{"id":69580,"date":"2017-10-20T19:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/all-the-places-ill-never-live-a-period-property-with-usb-plug-sockets\/"},"modified":"2017-10-20T19:03:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T12:03:40","slug":"all-the-places-ill-never-live-a-period-property-with-usb-plug-sockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/all-the-places-ill-never-live-a-period-property-with-usb-plug-sockets\/","title":{"rendered":"All the places I\u2019ll never live: a period property with USB plug sockets"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFor the homeowner who wants everything: a 19th-century cottage with original beams and a brick fireplace that can deal with modern electrical demandsPeople will pay more for a period property. For years, this baffled me. \u201cWhy pay extra for a house that has a downstairs bathroom, needs endless repairs, and has had someone die in it?\u201d I\u2019d wonder. \u201cNostalgia must be one hell of a drug.\u201dI now know that many homebuyers think about resale value, and the joy of waking up in a high-ceilinged room flooded with daylight from sash windows. For buying to let, there are generous room sizes and the potential for modification to maximise occupancy. But what these future landlords don\u2019t think about enough is plug sockets. How is any modern human meant to survive with only two double plug sockets per room? Don\u2019t get me wrong, I like an ornate fireplace, but the mounting tension in the living room over who unplugged whose phone puts its beauty into\u00a0perspective. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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