Hello!
Does anyone know the history, if there is one, of 88 Venner Road? It looks like some kind of 1940's New Orleans'y type of house. I can just imagine singing spirituals outside! My partner and I are scared of walking outside it late at night because it is always dark and looks spooky...
Any ideas?
Spooky house on Venner Road
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still_robbo
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still_robbo
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- Joined: 24 Oct 2004 22:13
- Location: Newlands Park
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still_robbo
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spooky?
I was walking my kids up Venner Road one day and a neighbour stopped me to chat. Her ulterior motive was to try and make me take her dried chinese lantern flowers home for my wife. I digress. She lives roughly opposite 88 (and used to have a wild uncultivated but rather lovely front garden - but her husband has made her cut it back so they can park on it...grrr...I digress again).
The point is..err..oh yes. An old chap lived there until recently but died. He had neither the means nor energy to keep the house in any kind of order. The newer houses on either side used to be part of 88's garden. The rear garden is small, and mostly taken up by garages. The neighbour in question seemed to think that the house would be sold soon.
It is obviously occupied to some extent though - the front lawn is always trim, and the lights are on sometimes at night. (On Novemeber 5th I happened to pass by - again with the kids - attempting to give them a taste of fireworks night without the inconvenience of blowing my right arm off. The lights were on then.)
My oldest son (Stan, 3 1/2) has know it as the Ghost House ever since we moved to Venner Road last October. We had to hex it on Halloween.
I think it would make a great Wild West Saloon and Cathouse myself. Come on Lewisham (or is it Bromley) council: liberate those laws! My walk home from work would be so much more invigorated by a cheeky wink from a painted lady hanging from a first floor window!
The point is..err..oh yes. An old chap lived there until recently but died. He had neither the means nor energy to keep the house in any kind of order. The newer houses on either side used to be part of 88's garden. The rear garden is small, and mostly taken up by garages. The neighbour in question seemed to think that the house would be sold soon.
It is obviously occupied to some extent though - the front lawn is always trim, and the lights are on sometimes at night. (On Novemeber 5th I happened to pass by - again with the kids - attempting to give them a taste of fireworks night without the inconvenience of blowing my right arm off. The lights were on then.)
My oldest son (Stan, 3 1/2) has know it as the Ghost House ever since we moved to Venner Road last October. We had to hex it on Halloween.
I think it would make a great Wild West Saloon and Cathouse myself. Come on Lewisham (or is it Bromley) council: liberate those laws! My walk home from work would be so much more invigorated by a cheeky wink from a painted lady hanging from a first floor window!
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still_robbo
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It always reminds me of the Amityville Horror house - it'd be such a shame for it to be sanitised.
I hope someone with a sense of fun buys it and plays up to it's character. It's reminded me of this I read about a novel halloween display.
http://laughingsquid.com/2006/10/28/pla ... n-display/
But that's probably just my warped sense of humour....
I hope someone with a sense of fun buys it and plays up to it's character. It's reminded me of this I read about a novel halloween display.
http://laughingsquid.com/2006/10/28/pla ... n-display/
But that's probably just my warped sense of humour....
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still_robbo
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According to www.houseprices.co.uk (which records Land Registry data) it was sold in March for the figure Jules mentioned, so I don't suppose it will feature on any estate agency websites by now.