I read somewhere (probably on here) that the hideous flats as you enter Portsmouth on Mile End Road were designed to have their backs showing to what was supposed to be a motorway. Obviously the fact that it was an awful sight to see when you enter a city didn't really matter back then.Duncan wrote:Apparently the monstrosity of Southwyck House in Brixton (straight after the station if you are heading to Bromley South on the train) was built so that its main rooms would face away from the Ringway.
Imagine living next to this
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- Johnathan404
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Re: Imagine living next to this
I have websites about: motorway services | Fareham
Re: Imagine living next to this
One charming Edwardian end terrace in small Cambridgeshire village with excellent transport links:
http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s ... 03,,0,15.8
Not quite well connected enough? No problem, try the property opposite with its easy-access parking space:
http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s ... 3,,0,10.69
http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s ... 03,,0,15.8
Not quite well connected enough? No problem, try the property opposite with its easy-access parking space:
http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s ... 3,,0,10.69
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Ooh, a maroon mk4 Astra estate - identical to the one I stuck a deer in on A9. I see the owner has taken the wise decision to reverse into the parking space. I wouldn't want to try reversing onto the A1 in the rush hour without a dropped kerb.hughster wrote:Not quite well connected enough? No problem, try the property opposite with its easy-access parking space:
http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s ... 3,,0,10.69
One can wonder if those houses had their front gardens CPO'd when the A1 was dualled. I'm sure it wouldn't happen these days.
How would you like your grade separations, Sir?
Big and complex.
Big and complex.
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I suppose it would be harder/impossible to get the curb dropped on the A1 than on a standard residential street? For one thing it would presumably be a job for the HA rather than a council.hughster wrote:Not quite well connected enough? No problem, try the property opposite with its easy-access parking space:
http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s ... 3,,0,10.69
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If you look a couple of houses to the left there is a large detached set back from the road with a dropped kerb although it's an older style type which was probably done years ago. The busy road doesn't seem to affect the house's saleability as there's a sold sign outside. There's also a nice looking vintage lamppost in the garden
How would you like your grade separations, Sir?
Big and complex.
Big and complex.
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It can't be much easier driving forwards out of it. By the time you see the oncoming traffic around the edge of the house, your bonnet's already in the road.Truvelo wrote:I see the owner has taken the wise decision to reverse into the parking space. I wouldn't want to try reversing onto the A1 in the rush hour without a dropped kerb.
Before:Truvelo wrote:One can wonder if those houses had their front gardens CPO'd when the A1 was dualled. I'm sure it wouldn't happen these days.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beestonpor ... hotostream
After:
http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s ... 02103&z=19
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M62 house is similar to the M22 house here.
The houses halfway up Tate's Avenue here would not get a great deal of sunlight in the living room. Upper rooms also get a view of queueing traffic
That Cathedral City advert has houses next to a large bridge. Is it the Tyne bridge?
Sometimes think it would be nice to have an apartment overlooking a motorway, the likes of the Obel Tower in Belfast, overlooking the M3. Sit at the window with a beer and watch the traffic flow by
Doves recorded a song underneath the M62, and called it the M62 Song (imaginatively enough.. ). It is strangely relaxing, background traffic noise is almost like the sea lapping at a shore.
The houses halfway up Tate's Avenue here would not get a great deal of sunlight in the living room. Upper rooms also get a view of queueing traffic
That Cathedral City advert has houses next to a large bridge. Is it the Tyne bridge?
Sometimes think it would be nice to have an apartment overlooking a motorway, the likes of the Obel Tower in Belfast, overlooking the M3. Sit at the window with a beer and watch the traffic flow by
Doves recorded a song underneath the M62, and called it the M62 Song (imaginatively enough.. ). It is strangely relaxing, background traffic noise is almost like the sea lapping at a shore.
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As kids, me and my brother always wanted to live in the house on the M5 split level section between Clevedon & Portishead. However, from GSV it appears that its fantastic view has been blocked by the immense growth of trees
Rob.
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I don't like thinking about how badly I am doing.
- multiraider2
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Big house; double garage; semi rural location; views from the bedrooms of the trees opposite. It's just a shame about the A303.
seen here
seen here
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The M32 around j2 looks as though it took out an entire side of a couple of residential streets ...
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 63,,0,7.91
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 61,,0,7.71
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 65,,0,5.51
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 63,,0,7.91
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 61,,0,7.71
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 65,,0,5.51
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Lots of houses on the A38 between Lichfield and Derby. This is a dual carriageway, but scarcely less busy than a motorway. Some are set slightly back, but others are right on the carriageway......
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Aren't there some houses with driveways onto a sliproad leading to the M1 near Watford?
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There's this one which the owner wants to sell.M5Lenzar wrote:Aren't there some houses with driveways onto a sliproad leading to the M1 near Watford?
How would you like your grade separations, Sir?
Big and complex.
Big and complex.
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House behindthese trees, and to the left, the M1 NI.Truvelo wrote:There's this one which the owner wants to sell.M5Lenzar wrote:Aren't there some houses with driveways onto a sliproad leading to the M1 near Watford?
- Beardy5632
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Loving the wonderfully named M32 Cafe in the background on the 3rd link!!Dazzler wrote:The M32 around j2 looks as though it took out an entire side of a couple of residential streets ...
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 63,,0,7.91
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 61,,0,7.71
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 65,,0,5.51
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England - 36/52, Scotland - 7/7, Wales - 5/6, NI - 0/5, RoI - 0/5
England - 36/52, Scotland - 7/7, Wales - 5/6, NI - 0/5, RoI - 0/5
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They've even gone to the trouble of using Transport in the font of the sign, and a knife and fork instead of chopsticks - a perhaps unintentional double entendre there!Beardy5632 wrote: Loving the wonderfully named M32 Cafe in the background on the 3rd link!!
- dragonv480
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Shame it's not Motorway font for the numbersB4591 wrote:They've even gone to the trouble of using Transport in the font of the sign, and a knife and fork instead of chopsticks - a perhaps unintentional double entendre there!Beardy5632 wrote: Loving the wonderfully named M32 Cafe in the background on the 3rd link!!
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Gaz Wilson
Gaz Wilson
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If it were a Chinese restaurant they could use proper chopsticks
How would you like your grade separations, Sir?
Big and complex.
Big and complex.
Re: Imagine living next to this
How about the old A421 Bedford Rd near the Black Cat roundabout? The traffic noise is unbearable and it's almost impossible to get out on to the roundabout.