15 May 2024 , 13:19
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Brits have been left stunned by a "stylish" new property listing, dubbed an "upside down" home.
The unusual four-bedroom property is on the market for a cool £400,000 and located in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. According to a local estate agent the home was designed by celebrated Welsh architect and designer Ifan Prys Edwards.
"Many of the original features – cutting edge and top-of-the range for the time – remain unchanged, including the innovative music system which was built into the ceilings, property-wide intercom and hand-made patterned Italian carpets."
Sharing a snap of the property to Reddit's Spotted on Rightmove subreddit, one user wrote: "The upside down 70s house (who needs a ground floor when you can have a massive first floor?)"
Images showcased the home's upper wooden floor, mounted on stilts above its much smaller brick ground floor. A spiral staircase leads up to the majority of the living space.
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A typical '70s avocado green kitchen and vinyl records on bedroom walls add to the furniture and decor of the same era. The only modern addition appeared to be a flatscreen TV.
Elsewhere the property boasts its own stunning bar in the corner of the lounge, overlooking an outdoor jacuzzi and garden furniture below.
The house has remained virtually unchanged since the 1970s (Rightmove/George Estates)Another user added: "Decor aside I think it's fantastic; bedrooms on the ground floor are likely to be cooler and darker, ample parking without taking up livable space. Upstairs rooms have greater floorspace and the windows out from the first floor will have a better/longer view."
Another agreed: "Wow. That's not to my taste, but the commitment to a style is amazing. Hope it goes to someone who loves the style, it would be a real pity if it fell into the hands of the greige brigade."
The 'avocado green' kitchen looked like it was straight out of the '70s (Rightmove/George Estates)One even reckoned they knew who previously owned the house. They said: "I lived in Cardiff in the 70s, I had mates in Merthyr, went for walk past it to have a look. I think it belonged to someone famous originally, not sure who but I'm thinking a boxer for some reason, maybe Howard Winstone but Merthyr is a boxing town so maybe it's just the association in my mind. Looks like the decor was never updated since then. Love it. Boomer out."
Another said: "I absolutely love every single inch of this place; I admit to being so enraptured by the decor and original features that I am not looking any further but I’m not too bothered about how a space works for me because I don’t have family to think about. There’s just way too much fabulousness here; I’d need to take a month off work just so I could look properly at all the 70s that I owned."