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Emma Forrest's avatar

We did a summer house exchange to a round one on top of a mountain thirty five years ago and we still can't talk about it as a family, it was so traumatic.

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The Sophist's avatar

The secret architectural shame of roundhouses. It's time to break the taboo.

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Effie Burns's avatar

I very much enjoyed reading that, a perfect start to the day and way more entertaining than flicking through the property pages of the Yorkshire Post.

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The Sophist's avatar

As a big fan of the Yorkshire Post I could not possibly comment [but thankyou so much].

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Wendy Varley's avatar

The pointy bathroom is giving me claustrophobia. And the monastery is giving me agoraphobia. The old ballroom with the meringue ceiling looks fun but fiddly. Thanks for reminding me to stay put, Sophie.

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The Sophist's avatar

Ahahahahahah c'est mon plaisir. A service I hadn't quite realised I was providing.

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Tess's avatar

The round one does not look good for mental health. The tiny window doors in the bedroom are also freaking me out. Nightmares.

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The Sophist's avatar

So very nightmarish. And yet I'd love to be its neighbour and walk past it every day.

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Tess's avatar

Could pop little surprises behind the squares for them when they open the doors each morning

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Gladys Elskens's avatar

The Old Ballroom left me speechless! And it's is in my area! Loved reading this, although looking at what the price I paid for my Brixton flat would get me literally anywhere that isn't London has to be a form of self-torture.

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Rukmini Iyer's avatar

Omg, I want the ballroom one too. Maybe if everyone we knew clubbed together it could be... a clubhouse?

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BethKilkenny's avatar

Bravo

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Anne Becker's avatar

When hedgehogs get weaponised

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Lail Arad's avatar

Omg did not expect that 2nd hedgehog! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bogz2xZy-bo

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