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    AndyD
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    https://gfwllp.co.uk/property/front-street-pelton-chester-le-street-county-durham-dh2-1lu/

    I like this solid unpretentious old house. Four decent sized ground floor rooms. All bedrooms are doubles.
    Big enough for us, and a self-sufficient attic carpetted to annoy guests 😁

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      Mik
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      Great fireplace, plus steam heat. The best. I think I'd like to restore the fireplace and get rid of the wood stove.

      “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
      ― Douglas Adams

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        Bernard
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        What an interesting facade. I counted four different window styles, and the portico is offset. Makes it look like there have been changes over the years. But I like it.

        Nice house, what a location! But I would definitely have do decorate the place. And tear up the wall-to-wall carpeting. Love the stairwell.

        The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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          Steve Miller
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          Very nice and very well done.

          I may be the only one left who likes carpet. Cant wait for it to come back in to style.

          Because it always does.

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            Mik
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            Yeah, we have come to the conclusion that carpet is the right thing for upstairs, and it badly needs it. What's there is 28 years old. It was excellent quality and lasted a long time, but we're ready to go. We looked at vinyl, but we have so much site finished hardwood downstairs that I just thought it would look kind of cheap. I'm not fond of the prefinished hardwood. Just doesn't look right to me.

            “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
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              AndyD
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              Carpet definitely for bedrooms and sitting room comfort.
              I reckon when they scrapped the window tax they added the large arch and double windows at the front. The rear is lovely.

              It is in a convenient area for Newcastle International Airport, Metro Shopping Centre, A1 motorway.

              Everything but sea access.

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                Very nice and very well done.

                I may be the only one left who likes carpet. Cant wait for it to come back in to style.

                Because it always does.

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                pique
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                @Steve-Miller said in Fab house for sale near me (UK):

                Very nice and very well done.

                I may be the only one left who likes carpet. Cant wait for it to come back in to style.

                Because it always does.

                I like carpet, too. And light, warm colors. Can't wait for black, gray, and LVP floors to be banished to the dustbin of interior decorating.

                fear is the thief of dreams

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                  Our house was built 1961-2. Three years ago when my younger sister looked around upstairs, she pointed down, grinned, and said "That's your bedroom carpet".

                  And so it was, as bought by our parents after they were married in 1956 for what became my bedroom, exactly the same carpet is there in our third bedroom; and the landing carpet is of the same date (a smidge older than me😄)
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                  We've chosen new, had quotes, and are about to renew the whole 70sqm of upstairs as the other 3 bedrooms' carpets we think are from the late 70's. As is the 37sqm sitting room.

                  Or we could just go on a luxury months 🛳 cruise

                  P.S. New carpet upstairs will be mid warm brown with burgandy flecks.

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                    Daniel.
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                    I love carpet but no shoes and vacuum daily.

                    I've lived mostly in the sub-tropics and tropics so to avoid mold I've developed a love of tile too.

                    Terrazzo is my favorite type of flooring. Beautiful craftsman. No grout. Can be cleaned to perfection.

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                      Daniel.
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                      No cruises imho! They ruin the environment, serve as disease incubators, and people are always falling into the ocean and being left for dead!

                      Living in Hawaii for almost twenty years made me loathe them.

                      But to each her or his own. Jet planes aren't exactly good for the environment and I've spent almost a lifetime flying on them.

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                        Daniel.
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                        The house in the OP is the pick of the litter in the neighborhood.

                        It reminds me of a New England colonial although I don't know why.

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                          ShiroKuro
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                          I like carpet, it's nice under the feet! The carpet in our bedrooms here was done really nicely, there must be a good pad under it as well, because it's very nice and cushiony. We stretch on the floor and Mr SK always says it's so comfortable, he could sleep there.

                          OTOH, there's this:

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                          Which is not the kind of carpet I would like... 😄

                          @pique said in Fab house for sale near me (UK):

                          And light, warm colors. Can't wait for black, gray, and LVP floors to be banished to the dustbin of interior decorating.

                          Same!

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                            Daniel.
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                            I would like wall to wall wool carpet with no pile if I lived in a cold climate.

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                              wtg
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                              LVP floors

                              I love the look of real wood but for practical reasons I prefer LVP.

                              When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                                Our floors are laminate made to look like wood. Any hard floor in this climate is good enough.

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