Seventies home on Glasgow's Southside is a blast from the past
IT could not be more Seventies if you came home to find Abba grooving to Waterloo in the front room.
This property on Glasgow's Southside appears frozen in time
A lifetime on from the “decade taste forgot”, this property on Glasgow’s south side appears frozen in time, circa 1974.
From the outside, Loganlee looks like a typical Edwardian stone semi in the comfortable suburb of Newlands.
But step inside the front door and synthesizers kick in as you enter a shrine to the late 20th century, with pampas grass, orange curtains and a wonderful bathroom suite in avocado green.
It would be easily understood if this was the former home of an elderly widow.
However, the property – on the market for offers over £450,000 – is the proud possession of an IT consultant whose family have owned the house since the days of Dark Side of the Moon and Charlie’s Angels.
Rather than roll with the times, Eric Thomson has turned his fondness for fondue sets into a personal obsession.
The snazzy living room is adorned by an orange four-piece suite
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He said: “As kids, we did not walk about the house in sunglasses – but perhaps we should have. I would like to sell it to someone who is a 1970s enthusiast. Someone could move in and decide they don’t want to change a thing.”
I would like to sell it to someone who is a 1970s enthusiast
There are echoes of The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club as soon as you arrive to find a semi-circle of leatherette upholstery.
The snazzy living room is adorned by an orange four-piece suite complete with pouffe and what looks like an eight-track cartridge player built into the wooden wall unit.
You cannot help but think the complementary royal blue carpet and curtains are a deliberate attempt at a deafening clash.
One of the retro bedrooms
The upstairs bathroom has a low-slung plastic WC in avocado green with a handle built into the matching wall tiles. The bath comes in avocado green, the hand basin is avocado green and – to top it all – there is a green shagpile carpet.
The sales brochure from estate agents Rettie states: “The property offers a great deal of flexibility and has a very well preserved 1970s interior which the agents are sure will create a great deal of interest.”