Weird question

[goldvermilion87]

If you wanted to describe a townhouse in modern London that clearly belonged to new money with no taste whatsoever, what would you identify?  Could you identify it even, from the outside?  or on the inside?

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[litlover12.livejournal.com]

I wish you could see a little hotel I stayed in once in London, where the owners were very proud of a room that their fashion designer daughter had done for them. It was like walking into your most bizarre nightmare. Mint green walls with gold stenciling, dark red cone-shaped lampshades, chandeliers with all kinds and colors of glass fruit hanging down. I don't even remember the bedspreads; I think my mind shut down before I could take them in.

Not new money exactly, but maybe it'll suggest an idea or two. :-)

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

Haha!

My dad was in Austria for business last week and the walls of the hotel looked unfinished. He's pretty sure it was a design thing. Also, the shower was just in the bedroom next to the bed. He was the only person so it wasn't too bad... but talk about awkward if more than one person were staying in the room...

[eleanorb.livejournal.com]

You probably couldn't tell from the outside. Inside anything with a lot of gold, in a non-historical context, shag pile carpets, huge vases, new furniture, black leather, big beaded chandeliers, huge family portraits (photographs) over the fire place, huge television, no books and just too much stuff in general.

BTW: Town house has a different meaning in the UK. It's either the house you have in town, as opposed to the country, or a particular type of terraced house.

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

Oh! I was about to ask about the townhouse thing, so thank you! And the only being able to tell from the inside thing makes sense. :-)

[eleanorb.livejournal.com]

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31664147.html

This would be a perfect example. If you transferred those interiors to this property:

http://www.findaproperty.com/displayprop.aspx?edid=00&salerent=0&pid=9216000

you'd have the perfect tacky London house.