Have you put a porch on the front of your victorian terraced house?

If so, what the absolute **** were you thinking?? They look vile, serve no earthly purpose except to turn the entrance to your home into a dumping ground for tatty old ****e, and have devalued your house by at least the amount you gave to the builder. If you let him put plastic doors and windows in the ******* thing, or attempted to cobble it together yourself, then you can double it.

Good day to you.

Anita Palley wrote:
Have you put a porch on the front of your victorian terraced house?

If so, what the absolute **** were you thinking?? They look vile, serve no

earthly purpose except to turn the entrance to your home into a dumping
ground for tatty old ****e,

and have devalued your house by at least the amount you gave to the
builder. If you let him put plastic doors and windows in the *******
thing, or attempted to cobble it together yourself, then you can double it.

Good day to you.
A interesting post, and one that I'm sure will generate discussion.

Bill

Oh, did someone upset him?
Actually round here the local council seems to declare areas as
conservation areas with gay abandon and then you can't do much to change the
look at all or so it seems.
Brian

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"Anita Palley" wrote in message
...
Have you put a porch on the front of your victorian terraced house?

If so, what the absolute **** were you thinking?? They look vile, serve no
earthly purpose except to turn the entrance to your home into a dumping
ground for tatty old ****e, and have devalued your house by at least the
amount you gave to the builder. If you let him put plastic doors and windows
in the ******* thing, or attempted to cobble it together yourself, then you
can double it.

Good day to you.

On 27/08/2013 02:32, Anita Palley wrote:
Have you put a porch on the front of your victorian terraced house?

If so, what the absolute **** were you thinking?? They look vile,
serve no earthly purpose except to turn the entrance to your home
into a dumping ground for tatty old ****e, and have devalued your
house by at least the amount you gave to the builder. If you let him
put plastic doors and windows in the ******* thing, or attempted to
cobble it together yourself, then you can double it.

Good day to you.



Do remember not to park your none victorian car outside as they make the
house look shabby and devalue the area.

On 27/08/2013 02:53, Bill Wright wrote:
Anita Palley wrote:
Have you put a porch on the front of your victorian terraced house?

If so, what the absolute **** were you thinking?? They look vile,
serve no

earthly purpose except to turn the entrance to your home into a dumping
ground for tatty old ****e,

and have devalued your house by at least the amount you gave to the
builder. If you let him put plastic doors and windows in the *******
thing, or attempted to cobble it together yourself, then you can double it.

Good day to you.
A interesting post, and one that I'm sure will generate discussion.


Odd, I didn't get the original post. Maybe Individual.NET thought it was
spam.

On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 9:08:23 AM UTC+1, Brian Gaff wrote:
Actually round here the local council seems to declare areas as
conservation areas with gay abandon and then you can't do much to change the
look at all or so it seems.

Unless of course you *are* the local council, then plastic windows and solar panels will get added on in the name of environmental cuddlyness.

Owain

On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:49:15 +0100, Andrew May
wrote:

On 27/08/2013 02:53, Bill Wright wrote:
Anita Palley wrote:
Have you put a porch on the front of your victorian terraced house?

If so, what the absolute **** were you thinking?? They look vile,
serve no

earthly purpose except to turn the entrance to your home into a dumping
ground for tatty old ****e,

and have devalued your house by at least the amount you gave to the
builder. If you let him put plastic doors and windows in the *******
thing, or attempted to cobble it together yourself, then you can double it.

Good day to you.
A interesting post, and one that I'm sure will generate discussion.


Odd, I didn't get the original post. Maybe Individual.NET thought it was
spam.

There's something funny with individual.net. On another thread I
complained of not seeing some posts. I was using news server
nntp.aioe.org. Someone replied saying the missing posts were using
individual.net, and asked me if I could see another person who used
individual.net. I couldn't, so I have now changed my news server to
freenews.netfront.net, which reveals the missing posts.
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On 27/08/2013 09:08, Brian Gaff wrote:
Oh, did someone upset him?
Actually round here the local council seems to declare areas as
conservation areas with gay abandon and then you can't do much to change the
look at all or so it seems.
Brian

One of the interesting aspects of being in a consevration area is that
the clock gets stopped at the point where the conservation area is
declared. Ironically, therefore, it becomes necessary to obtain
planning permission to rectify the aberrations of the lowest points of
building that have been visited on a victorian house.

On the original topic, though, I wonder if the O P extends that
criticism to victorian porches or designs that follow them? I'd
certainly consider adding one (in an appropriate style) if it weren't
for the pain of (probably not) getting past the planning Stasi. I doubt
I would get very far, even though I would propose something far more in
keeping with the house than others in my road have. Ironically, my
neighbour has to keep maintaining his abomination to save having to
apply for planning eprmission to change or demolish it.

On Tuesday, 27 August 2013 02:53:34 UTC+1, Bill Wright wrote:


A interesting post, and one that I'm sure will generate discussion.



Bill

Many thanks Bill. I think it's very much a vital issue. No one seems interested enough to post anything here though, it would seem.

On 28/08/2013 23:26, Anita Palley wrote:
On Tuesday, 27 August 2013 02:53:34 UTC+1, Bill Wright wrote:


A interesting post, and one that I'm sure will generate discussion.

Many thanks Bill. I think it's very much a vital issue. No one seems interested enough to post anything here though, it would seem.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/irony

Colin Bignell

Anita Palley wrote:
On Tuesday, 27 August 2013 02:53:34 UTC+1, Bill Wright wrote:


A interesting post, and one that I'm sure will generate discussion.



Bill

Many thanks Bill. I think it's very much a vital issue. No one seems
interested enough to post anything here though, it would seem.

Do many people put porches on their Victorian terraced houses?

Please link to street view images and give examples.

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On 29/08/2013 20:42, ARW wrote:
Anita Palley wrote:
On Tuesday, 27 August 2013 02:53:34 UTC+1, Bill Wright wrote:


A interesting post, and one that I'm sure will generate discussion.



Bill

Many thanks Bill. I think it's very much a vital issue. No one seems
interested enough to post anything here though, it would seem.

Do many people put porches on their Victorian terraced houses?

Please link to street view images and give examples.

Here are four in a row if this is the sort of thing that is meant:
http://goo.gl/maps/ApBrZ

On 29/08/2013 20:42, ARW wrote:
Anita Palley wrote:
On Tuesday, 27 August 2013 02:53:34 UTC+1, Bill Wright wrote:


A interesting post, and one that I'm sure will generate discussion.



Bill

Many thanks Bill. I think it's very much a vital issue. No one seems
interested enough to post anything here though, it would seem.

Do many people put porches on their Victorian terraced houses?

Please link to street view images and give examples.


I've got a sort of 'open porch' arrangement that's very handy, but that
was from new. Some people, though:

http://goo.gl/maps/XfFie

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RJH wrote:
On 29/08/2013 20:42, ARW wrote:
Anita Palley wrote:
On Tuesday, 27 August 2013 02:53:34 UTC+1, Bill Wright wrote:


A interesting post, and one that I'm sure will generate discussion.



Bill

Many thanks Bill. I think it's very much a vital issue. No one seems
interested enough to post anything here though, it would seem.

Do many people put porches on their Victorian terraced houses?

Please link to street view images and give examples.


I've got a sort of 'open porch' arrangement that's very handy, but
that was from new. Some people, though:

http://goo.gl/maps/XfFie

Now that is interesting.

The ex lives within 300m of that link.

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On 01/09/2013 11:06, ARW wrote:
RJH wrote:
On 29/08/2013 20:42, ARW wrote:
Anita Palley wrote:
On Tuesday, 27 August 2013 02:53:34 UTC+1, Bill Wright wrote:


A interesting post, and one that I'm sure will generate discussion.



Bill

Many thanks Bill. I think it's very much a vital issue. No one seems
interested enough to post anything here though, it would seem.

Do many people put porches on their Victorian terraced houses?

Please link to street view images and give examples.


I've got a sort of 'open porch' arrangement that's very handy, but
that was from new. Some people, though:

http://goo.gl/maps/XfFie

Now that is interesting.

The ex lives within 300m of that link.


As do I.

:-)

ARW wrote:
RJH wrote:
On 29/08/2013 20:42, ARW wrote:
Anita Palley wrote:
On Tuesday, 27 August 2013 02:53:34 UTC+1, Bill Wright wrote:

A interesting post, and one that I'm sure will generate discussion.



Bill
Many thanks Bill. I think it's very much a vital issue. No one seems
interested enough to post anything here though, it would seem.
Do many people put porches on their Victorian terraced houses?

Please link to street view images and give examples.

I've got a sort of 'open porch' arrangement that's very handy, but
that was from new. Some people, though:

http://goo.gl/maps/XfFie

Now that is interesting.

The ex lives within 300m of that link.

I'd call those small conservatories rather than porches.

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Tciao for Now!

John.

Dave Newt wrote:
Here are four in a row if this is the sort of thing that is
meant: http://goo.gl/maps/ApBrZ

If it's something that's structurally and cosmetically
part of the bay window it looks perfectly ok. There's
a few decent ones near me. This is a particularly good
example:

http://goo.gl/maps/y1iHl

The above examples are perfect examples of ones that
aren't. There's one particularly bad one round the
corner from me where the door faces into the garden
instead of the path.

JGH