mysty
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Post by mysty on May 25, 2024 19:11:45 GMT 1
2014 I started a thread of FE, well I think it was FE back then and not TF. I bought the house in August and said it would be finished by Christmas which never happened. The house is only minutes from where we live but the soil is very wet and you could open a flippin clay mine. It was very cheap and the notaire said these houses move so do not come back to the previous owner. I got a huge mix of ready mix concrete and used wire to hold it all together but the walls moved ever so slightly and cracked tiles and where it was at it's weakest spot it cracked. It was left for ten years but never got any worse, this week we started a quick make over of the inside pullled out the kitchen we fitted when we bought and are putting in a new one tomorrow. The tiled floor is staying but it's getting a new wooden floor which will be more flexabile and if it moves again you will not see it as you would with a tiled floor.
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Post by iolar on May 26, 2024 11:42:07 GMT 1
A lot of France is clay and with really dry and then really wet years there are lots of subsidence problems. A lot of modern houses have been affected the last 2 years. The owners of our house moved out about 15 years ago to a modern house and they have severe problems as well as with this house - loads of cracks.
The Regs. for foundations should be overhauled but I bet they won't. Semi-raft with deep corner re-inforcing would stop these problems.
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Post by jardiniere on May 26, 2024 18:03:33 GMT 1
this week we started a quick make over of the inside pullled out the kitchen we fitted when we bought and are putting in a new one tomorrow. What's wrong with the old one? Has it moved? It looks very presentable. I could understand you replacing it if you wanted to live there.
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Post by mysty on May 26, 2024 20:52:41 GMT 1
A lot of France is clay and with really dry and then really wet years there are lots of subsidence problems. A lot of modern houses have been affected the last 2 years. The owners of our house moved out about 15 years ago to a modern house and they have severe problems as well as with this house - loads of cracks. The Regs. for foundations should be overhauled but I bet they won't. Semi-raft with deep corner re-inforcing would stop these problems. This house was built before building regs existed, I'm pretty sure there will be no foundations.
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Post by mysty on May 26, 2024 21:03:29 GMT 1
this week we started a quick make over of the inside pullled out the kitchen we fitted when we bought and are putting in a new one tomorrow. What's wrong with the old one? Has it moved? It looks very presentable. I could understand you replacing it if you wanted to live there. I will change the picture of the old kitchen tomorrow evening. It was just a cheap old oak kitchen bought for 100 or 200 cannot remember and painted. The kitchen was 40sqm, now instead of a 40sqm kitchen you have an ensuite double bedroom and a nice new kitchen. The kitchen will be finished later tomorrow with a picture on here. She wants to keep it it's ideal for when your old everything is on one floor but you have 3 beds and a bathroom on the first floor. The ten year guarantee is up on all the major works so I would be happier selling. It's always going to move whether it's fine cracks in the walls inside and out.
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Post by mysty on May 27, 2024 19:02:23 GMT 1
The old kitchen New kitchen from Bricodepot. One door not fitted yet as one of the hangers was missing. Pre covid this would have cost 550/650 that cost just over 1000 but does have good worktops.
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Post by suein56 on May 28, 2024 9:18:06 GMT 1
Having a downstairs bedroom (and bath/shower room) is almost a necessary requirement in France. This property should sell well .. if you can persuade ATS it's better to sell.
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Post by mysty on Jun 2, 2024 14:22:08 GMT 1
@ sue56 Your right it should be easier to sell. Tiled yesterday which match the worktop and plastered this morning, with sockets fitted.
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