Boy I really want to speculate about the racial background and parenting skills of these people. But I frankly dont care about their class. That would make me a jerk.
January 22, 2009 at 7:38 AM
Anonymous said...
Wow. They coated all of that 100 year old wood (steps, trim, molding, bannister, flooring!!!) in white paint. Makes it look like an anemic contractor's special from this century. Takes away any charm that the original must have had. So sad. And any buyer then gets to deal with crappy-looking steps and hardwood in a short time when the paint starts to wear off.
I think I dated this guy. Went to his place for the first time and there was a room devoted to his toys. An entire room. Full to the brim. With toys. I left.
January 22, 2009 at 8:51 AM
Anonymous said...
I noticed they didn't want the address published. They might have been afraid someone would steal their collection of model cars that don't even look opened.
look, model cars and the "staff" to assemble them! oops, except there's no white model paint left, it's been used to hide the beauty of the wood :(
January 22, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Anonymous said...
Ummm...speaking as a recovering model and toy collector, that last photo scared me to death. I've read ads in trade magazines for estate sales on gigantic model collections, usually when either the owner died of toluene poisoning from sniffing too much model glue or when the collection shifted and buried him, but I've never actually seen the pile before.
Don't worry, E. I know the trends in Britain are likely to have been a little bit different, but if that is the original woodwork, (which I have some doubts about) it was highly likely to have been painted over from the very start, as was popular at the time the house was built. The skirtings would have been replaced when electricity came in, and people would have done horrible, unspeakable things to any original features in the 1950s.
Now, I'm off for a swift half down the old Fox and Roach.
Except for that massive collection of models/toys there doesn't appear to be anything else in the house, it's otherwise empty. What in the world can the story there be?
They took all of their stuff, beat it out of Dodge, and the wife finally saw an opportunity to ditch the eight thousand Hotwheels?
At least I understand why the things are in the picture, after all there was a positively desperate need for some color.
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A realtor named Roach? No...noooo...no, it's too easy. Between that and the model car box collection, I'm going back to bed.
January 22, 2009 at 6:52 AM
Boy I really want to speculate about the racial background and parenting skills of these people. But I frankly dont care about their class. That would make me a jerk.
January 22, 2009 at 7:38 AM
Wow. They coated all of that 100 year old wood (steps, trim, molding, bannister, flooring!!!) in white paint. Makes it look like an anemic contractor's special from this century. Takes away any charm that the original must have had. So sad. And any buyer then gets to deal with crappy-looking steps and hardwood in a short time when the paint starts to wear off.
January 22, 2009 at 7:46 AM
Fox and Roach? Sounds like a British-style pub in a particularly filthy part of town.
And now we know where all those missing Toys For Tots went ...
January 22, 2009 at 8:23 AM
I think I dated this guy. Went to his place for the first time and there was a room devoted to his toys. An entire room. Full to the brim. With toys. I left.
January 22, 2009 at 8:51 AM
I noticed they didn't want the address published. They might have been afraid someone would steal their collection of model cars that don't even look opened.
January 22, 2009 at 8:58 AM
Nice work Cecile!
January 22, 2009 at 9:04 AM
look, model cars and the "staff" to assemble them! oops, except there's no white model paint left, it's been used to hide the beauty of the wood :(
January 22, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Ummm...speaking as a recovering model and toy collector, that last photo scared me to death. I've read ads in trade magazines for estate sales on gigantic model collections, usually when either the owner died of toluene poisoning from sniffing too much model glue or when the collection shifted and buried him, but I've never actually seen the pile before.
January 22, 2009 at 9:57 AM
Don't worry, E. I know the trends in Britain are likely to have been a little bit different, but if that is the original woodwork, (which I have some doubts about) it was highly likely to have been painted over from the very start, as was popular at the time the house was built. The skirtings would have been replaced when electricity came in, and people would have done horrible, unspeakable things to any original features in the 1950s.
Now, I'm off for a swift half down the old Fox and Roach.
January 22, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Did they make that weird jutting out addition to the wall just to house the toys?
Nice paint job, guys.
January 22, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Did you notice there are no pictures of the kitchen whatsoever? {SHUDDERS}
January 22, 2009 at 3:37 PM
omg. its so white..why??? why???
January 22, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Except for that massive collection of models/toys there doesn't appear to be anything else in the house, it's otherwise empty. What in the world can the story there be?
They took all of their stuff, beat it out of Dodge, and the wife finally saw an opportunity to ditch the eight thousand Hotwheels?
At least I understand why the things are in the picture, after all there was a positively desperate need for some color.
January 22, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Are all of those model kits included? If so, SWEET! They're probably worth more than the house itself.
January 25, 2009 at 2:58 PM
If I had all that stolen loot in my house I'd make sure the goons, er, guards stayed with it too! Blasted photographer might steal sumpthin'...
January 26, 2009 at 5:57 AM