"Sam Nelson" wrote in message
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"IMM" writes:
I see very liitle advantages in an old house. No insulation, damp etc.

Two-foot-thick stone walls;

Aart frpom sound insulation, I see no benefit.

200mm loft insulation (did it myself); fully
damp-coursed on renovation. It costs
a little more to heat than the 1950s
semi we moved out of,
but then the floor area is slightly more than doubled.
A relative's construction-management
degree-course staff advocated putting up
with living in nothing built post-WW2 and
ideally nothing built post-WW1.

How wrong they are.

Built out of Lego in a Playmobil street,
unless you're very choosy indeed.

A myth propagated by nasty Wimpey house of the 1960s. Most house in the
UK
are built of brick and block and are far better built, and cost a
fraction
to heat, than older houses.

Eh? I drive past nasty Lego developments

Lego? Don't be silly!!

being thrown up out of wood-frame
with brick cladding every flippin' day all

Timber frame. A far better, and more eco, method of construction.
Fabulous!

---and they tend to be thrown up
fairly frequently on flood plain land.

Planning depts again for allowing it. Those *******s should be shot.




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