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From: steve auvache on 24 Dec 2009 15:49 In article <4mv6j51uj9hj5k3b9hucoq2gf0tcnu9ost(a)4ax.com>, ginge <the.gingeREMOVE(a)THISgmail.com> writes >On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:42:56 +0000, italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH) >wrote: > >>But that means spending �100k on a house twice as big as I need (which >>would involve morgages and stuff, which I don't want to do again). > >The real solution these days seems to get a house built from scratch. >My wish list includes detached, cellar, I really don't understand why they don't do this with new builds. It seems incredible to me that it is not a standard. -- steve auvache
From: doetnietcomputeren on 24 Dec 2009 16:19 On 2009-12-24 21:49:10 +0100, steve auvache <dont_spam(a)thecow.me.uk> said: >>> But that means spending �100k on a house twice as big as I need (which >>> would involve morgages and stuff, which I don't want to do again). >> >> The real solution these days seems to get a house built from scratch. >> My wish list includes detached, cellar, > > I really don't understand why they don't do this with new builds. It > seems incredible to me that it is not a standard. Especially seeing as they're digging the hole anyway, right? So digging it a bit deeper and then fitting some pre-fabbed concrete walls couldn't be that much more expensive. -- Dnc
From: SteveH on 24 Dec 2009 16:26 doetnietcomputeren <doesnotcompute(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 2009-12-24 21:49:10 +0100, steve auvache <dont_spam(a)thecow.me.uk> said: > > >>> But that means spending �100k on a house twice as big as I need (which > >>> would involve morgages and stuff, which I don't want to do again). > >> > >> The real solution these days seems to get a house built from scratch. > >> My wish list includes detached, cellar, > > > > I really don't understand why they don't do this with new builds. It > > seems incredible to me that it is not a standard. > > Especially seeing as they're digging the hole anyway, right? So digging > it a bit deeper and then fitting some pre-fabbed concrete walls > couldn't be that much more expensive. We seem to build far too many houses within the extended floodplains of rivers these days - so it's highly likely this can't be done as they'd be digging into sodden ground. -- SteveH
From: jgh on 24 Dec 2009 16:26 On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:46:15 +0000, Pete Fisher wrote: > We found a 3 bedroom dormer (conversion) bungalow ticking all those > boxes except the cellar, just up the road. Should that happen again, the cellar item can be retrofitted: http://www.spiralcellars.co.uk/ Why, yes, I do have one :-) -- Stick
From: wessie on 24 Dec 2009 16:29
italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH) wrote in news:1jb8zi8.1u4m0uc18lh0meN% italiancar(a)gmail.com: > We seem to build far too many houses within the extended floodplains of > rivers these days - so it's highly likely this can't be done as they'd > be digging into sodden ground. or, in your part of the world, reclaimed land from slag heaps, toxic factories and landfill sites. -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS |