George Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 shoebox posh website adds 2% Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chandellina Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 even tinier "designer" flats here: www.abito.co.uk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zzg113 Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 even tinier "designer" flats here: www.abito.co.uk Is the word "designer" here a codeword for "so incredibly ****ing small you can have a shit, shower and cook a meal all at the same time"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gilf Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 Is the word "designer" here a codeword for "so incredibly ****ing small you can have a shit, shower and cook a meal all at the same time"?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> The bit I liked the best was "Abito apartments will be lower in price than most city center one-bedroom apartments". I should hope so and in fact a hell of a lot more, they are tiny, I think the apartment in the original post wasn't too bad size wise and I can even see how it might be cool living in an Abito apartment, but not and I repeat not at anything like the money they cost. The Abito for example would have to be £30k - £35k ish for me to think it was anything like worth it. Don't want to be crude apart from the fact you couldn't have anybody round to dinner, but imagine you could and your new girlfriends parents came round, just before you serve up you go for a quick dump, you had curry last night and its a realyl smelly one. The should change the strap line to "Abito a breath of fresh air in the housing market (if you include the seperate toilet option pack). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Too expensive to trade up Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 even tinier "designer" flats here: www.abito.co.uk<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Prices from '95,000' in Salford Quays. 4 times average salary for what effectively is a bed-sit? I think I’ll pass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sold up and Renting Abroad Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 Don't want to be crude apart from the fact you couldn't have anybody round to dinner, but imagine you could and your new girlfriends parents came round, just before you serve up you go for a quick dump, you had curry last night and its a realyl smelly one. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's disgusting. What on earth made you want to say something as stupid and vulgar as that ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Too expensive to trade up Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 The bit I liked the best was "Abito apartments will be lower in price than most city center one-bedroom apartments". The Abito for example would have to be £30k - £35k ish for me to think it was anything like worth it. They would be ideal at that price. Say you worked away from home they would make a cost-effective alternative to a hotel. Nice idea, crazy prize. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zzg113 Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 That's disgusting. What on earth made you want to say something as stupid and vulgar as that ?? Get off your high horse SUARA. Gilf has made a very good point: in those flats (really they are small even for bedsits) there is absoluely no privacy or room for any kind of life apart from the"poverty-stricken artist warming his gruel over a hesitant fire"-type Dickensian misery. Let's face it, there are cells in Wormwood Scrubs that are bigger than those Abito "apartments". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sold up and Renting Abroad Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 Gilf has made a very good point: in those flats (really they are small even for bedsits) there is absoluely no privacy or room for any kind of life apart from the"poverty-stricken artist warming his gruel over a hesitant fire"-type Dickensian misery. Let's face it, there are cells in Wormwood Scrubs that are bigger than those Abito "apartments".<{POST_SNAPBACK}> "just before you serve up you go for a quick dump, you had curry last night and its a realyl smelly one." What, and you really think that that is an appropriate way to convey the size of these appartments ?? ZZG113 ?? Are you serious ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rockdoctor Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 Well it made me laugh. Sounds like a real life experience to me. Want to elaborate gilf? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
George Posted January 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 even tinier "designer" flats here: www.abito.co.uk<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Pathetic. The George Jetsonisation of living space. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest keano Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 Well it made me laugh.Sounds like a real life experience to me. Want to elaborate gilf? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Made me laugh as well.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest consa Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 Get off your high horse SUARA. Gilf has made a very good point: in those flats (really they are small even for bedsits) there is absoluely no privacy or room for any kind of life apart from the"poverty-stricken artist warming his gruel over a hesitant fire"-type Dickensian misery. Let's face it, there are cells in Wormwood Scrubs that are bigger than those Abito "apartments".<{POST_SNAPBACK}> C'mon ZZ it could have been put a bit nicer than that and still conveyed the same message, (nothing personal) but for other users reading this site it is a bit low even if comical. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
No Muggy Bear Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 QUOTE(zzg113 @ Jan 17 2005, 03:04 PM)Get off your high horse SUARA. Gilf has made a very good point: in those flats (really they are small even for bedsits) there is absoluely no privacy or room for any kind of life apart from the"poverty-stricken artist warming his gruel over a hesitant fire"-type Dickensian misery. Let's face it, there are cells in Wormwood Scrubs that are bigger than those Abito "apartments". C'mon ZZ it could have been put a bit nicer than that and still conveyed the same message, (nothing personal) but for other users reading this site it is a bit low even if comical. Yes but problems like toilet smells are real life if you live there, so it is not so comical if you have to worry about stuff like that! Imagine inviting the boss over to dinner (does this happen? always heard people say they do but why?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adamUK Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 anybody got any idea how much these abito hamster cages cost. Considering you can buy a static caravan in Bristol for 150 grand, I don't have high hopes... What on earth is the world coming to??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
George Posted January 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 I don't know - its all stupid. I just think vested interests, its almost comical. Those hamster cages are around £85k in Manchester it says. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Confiteor Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 Love that "storage" area above the central unit. That's going to look great covered in the crap we all hoard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gilf Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 That's disgusting. What on earth made you want to say something as stupid and vulgar as that ??<{POST_SNAPBACK}> My apologies to you, I didn't mean to offend. Still stand by what I said however. What made me say it was I couldn't believe they expected you basically to open a cupboard and use it as toilet, that made me think of the reality of life which (unless you are some as yet undiscovered organism) means that your body will get rid of all of the waste products it has from the food you have ingested. This is something I would'nt normally do within 3 foot of my dinning table. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Loftus Road Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 What if it's a floater and you have to keep on flushing the loo? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gilf Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 What if it's a floater and you have to keep on flushing the loo?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dear o dear, how rude. In this wonderfull world such things just don't happen. No dout it would smell like a rose anyway. You would simply close the cupboard, out of sight out of mind as they say. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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