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The 1980s
An understanding of the times:
1980s was the great time for the homeowners as their property values increases beyond their
imagination and for many there was lemming-like scramble for mortgages to move upmarket as
property prices moved upward. First time purchasers were trying to get their feet on the
ladder, and second time were keen to better themselves and trade up. In spit of mortgage interest rates that hit 15% there was the belief that big profits were to be made from property price inflation and that you couldn't lose.
The bursting of the bubble and the
slide towards the recession came in with the crash of late 1980s,
and many with a high loan-to-value mortgage found themselves in
'negative equity'. This was an unprecedented shock to the vast
majority who had learned to believe their property investment was
'safe as houses' and whose over-optimism, encouraged by the
Government, had fuelled the house prices boom.
A cursory glance around many
estates that were going up from the 1980s shows a clear rejection of
the utility box housing unit and a strong return to fashion of the
more attractive mock Georgian and mock Tudor 'cottage'-style
architecture. This resurgence of developments with real 'kerb
appeal' and style proves that the 'pretty' look has never lost its
fashion or appeal, right up to the present day, in fact.
| New PVC-U windows and doors with
leaded lights replaced the singleglazed softwood frames. Job
done by The Window Man, March 2002. |
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| The bottom right-hand window was
flat like the one above it, and we converted to the 'plant-on'
bow/bay that you see.
Also, the addition of the leaded
lights has made a real difference and has added a character
style to the property.
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Jump to other house-building eras of this century
Late 1800s - the 2 up, 2 down
Edwardian/Victorian – pre-First World War
Late 1920s/late 1930s – pre-Second World War
Post-war - 1940s through 1950s
1960s
1970s
1990s – present day
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