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Currently selling my house which has coincided with my neighbour erecting a flagpole in the back garden and flying the St. Georges cross. interested to know if that would put you off purchasing, or if you wouldn't care. The guy is actually ok, but viewers wouldn't necessarily know that.
Chavtastic... It would definitely put me off
I'm afraid so.
Unless your neighbour is a member of the Royal Family.....
He was flying the Union jack the other week for the queens birthday - am I correct that is a little less chavtastic than the George's cross?
Depends on the flag really.
Is it always the Romano-Greek (Greco-Roman?) saint's flag or does he mix it up at all?
Edit: Too slow
The Union Jack always worries me - but I'm from Glasgow where it has certain "issues" (as does a certain Tricolour)
It would irritate me and cause me to question - but a really small issue when buying a house
Wouldn't put me off, why would it?
If you were Scottish & your neighbour had flag with the cross of St Andrew, would it put you off?
An ISIS flag might make me think twice though. Plus a few others.
Would anyone NOT buy a house next to a church flying the St Georges flag?
It would irritate me and cause me to question
St Andrews ok Jeremy? 😉
Yep, I would be very careful..
I'm white British and I find it very distasteful, council estate trash.
Flying flags in your garden isn't exactly normal behaviour unless you're having a party or something.
[quote=mattyfez ]Yep, I would be very careful..
I'm white British and I find it very distasteful, council estate trash.
See, that's a bit of a shame and just shows how that symbol has been misappropriated. Maybe it's time more folk showed pride in it and "took it back".
As Jim says, a house in Scotland flying a St Andrews cross would hardly warrant a second glance.
I'd walk away
He's an old guy and believe he has a collection of flags from around the world, but at the moment we are stuck on the George's cross
If you were Scottish & your neighbour had flag with the cross of St Andrew, would it put you off?
I am Scots and it would put me off.
Public buildings flying flags seems reasonable - but not private ones (houses or companies really)
It wouldn't stop me buying.
But tbh, it's not the flag that would be the issue, it's the fact he fitted a flagpole.
What a dick.
One of my neighbours has a flag pole He varies his flags between help for heroes and the red cross
I have no issue with it.
If it was a UK flag it would bother me due to the racist connotations. If it was the Danish one it wouldn't. Every house in Denmark has a flagpole and everyday they use it and every evening they take the flag down before sunset so as not to upset the neighbours.
Does he raise & lower it at sunrise & sunset?
You could buy a bugle...
Every house in Denmark has a flagpole and everyday they use it and every evening they take the flag down before sunset so as not to upset the neighbours.
Eh? Read that out to yourself.
I doubt it's perfect grammar but it makes sense to me
Three points to make:
1. Do you and your neighbours live on ships moored next to one another? As you can only get Union Jacks on ships, unless you meant the Union Flag of course.
2. It would put me off buying a house.
3. If someone in Scotland was flying a St Andrews cross then some may consider them to be a nationalist. Perhaps a sad sign of the times.
I think Jim is wondering why the neighbours would be upset if it's already dark.
I doubt it's perfect grammar but it makes sense to me
So every house in Denmark has a Danish flag but they take them down at night so they don't upset each other??
WTF!
If someone in Scotland was flying a St Andrews cross then some may consider them to be a[s] nationalist[/s] a person who's proud of their heritage. Perhaps [s]a sad[/s] a sign of the times.
I was thinking more about why if the flags been up all day, anyone would get upset about it being up at night. Especially if every house has one.I think Jim is wondering why the neighbours would be upset if it's already dark.
Flag people. Mad I tell you, mad.
See, that's a bit of a shame and just shows how that symbol has been misappropriated. Maybe it's time more folk showed pride in it and "took it back".
I come here to read the innovative green sky thinking. 🙂
The guy is actually ok
He's clearly not ok
As Albert Einstein said:
"Nationalism is an infantile disease. It's the measles of mankind".
It may mean you're next door to Sheldon Cooper, the famous Vexillologist.
St Andrews flag would signal it was a good area.
The Butcher's Apron would merit midnight chainsaw activity. 🙂
THISSee, that's a bit of a shame and just shows how that symbol has been misappropriated. Maybe it's time more folk showed pride in it and "took it back"
My neighbour flies the union flag on a teeny weeny flagpole of his back wall
WHilst I personally dont see the point it does not cause me alarm or fear.
He also has pictures of harley davidsons and Americana number plates on his shed so i perhaps I am just pleased its not the Confederate Flag
1. Do you and your neighbours live on ships moored next to one another? As you can only get Union Jacks on ships, unless you meant the Union Flag of course
I think that's an urban myth isn't it?
So every house in Denmark has a Danish flag but they take them down at night so they don't upset each other??
Yep, Denmark has lots of unwritten socialist rules like that.
If I was thinking of buying I'd go knock on his door and introduce myself. If he seemed like a nutter that would put me off. The flag pole, not so much.
The English really don't like themselves
As nobeer says, it's not the content of the flag that'd make me not want to take a chance living next to this chap. It's the fact he's put the pole up! What else would a person like this try and shove in your face over time?
Very common here in Sweden, i think it's quite cute, and socialist
Sounds like it would put a lot of people off. So should I go around this morning and ask if he'd mind lowering the flag at least while we had viewings or will that end in tears.
Union jack versus union flag.
[url= https://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/british-flags/the-union-jack-or-the-union-flag/ ]1902 and 1908[/url]
I think that's an urban myth isn't it?
Not at all.
A Union Jack is a Union Flag when it's flown at the "jack" of a RN ship. Only a RN ship should do this.
So every house in Denmark has a Danish flag but they take them down at night so they don't upset each other??WTF!
It's very disrespectful to fly a Nations flag at night. All flags should be taken down before sunset.
my neighbours have a 30ft flag pole
Its currently wearing a Neil Pryde flag in bright red .
I love it , it tells me the wind strength and direction , plus if Im out a see gives a nice reference point to which bit of beach to aim at.
It also tells me if the wind is vectoring , or dropping off .
We have had O Neil flags , RRD flags , a really nice yellow cabrinha kites one. Would it put me off , nope , all people are just abit mental in their own way
Next door but one the other way has an actual airport windsock !
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Depends on context. There's a B&B near me that has a flagpole in the front garden - they use it as a landmark so people can easily find them. Our village pub has a flagpole - they normally fly the Union Jack except when they fly a pirate flag for national speak-like-a-pirate day or Baner Cymru on St David's Day etc.
If it was a house with EDL posters in the window it would put me off.
Yes I would make all kinds of other assumptions about the company he kept, likelihood of noise, disputes,. and walk away
depends on the area the house is in.
Very common here in Sweden, i think it's quite cute, and socialist
Is it a Scandinavian thing, or a wider European one?
All flags should be taken down before sunset.
Evening Colours! Face the mainmast and salute!
It would put me off.
The English have a very strong sense of national identity and no need to wrap themselves in symbols to remind them who they are .
I'd just assume he was a migrant who had obtained nationality and was overly proud of it.
Or a racist .