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vegplot
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Tavascarow
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Ty Gwyn
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vegplot
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Mutton
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vegplot
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Behemoth
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vegplot
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Mistress Rose
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Someone mentioned cob housing too. It is possible to buy cob blocks, and I have seen a building constructed with it, not a house, but looked good and with a good overhang and dry foundations, cob houses have lasted for centuries in places like Devon.
As Ty Gwyn says, getting a mortgage might be a problem but it depends on how the lender views the risk.
How come we need 230,000 'homes' in the UK, and how are people going to pay for them? I really would like to see a proper assessment, carried out through the census, asking people if they are in permanent accommodation, not, 'do you rent', 'do you need a bigger house', which are taken as a requirement for a new home. There is also the problem that those that are in most need of somewhere to live are those least able to pay for it. Round here they are building hundreds if not thousands of 3-4 bedroom standard houses. Less than 40% are 'affordable'. Fine for those making their way up the ladder, but we have a surfeit of 3-4 bedroom houses and very few starter homes, real affordable homes and social housing and virtually no hostel or bed sit accommodation. Sorry about the rant. One advantage with straw houses for these so called necessary homes is that if they are found to be surplus to requirements they can be easily taken down and the material used for something else, even if it is only compost. |
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vegplot
Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 21301 Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd
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Ty Gwyn
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Mutton
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vegplot
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vegplot
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