smart51
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 03:23 PM |
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build your own house for as little as £4000
Link to BBC story
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Taz Surfleet
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 03:35 PM |
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Add to that the cost of land building regs, planning, surveys etc and you wont see much change from 130,000 and then youve got to get it past the
planners ( I dont like it therefore you cant have it brigade !!).
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hardassfunk
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 03:38 PM |
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£4000 to build the house and probably £150.000 for the land? not so locost now 
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Guinness
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 03:39 PM |
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It's nice isn't it.
But there are a few bits and pieces the BBC story doesn't really go into detail about.
The cost of buying the land anywhere other than a remote bit of Scotland is likely to significantly overshadow the £4k!
There is no mention that it complies with current Building Regulations, it's pretty difficult to get accurate u values for very traditional
construction methods. Also getting a structural engineer to sign off a traditional timber construction like that is pretty tricky (they prefer sawn
timber!)There is also some difficulty in getting 12v dc systems signed off in domestic situations! even though they are common place in cars.
There is also no mention of planning permission. I can't see you getting permission to stick a house looking like that in the middle of a town
or city.
But it does show that we don't need massive new eco towns to solve our enviromental problems.
Cheers
Mike
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 04:05 PM |
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build your own house for as little as £4000
... and race it ???
[Edited on 10/3/08 by Richard Quinn]
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Guinness
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 04:16 PM |
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Do you think there will be a second edition that corrects all the dimensional mistakes in the original book?
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eznfrank
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 04:19 PM |
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It gets it's electrickery from a car battery?!?!?
I can't imagine what sort of hill you'd need to bump off a house when it runs flat.
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gingerprince
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 04:19 PM |
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Build Your Own House
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 04:28 PM |
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superb I was just waiting for someone to do that.
a mud hut whatever next???
[Edited on 10/3/08 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Guinness
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 04:50 PM |
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I think I'll need a +442!
Has anyone got plans?
Or could I make the frame out of bamboo?
Mike
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 05:02 PM |
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Before long the will set up a mudhutbuilders website and sit chatting on the 12v computers rather than doing any building at all!
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 06:14 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
Or could I make the frame out of bamboo?
Mike
Yes, just don't ask if you can make it out of aluminium tube.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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