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The Huf houses have a lot of external timber, which may mean very high maintenance costs. I don't know - just speculating.
Not if it's treated right and the wood is good quality. Stayed in a wooden chalet type place in Germany once, it was over 100 years old.
There are still a good few timber-framed tudor houses still standing in the UK despite being 500-odd years old."One thing that is different, and has changed here, is the self-absorption, not just greed. Everybody is in a hurry now and there is a 'the rules don't apply to me' sort of thing." - Bill Bryson0 -
The Huf houses have a lot of external timber, which may mean very high maintenance costs. I don't know - just speculating.
Not necessarily. After all, all those medieval and Tudor half-timbered houses are made of mostly wood (-:...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
I looked at those Huf Houses- not for me, I don't like the style at all....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »Not necessarily. After all, all those medieval and Tudor half-timbered houses are made of mostly wood (-:
And most of them fell down long ago.A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.0 -
Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »And most of them fell down long ago.
I'm not sure they fell down much. Demolished, Great Fire of London, etc.......much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
I have a friend who's just moved in to a 'kit home' lodge, made by a company in Birmingham. It looks nice but they've had no end of problems. Problems with the roof, problems with the shower/plumbing, problems with the floor, problems with the kitchen etc. It got so bad that the company took the whole thing back down, then put it back up. After they thought they were set they had a major gas leak which led to the kit company blaming someone else that came in to do work- my friend had to move out for the best part of two weeks. Three months later and my friend is happy there but you can still see some issues... you can see the heads of the nails/screws in the ceiling that have been painted over, they constantly have issues with hot water or lack thereof, and the company walked away and refused to do the landscaping around the lodge so now they're in the process of taking the company to court. That being said, it's a nice enough place, albeit the bedrooms are quite small, it looks nice and has a nice big deck and the location is lovely.
what was the name of the company?0 -
I've been watching a Huf Haus going up in Hampton Court, it's gawjus and not cheap!!
I saw that on Sunday, not been over that way for a while, I did wonder how on earth that just appeared, Now I know! Does look nice, wonder if one will fit at the bottom of my folks garden!Aspiring to be financially independent.... from my parents!0 -
Have a look at the Channel 4 Homes website - full of great information.
They have a good section on kit homes --
http://www.channel4.com/4homes/build-renovate/self-build/kit-homes
I've always wanted to self-build
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mustrum_ridcully wrote: »Not if it's treated right and the wood is good quality. Stayed in a wooden chalet type place in Germany once, it was over 100 years old.
There are still a good few timber-framed tudor houses still standing in the UK despite being 500-odd years old.
I wasn't suggesting it would rot away to nothing. I just meant that you might have to treat it every five years or so to preserve the wood. That could mean scaffolding the whole building, which is v expensive. Painting on the preservative would probably be the cheapest part of the job.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
I wasn't suggesting it would rot away to nothing. I just meant that you might have to treat it every five years or so to preserve the wood. That could mean scaffolding the whole building, which is v expensive. Painting on the preservative would probably be the cheapest part of the job.
I'm sure it varies depending on the type of wood and age, but with old timber-framed buildings, you don't need to do anything like that....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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