"Andrew May" wrote in message
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Fredxx wrote:
Andrew May wrote:
Tinkerer wrote:

I suppose the ultimate is what they have done, in the so called
third world, for years in flood prone areas - houses on stilts.
Which would probably fall foul of the disabled access requirements in
the building regulations.

What requirements? That we don't build "town house"s on 3 floors?


Isn't there a requirement that access to the front door cannot be via
steps? Certainly all the new houses I have seen around here have that even
if the resulting ramp takes up half of the front garden.

That's easy. Front door at ground level, and behind the front door steps up
to the living quaters. Where there's a will there's a way :-)