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Buying property - floor plans don't match the reality
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Imagine you are buying a car and it is 1cm short. Would you take up arms? That's actually nearer the analogy!tsalaj said:Imagine you're buying a car and instead of a 5-door one, they give you a 3-door - you would complain, right?3 -
haha right... I mean asked for an advice, I'm not sure how I managed to offend you... so will close this thread. Thanks!0
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Am I missing something? Has the OP deleted all their posts except the 1st one and last one? (I can't see any of the quoted responses, except in the quotes).
If that IS what they've done, in whose reality is that even a logical thing to do?2 -
Clue: Cars are mass-produced from identical components. Houses aren't.blue_max_3 said:
Imagine you are buying a car and it is 1cm short. Would you take up arms? That's actually nearer the analogy!tsalaj said:Imagine you're buying a car and instead of a 5-door one, they give you a 3-door - you would complain, right?0 -
Think you missed my point. A 3-door car is massively different to a 5-door one.AdrianC said:
Clue: Cars are mass-produced from identical components. Houses aren't.blue_max_3 said:
Imagine you are buying a car and it is 1cm short. Would you take up arms? That's actually nearer the analogy!tsalaj said:Imagine you're buying a car and instead of a 5-door one, they give you a 3-door - you would complain, right?0 -
No, the 3- and 5-dr versions of the same model of car usually simply have different side panel pressings with fewer (but longer) apertures. Usually the roof and floor pressings are identical.blue_max_3 said:
Think you missed my point. A 3-door car is massively different to a 5-door one.AdrianC said:
Clue: Cars are mass-produced from identical components. Houses aren't.blue_max_3 said:
Imagine you are buying a car and it is 1cm short. Would you take up arms? That's actually nearer the analogy!tsalaj said:Imagine you're buying a car and instead of a 5-door one, they give you a 3-door - you would complain, right?
But I think you've missed mine.
A 5dr Focus is a 5dr Focus is a 5dr Focus. There are hundreds of thousands of them, all dimensionally identical. Because they are assembled from standardised components.
A 5dr Focus bodyside will only go onto a 5dr Focus.
Buildings aren't. They are made from processed raw materials which are assembled in ways which are not dimensionally identical. Yes, a brick is a brick is a brick. But varying numbers of generic bricks are combined in different ways into different walls. Some bricks will be cut to the desired length. Timber and sheet materials are generic, cut to fit. This sheet of plasterboard or length of 3x2 CLS might go into a studio flat or a 5 bed detached house.
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If I needed five doors, three would be a massive compromise. A cm shorter would be irrelevant.AdrianC said:
No, the 3- and 5-dr versions of the same model of car usually simply have different side panel pressings with fewer (but longer) apertures. Usually the roof and floor pressings are identical.0 -
So which doors are missing in this flat?blue_max_3 said:
If I needed five doors, three would be a massive compromise. A cm shorter would be irrelevant.AdrianC said:
No, the 3- and 5-dr versions of the same model of car usually simply have different side panel pressings with fewer (but longer) apertures. Usually the roof and floor pressings are identical.0 -
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So which doors are missing in this flat?blue_max_3 said:
If I needed five doors, three would be a massive compromise. A cm shorter would be irrelevant.AdrianC said:
No, the 3- and 5-dr versions of the same model of car usually simply have different side panel pressings with fewer (but longer) apertures. Usually the roof and floor pressings are identical.0
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