I havn't mentioned the straw bale and lime plaster method, even though it's what I'd like to do.
I havn't mentioned the straw bale and lime plaster method, even though it's what I'd like to do.
Oooh I *like* that one!
company.
One of the comments on that page is "You'll need at least =A3350,000 to build this cottage. Border Oak will build the house for =A3147k but that won't include electrical work, plumbing, heating, kitchen fittings, bathroom fittings etc so budget a further =A350k. [Posted by Pete Herridge]
Owain
It's a nice method, but in the middle of an estate that's all social housing?
I reckon the bales wouldn't last the night after delivery without an armed security patrol, especially in this weather.
The oak for my brother's restoration project of the smaller of his two=20 barns came to well over =A3100,000.
--=20 Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.
Still looks better than any 197k house
...but then there is the cost of the land, 55k quoted, so that's 252k
Yep, still looks better than any 252k house, but not quite 130k :(
very ego-friendly but what how does it pass the Big Bad Wolf test? (i.e. isn't it a bit of a fire-hazard for hse ins?)
This guy says not:-
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Every ref. I've ever seen reckons not.
And hse ins cos are famous for molishing invalid assumptions. They refused to insure an olde oak framed inn owned by a cousin of mine. I sent her a report done by some bloke at the national truss, who used a century of news photos to demonstrate that oak frames usually survived conflagrations but modern softwood e.g. partitions and roof trusses usually didn't. She got her insurance, then told them to sod off & insured via some historic buildings trust or other for 30% of what she had been paying. They, in turn, refused to insure her modern businesses. Presumably on the grounds that historic buildings don't get to be that old by burning down, but modern ones have no comforting track record.
I very much liked the French manor house in Creuse
There was a house in Leith where I didn't like the inside but the owners did their own leadwork on the roof which was rather nice.
For comedy value, Tom Perry's "The Inverted-Roof House"
Owain
I would love this place in Cornwall:
There's a link on the page to "View Map". With it being the size it is, I hope that's a map of the interior?
Is disappointed...
Interestingly (for us at least) we were staying in Goran Haven while they were building that.
I did wonder how much it was going to be worth. Rather spectacular.
These lynx may have been mentioned, but ICBA to wade through the entire fred again:
Culled from Eastern Daily Press -
It's too close to the neighbours.
For 3.7 million I'd expect it to come with a free telescope which *only just* allowed me to see the neighbours ...
Precisely.
Tssk, not even trying.
This country cottage is more like it:
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