The windows decision is now more expensive and more complicated than I thought. Not too much more expensive and not too much more complicated but enough to require more research and another post! Back in Post 9 and Post 13 and Post 17, I talked about the windows I found that would reduce the cost by about 50%, which is a saving that I can't afford to pass up, even though the windows have to be imported...
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'Everyone' I've spoken to, meaning three 'experts', recommend the house is built on stumps rather than concrete footings with a brick plinth. My question related to stumps, is how to hide the underfloor space. As I said in Post 3, this is quite an issue for me. I like the idea of concrete strip footings and a brick plinth, even if the plinth isn't load bearing, because it hides the underfloor space and looks consistent...
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Dystopian zeitgeists .... They are words that are almost delicious to use but, in the context of 2019, they're almost as terrifying as they are delicious. Remember 'The God of Small Things'? Read Arundhati Roy's latest speech. Subscribe to Netflix? Watch the series 'Occupied'. Enjoy the interior decorating site 'Houzz'? Here's an article advising what to take when disaster strikes (yes - really and it was published in late 2018). 'Caring & Doing'. Until next...
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