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Previously on "And there it was: gone."

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  • TykeMerc
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    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
    Year before last I was trying to find a way to render a breeze block wall down the garden and did a bit of research into materials. Amazing how poo and pee were significant ingredients in building in the past.
    High availability materials I suppose and certainly available in most water sources back then

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  • xoggoth
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    If you like 500 year old dung infested walls
    Year before last I was trying to find a way to render a breeze block wall down the garden and did a bit of research into materials. Amazing how poo and pee were significant ingredients in building in the past.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
    Not for a listed building it won't.
    Yes but it listed a bit too far and fell right over!

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  • TheFaQQer
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    Originally posted by CheeseSlice View Post
    Before you know it, an insurance claim is put in by the developers, and a Tesco Express will be built on the same spot. (And a councillor suddenly finds the money to buy himself a nice new sports car)
    Not for a listed building it won't.

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  • Paddy
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    £350k for a mud hut. FFS

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  • CheeseSlice
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    Originally posted by Sysman View Post
    A good proportion of that 350K is the land in that location and the permission to build a home on it.

    Plus water, sewage, leccy and maybe gas connections.
    Before you know it, an insurance claim is put in by the developers, and a Tesco Express will be built on the same spot. (And a councillor suddenly finds the money to buy himself a nice new sports car)

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  • TheFaQQer
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    Be interesting to see if English Heritage get a court order to force the reconstruction.

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  • CheeseSlice
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    Was being renovated when it happened.

    Methinks a contractor involved wasn't doing their job correctly.

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  • Sysman
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    A good proportion of that 350K is the land in that location and the permission to build a home on it.

    Plus water, sewage, leccy and maybe gas connections.

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  • zeitghost
    started a topic And there it was: gone.

    And there it was: gone.

    Looked like a nice cottage too, if you like 500 year old dung infested walls.

    isted thatched cottage worth £350,000 collapses into street after cob walls caved in
    https://uk.news.yahoo.com/listed-tha...3.html#W2Ifl0m



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    Last edited by zeitghost; 6 June 2017, 13:23.

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