From: Ace on
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:32:35 +0000, Ben <ben(a)bensalesDOTME.uk> wrote:

>On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:48:12 +0100, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:16:28 -0700, vulgarandmischevious
>><vulgarandmischevious(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Ben <ben(a)bensalesDOTME.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I'm thinking about spending what Blaney has, where Blaney has.
>>>
>>>Buy the lot next door. It'd be great.
>>
>>Two British Ben's with gixxers? It'd blow their tiny little minds.
>
>Don't forget the hot wives.

Never met yours, so didn;t like to comment.


From: vulgarandmischevious on
jgh <jgh(a)wizmail.org> wrote:

>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 :-)

That's neat. How much does it cost?
From: doetnietcomputeren on
On 2009-12-25 19:59:18 +0100, vulgarandmischevious
<vulgarandmischevious(a)gmail.com> said:

>>> 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 :-)
>
> That's neat. How much does it cost?

Prices are on the site, but effectively between 10 and 30 grand. GBP.

--
Dnc

From: Mick Whittingham on
In article <Xns9CEC967AECE51wtymmmsas(a)85.214.113.135>, wessie
<putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> writes
>Mick Whittingham <Mick(a)whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in
>news:cz+ZJmBThINLFwfC(a)whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk:
>
>> In article <Xns9CECF95B26D2wtymmmsas(a)188.40.43.245>, wessie
>> For those who haven't been to one of my parties or stayed on the way to
>> the continent, the web site I wrote to help sell it:
>>
>> www.whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk
>
>it looks a bit "old folks home" but I like the energy conservation thing.

If you want maximum solar capture that's what it looks like.

But, yes one of the possibilities it could be turned into to help its
sale when we moved on to the next challenge.
>
>I've thought about building a berm house like my mate built at his field
>studies centre in the Wye Valley. Says built in 1988 but I'm sure it was
>built some time before then, as I changed jobs in 1986 and visited prior to
>that. http://www.caerllan.co.uk/berm.html
>
Nice.

I looked at burying it but the cost of tanking was enormous , hence to
gap at the back and the 'drawbridge'.

As for TV, The 'Max Files' ( he called it an electronic cottage I think)
plus one of the modern design programs did a thing on the house.
--
Mick Whittingham
'and I will make it a felony to drink small beer.'
William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2.
From: Mick Whittingham on
In article <MPG.259ee19a613fd14e989d0b(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> writes
>wessie wrote:
>> Mick Whittingham <Mick(a)whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in
>> news:cz+ZJmBThINLFwfC(a)whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk:
>>
>> > In article <Xns9CECF95B26D2wtymmmsas(a)188.40.43.245>, wessie
>> > For those who haven't been to one of my parties or stayed on the way to
>> > the continent, the web site I wrote to help sell it:
>> >
>> > www.whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk
>>
>> it looks a bit "old folks home"
>
>Funny that, eh.
>
But I had it built 20 years ago.

Maybe it's called planning ahead. :-)>
--
Mick Whittingham
'and I will make it a felony to drink small beer.'
William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2.