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Post by ForumUser2 on Dec 10, 2023 8:46:55 GMT 1
I'll give you that .. but there is still a lot that was built, and continues to be built, to replace solid back to back houses that could have been renovated, that is shoddy. There is. |
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Post by spectrum on Dec 10, 2023 10:26:23 GMT 1
We did this last year the DW houses where still the same, garden different, my houses again still there same story with the gardens, our first house together still there, the second house I build a large lean to extension with a gallery bedroom and en-suite, one large open space at floor level, this had changed, the owners had extended it up to two stories high, don't know about the interior, but it was in a conservation area, which was a pain in the ars* at the time, our third house still there garden as we left it. The biggest change was to where I worked during school holiday, it was at that time the biggest textile mill in Europe, there is very little of it left, a lot are turned into flats/apartments some areas flattened and various types of housing built on the land the main entrance is still standing with the company name over the doors, the board room and my dads office are still intact along with the other offices, on the ground floor the wages dept still exists along with the many windows you used to que at to pick your wage up, it was unfortunate that I couldn't get inside, perhaps next year. Also when I left school I worked for the parks dept for 18 months, a new ring road was being built so a lot of planting was going on so it was nice to see the trees that I and my colleague had planted, some of them are massive, a small sense of pride came over me at the sight of these trees.
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Post by Aardvark on Dec 10, 2023 10:57:35 GMT 1
I'll give you that .. but there is still a lot that was built, and continues to be built, to replace solid back to back houses that could have been renovated, that is shoddy. Remember the motivation. Much more profit to be made with new builds. Often much cheaper to demolish and start again, and in many cases more than one dwelling shoehorned onto the patch that once held a single unit. I saw it being done on and near the Sandbanks peninsula near Poole. |
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Post by suein56 on Dec 10, 2023 13:29:17 GMT 1
Remember the motivation. Much more profit to be made with new builds. Often much cheaper to demolish and start again, and in many cases more than one dwelling shoehorned onto the patch that once held a single unit. I saw it being done on and near the Sandbanks peninsula near Poole. Spot on .. |
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Post by gigi on Dec 10, 2023 15:53:25 GMT 1
A few years ago I looked on Google Earth for our then brand new council house which we moved into in 1949. The house itself looked the same, but my Dad’s very productive big back garden was mainly lawn - he grew all sorts of vegs and soft fruit, also chrysanths, gladioli and tomatoes, which he sold to neighbours to supplement the family income.
The field in the centre of the large ring of council houses/gardens that was used by all the youngsters for football, cricket etc had been divided out between all the houses. Seeds from all the grass etc in the field were the bane of neighbours’ lives with all the weeds that germinated. But weeds rarely showed themselves in our garden - the soil was very dark, rich and productive due to annual deliveries of well-rotted manure and bags of soot from chimney sweeps, and there were few gaps where weeds could grow.
I assumed that most of the council houses around there were sold off as so many had extensions - there was plenty of room for them as the back gardens were large even before the field was added in.
It was interesting to see how many front gardens had garages built on them. Nobody around us owned cars, even by the time my parents moved into sheltered housing - I only knew 2 people who owned cars well into the 60s. Great for all of us children to have both the field and the very safe road to play on. The only traffic was horses and carts, the weekly delivery of tea etc by Ringtons (later changed to vans) and fruit and vegetables. One of us would be sent out with a bucket and shovel when the carts had gone - fresh droppings to be hung in the water butt used for watering tomatoes etc.
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Post by Nifty on Dec 10, 2023 15:58:01 GMT 1
I'll give you that .. but there is still a lot that was built, and continues to be built, to replace solid back to back houses that could have been renovated, that is shoddy. There is. And there is a lot of prime property that should never had so called development. The ‘green monster’ in Windsor for a start. It is amazing what elbow grease and healthy appetite for shunning tradition can do. In spite of it being Sunday I have just scrubbed a bit of the floor of the living room. Palm grease is even amazing as demonstrated by the erection of the green monster. It got thé Horlicks factory in Slough (which is < 100 meters from the Paddington to Bristol main line) converted into so-called luxury apartments As if life couldn’t get any worse, oh is watching Escape To The Country. The sound of that it woman’s voice and her general sales pitch is indescribable. |
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Post by sw31girl on Dec 14, 2023 13:34:09 GMT 1
I sold my mums house in January this year to pay for the care home fees. She had lived in the same house for 60 years. I can remember the old Sainsbury’s where the staff would cut off slabs of butter and pat it into shape. Slowly the town changed. Now the high street is cafes, restaurants, nail bars, hairdressers and misc small food stores. If you want to but clothes or shoes you now only have Sainsbury’s that sells them!
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