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  • Silvertabby
    Silvertabby Posts: 10,467 Forumite
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    edited 24 January at 4:59PM
    [Deleted User] said:
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    "Waterfront"
    That must contravene fire regs! 
  • tooldle
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    edited 24 January at 4:59PM
    [Deleted User] said:
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    Another one...
    What am i missing? Its not the guttering.
  • tooldle
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    edited 24 January at 4:59PM
    jimbo6977 said:
    tooldle said:
    [Deleted User] said:
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    Another one...
    What am i missing? Its not the guttering.
    what you, and the house, are missing is appropriately sized windows. 

    I was hoping the OP could answer, since it was them that said 'another one' . Probably not a house but a flat, as there seems to be a walk through where it connects to the adjacent building. 
  • SadieO
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    tooldle said:
    I was hoping the OP could answer, since it was them that said 'another one' .
    There have been a few posts recently featuring new-build houses with very small windows. It's been theorised that it's a cost-cutting measure, and/or because energy efficency ratings calculate window area to account for heat loss, so smaller windows will give a "better" rating. 
  • joho
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    Spot the EA.

    Pendle Road, Great Harwood BB6, 3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale - 64223863 | PrimeLocation
    If you have nothing constructive to say just move along.
  • Ditzy_Mitzy
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    SadieO said:
    tooldle said:
    I was hoping the OP could answer, since it was them that said 'another one' .
    There have been a few posts recently featuring new-build houses with very small windows. It's been theorised that it's a cost-cutting measure, and/or because energy efficency ratings calculate window area to account for heat loss, so smaller windows will give a "better" rating. 
    I don't wonder if increasing density of building on new estates is causing builders to run into planning issues regarding windows overlooking other properties and gardens, too.  The simplest way round such a thing would be to eliminate windows from certain faces.  
  • tooldle
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    SadieO said:
    tooldle said:
    I was hoping the OP could answer, since it was them that said 'another one' .
    There have been a few posts recently featuring new-build houses with very small windows. It's been theorised that it's a cost-cutting measure, and/or because energy efficency ratings calculate window area to account for heat loss, so smaller windows will give a "better" rating. 
    Indeed, yet the OP's previous post some mins before was on the position of guttering. Hence my query.
  • Dandie89
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    SadieO said:
    tooldle said:
    I was hoping the OP could answer, since it was them that said 'another one' .
    There have been a few posts recently featuring new-build houses with very small windows. It's been theorised that it's a cost-cutting measure, and/or because energy efficency ratings calculate window area to account for heat loss, so smaller windows will give a "better" rating. 
    Possibly but, without identifying the property, we have no idea how copious the windows are on the other elevations in each instance.  One was identified and it had plenty.  
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