Do you have the balls to live on Minge Lane? You could save thousands on your house price, according to a new survey, which reveals that properties on rudely-named streets are worth an average of £84,000 less than similar properties nearby.
Today’s other Weird World news:Building or ribbon? Meet Turkey's new broadcast tower
The survey by NeedaProperty.com asked 2,000 mature British adults to vote on the streets with the most embarrassing names, ranking Minge Lane in Worcestershire as the rudest.
60 per cent of Brits admitted they would be put off living on a street if it had an embarrassing name, but 40 per cent said they were not concerned about how others would react to hearing their address.
But before you kick Crotch Crescent or slag off Fanny Hands Lane, the research also found that those willing to live on an embarrassing street could save a significant chunk on their purchase price.
The top 15 most embarrassing street names, according to Need a Property's survey, are:
1. Minge Lane - Worcestershire
2. Slag Lane - Lancashire
3. Fanny Hands Lane - Lincolnshire
4. Bell End - West Midlands
5. Crotch Crescent - Oxfordshire
6. The Knob - Northamptonshire
7. Turkey Cock Lane - Essex
8. Cockshoot Close - Oxfordshire
9. Cumming Street - London
10. Cock A-Dobby - Berkshire
11. Cock Lane - London
12. Clitterhouse Road - London
13. Cock and Bell lane - Suffolk
14. Beaver Close - Surrey
15. Cold Blow Lane - London
60 per cent of Brits admitted they would be put off living on a street if it had an embarrassing name, but 40 per cent said they were not concerned about how others would react to hearing their address.
But before you kick Crotch Crescent or slag off Fanny Hands Lane, the research also found that those willing to live on an embarrassing street could save a significant chunk on their purchase price.
The top 15 most embarrassing street names, according to Need a Property's survey, are:
1. Minge Lane - Worcestershire
2. Slag Lane - Lancashire
3. Fanny Hands Lane - Lincolnshire
4. Bell End - West Midlands
5. Crotch Crescent - Oxfordshire
6. The Knob - Northamptonshire
7. Turkey Cock Lane - Essex
8. Cockshoot Close - Oxfordshire
9. Cumming Street - London
10. Cock A-Dobby - Berkshire
11. Cock Lane - London
12. Clitterhouse Road - London
13. Cock and Bell lane - Suffolk
14. Beaver Close - Surrey
15. Cold Blow Lane - London
But before you rush to the estate agents, be warned: you may not be the only one with an appointment on Slag Lane this weekend.
Building or ribbon? Meet Turkey's new broadcast tower
Building or ribbon? Meet Turkey's new broadcast tower
All photos: Dezeen
Is it a building? Is it a ribbon? The new broadcast tower on its way to Turkey cannot decide. The design, by IND and Powerhouse Company, has won a competition to build a new 100-metre-high broadcast and observation structure in Çanakkale.
The building wraps elegantly around the forest-filled hilltop outside of the city in a ring before the undulating loop stretches up into a striking red tower.
Visitors will be able to "wander along a raised path that will loop around the site and lead to the visitor centre, which will be built above the treetops on the edge of the hill facing the city", reports Dezeen. Indeed, the aim is to reduce any impact on the forest surrounding it by raising the building off the ground.
Is it a building? Is it a ribbon? The new broadcast tower on its way to Turkey cannot decide. The design, by IND and Powerhouse Company, has won a competition to build a new 100-metre-high broadcast and observation structure in Çanakkale.
The building wraps elegantly around the forest-filled hilltop outside of the city in a ring before the undulating loop stretches up into a striking red tower.
Visitors will be able to "wander along a raised path that will loop around the site and lead to the visitor centre, which will be built above the treetops on the edge of the hill facing the city", reports Dezeen. Indeed, the aim is to reduce any impact on the forest surrounding it by raising the building off the ground.
The building will include recreational facilities as well as observation decks and exhibition spaces - and, of course, the all-important communications mast, which is located away from the visitor centre to lower the risk of potential radiation.
"The design of the new Çanakkale Antenna Tower resolves these paradoxes by uniting all the different functions and spatial requirement into one spatial gesture," the judges declared in an official statement.
via:http://www.themovechannel.com/news/stories/got-the-balls-to-live-on-minge-lane-you-could-save-84k-577/
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