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Council House and the Wind a Bizarre Question
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A porch with a sliding door would help here I think.0
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So you are suggesting a private buyer could enforce a developer to come back and build them a wall or fence because they don't like the wind?
And we are only suggesting this is ridiculous because the OP is a social housing tenant?
Pull the other one :T It doesn't matter whether private or not, what are the developers supposed to do about the wind?
Any architect worth their qualifications should understand the nature of the site when they design the buildings. If you are unfamiliar with the type and frequency of the weather in parts of Scotland then you will not really have any concept of how important this is. A private house that failed to accommodate local conditions in some parts of Scotland would not achieve a decent price, the architect/developer would be left with buyers laughing and walking away. However, this is social housing and I suspect 'economy' has been a factor in not dealing with local conditions properly.0 -
Norman_Castle wrote: »Build suitable properties obviously.
Just one problem. The occupier is not the client. Tough titty.0 -
Norman_Castle wrote: »Build suitable properties obviously.
But it isn't private.TheGardener wrote: »Any architect worth their qualifications should understand the nature of the site when they design the buildings. If you are unfamiliar with the type and frequency of the weather in parts of Scotland then you will not really have any concept of how important this is. A private house that failed to accommodate local conditions in some parts of Scotland would not achieve a decent price, the architect/developer would be left with buyers laughing and walking away. However, this is social housing and I suspect 'economy' has been a factor in not dealing with local conditions properly.
And who ever owns the housing stock has clearly signed it off.0 -
Yeah as Gardener said, the conditions ideally would have been taken into account when designing the orientation of the houses, if it's an exposed site, but that's by the by now. I think asking for a run of fence to help reduce the wind is reasonable and wouldn't cost the earth. Preferably a 'hit and miss' fence (which allows the wind through to an extent).
It sounds counterproductive to allow some of the wind through, but this helps avoid the fence being pushed over, and it lowers the wind velocity without just deflecting the wind and causing turbulence on the other side of the fence. If you are insistent with the council they may do the work for you just to make you stop bugging them, otherwise you could start saving and do the work (make sure you have permission if required).0 -
sparky130a wrote: »Just one problem. The occupier is not the client. Tough titty.
Which passes the problem to the council who were the client and are now the landlord which is what the op has done.sparky130a wrote: »But it isn't private.
And who ever owns the housing stock has clearly signed it off.0 -
Norman_Castle wrote: »Which passes the problem to the council who were the client and are now the landlord which is what the op has done.
And what exactly do you think will happen?
I'll tell you. Absolutely nothing.0 -
I would keep on at them.
Talk to your local councillor- and make them deal with things.
As Labour may lose badly in May I would suggest an SNP councillor as they will me more incentivised to help as they will need more votes come may if they want to control the council
The local elections in May might galvanise some at the council.baldly going on...0 -
baldelectrician wrote: »I would keep on at them.
Talk to your local councillor- and make them deal with things.
As Labour may lose badly in May I would suggest an SNP councillor as they will me more incentivised to help as they will need more votes come may if they want to control the council
The local elections in May might galvanise some at the council.
I'm at a loss how to how a local council dictates HA policy?
More to the point, the horse hasn't just bolted. They're in a different postcode.0
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