this is still standing

[elm]

http://codlinsandcream.blogspot.com/2008/11/cottage-for-renovation.html

Always drew my eye when driving past, but it's been a few years.

 

[Nemesis]

I too must have driven past it, but not really taken much notice! Not like me... must look out for it next time we are in the area.


Hope that it doesn't simply carry on declining, what a smashing place.

 

[yamin]

Just beautiful, what a dream (and a labour) if you had the money to restore/halt the decay - imagine how many years you could be learning about it, what a place.

 

[Moo]

Of course, if we were all to club together, what a wonderful PPUK project it would be....

 

[Penners]

What a great shame.

I'm always amazed when I drive past any house that is simply standing empty and rotting away. Given that your home is the most expensive/valuable thing that you'll ever own, how does such neglect happen?

I suppose many such buildings have some sad story behind them, but a place like this one is not the same as some huge country house that nobody could ever afford to renovate. A house like this could (have been) restored for a reasonable cost, and become a valuable asset once again.

Thanks to its timber frame, it's still standing, but when you notice the broken post to the right of the oriel window, you have to wonder how long it's got.

 

[Penners]

Of course, if we were all to club together, what a wonderful PPUK project it would be....

I'm in for ten quid. I shall need the rest of my funds to afford the 400-mile round-trip drive to work there, each day.

 

[Moo]

Cheapskate.

 

[Penners]

Profligate.