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New houses built very close to a cliff

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  • kinger101
    kinger101 Posts: 6,573 Forumite
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    edited 31 May 2021 at 12:06PM
    pieroabcd said:
    According to the sales representative the cliff is north facing, so the garden would be south facing,  but google maps shows the opposite: it seems that the river is noth facing, so the cliff would be south facing.
    Estate agents use special compasses to determine the orientation of back gardens.  They're calibrated annually to make sure they're working correctly.  At the magnetic north pole.
    "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius
  • pieroabcd
    pieroabcd Posts: 688 Forumite
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    Update: the river is at north and cliff at south. Verified in gmaps and measured with a compass app.

    The builders have finally removed the veils from these new houses and i've verified that the distance from the cliff is large enough not to cause concerns, but guess what? the garden couldn't point more precisely to the north (to the river), while the entrance is in front of the cliff.
    I'm afraid that that garden could turn into a marsh in winter. My partner asked me if I'm willing to cultivate mushrooms and moss:-).

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