NO, but I see no reason why we do not put them on stilts. There have been
some blocks of flats with car parking underneath, which have escaped
floating though the foundations of these have gone down a very long way.
Yes the floating house has a life expectancy issue.
They wanted to build houses on a floating raft near Kingston Upon Thames on
a wetland, but were refused due to it being a much needed wetland for
wildlife and a feeding ground for bats. The area was actually owned by
Thames Water.
Brian

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"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote

I often wonder why nobody builds houses on stilts these days.

Are they even allowed to ?

One of the ones on Grand Designs on the Thames bank
was designed to float. Not cheap to do it that way tho.

"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message
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what happened to all those three storey houses we used to approve for
use on flood planes with the sacraficial ground floors....are they just
quietly doing there jobs or what ?...you don't hear much about them
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