OT, more than likely...

I havn't mentioned the straw bale and lime plaster method, even though it's what I'd like to do.

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'cos I didn't reckon JW was a wierdo, like what I iz.

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Oooh I *like* that one!

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Catman

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

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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.

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John Williamson

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.

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Skipweasel

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 :(

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The Other Mike

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?)

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Esra Sdrawkcab

This guy says not:-

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' he *has* got a bit of an axe to grind. I doubt it's any worse than timber frame with a thatched roof.

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John Williamson

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Every ref. I've ever seen reckons not.

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example.

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.

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rials_in_the_greater_exmoor_area_.pdf is interesting reading

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bobharvey

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

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Owain

I would love this place in Cornwall:

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's a little out of my price range though - at £3.7 million, it's approximately £3.7 million more than I could afford.

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Mike Fleming

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...

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John Williamson

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.

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Catman

These lynx may have been mentioned, but ICBA to wade through the entire fred again:

Culled from Eastern Daily Press -

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Rusty Hinge

It's too close to the neighbours.

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Huge

For 3.7 million I'd expect it to come with a free telescope which *only just* allowed me to see the neighbours ...

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Sunny Bard

Precisely.

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Huge

Tssk, not even trying.

This country cottage is more like it:

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