Chess Bungalow for sale

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John Upham
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Chess Bungalow for sale

Post by John Upham » Tue May 13, 2025 6:00 pm

https://www.waterfords.co.uk/property/f ... yateley-2/ is for sale to any chess player or otherwise.

Former home of English IM and ChessBase DVD author.

This was my family home from February 1966 until September 1978 and then some random periods following that.

In a very, very quiet location (cul-de-sac).

Yours for £575K ono.
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Re: Chess Bungalow for sale

Post by Ian Thompson » Tue May 13, 2025 9:53 pm

You might want to download the brochure from the estate agent's website and then ask them how they could be so careless.

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Re: Chess Bungalow for sale

Post by John Upham » Wed May 14, 2025 8:53 am

Ian Thompson wrote:
Tue May 13, 2025 9:53 pm
You might want to download the brochure from the estate agent's website and then ask them how they could be so careless.

Ian,

I am delighted that you took so much interest in the property. Shall we arrange a viewing?
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Re: Chess Bungalow for sale

Post by James Pratt » Fri May 23, 2025 3:45 pm

The National Trust probably failed - I lack details - to take over Keats House in Hampstead although Churchill's place at Chartwell and Kipling's at Bateman's are now happily their own tourist-friendly residences. What is to stop John Upham's former home going down a similar route? A onetime neighbour was Mark Johnstone, a former British Junior Postal Champion, which naturally adds not inconsiderable kudos to the whole project. Open it as a museum and the money should just flow. Picture it ...

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