tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post2758791589378539609..comments2024-02-26T21:27:17.091+13:00Comments on The Fundy Post: Villa peoplePaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08024440694895271805noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-29311357458760412502012-11-25T11:05:47.378+13:002012-11-25T11:05:47.378+13:00Can't comment on the materials debate, but I h...Can't comment on the materials debate, but I have watched far too many episodes of the Pommie Location, Location, Location chappie so have learnt how the English are wedded to two up and two down, for no apparent reason. They locate to Oz or NZ and find it hard to see a single house for what it is. they want to go upstairs to bed, and the children's beds above the public rooms. <br /><br />Dan Davin got it almost all right.Stephanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-79876952139509050442012-11-20T05:17:58.198+13:002012-11-20T05:17:58.198+13:00I note the brick and tile two story Dunedin townho...I note the brick and tile two story Dunedin townhouse we rented the top floor of as students is now gone. The landlord and his wife came around and demolished the brick chimney when I told them the whole house shook in the wind. No big EQ's in the year we were in it.Peter in Dundeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-22673159780063962652012-11-20T05:14:54.655+13:002012-11-20T05:14:54.655+13:00And of course the other reason the houses are wood...And of course the other reason the houses are wood is because it's lighter and more flexible than brick, stone and tiles WHEN the earthquakes hit.<br /><br />I would not want to be in this pebbledashed brick semi in a decent earthquake. Even if the walls stay up and the floors don't pancake the heavy roof will come down. <br /><br />Not to mention that with pile foundations if it moves you can jack it up and put it back. The problem with a lot of houses in ChCh is they were new concrete slab jobs. There are EQ reasons for that but it does mean when it does move it cracks badly and twists everything. You may not die, but your house is more likely to.Peter in Dundeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-54983003993287614492012-11-18T21:50:50.183+13:002012-11-18T21:50:50.183+13:00It is a very good album, best played LOUD. Especia...It is a very good album, best played LOUD. Especially track #4.<br /><br />My father, an upholsterer at the time, designed and built his first house in the late 40s. It is still standing. My wife's grandfather, a farmer, designed the family's holiday house at Lake Hayes, one of the best-designed houses I have ever stayed in. Not saying architects are over-rated but... OK, maybe I am.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.com