Architecture

[KMD7]

On 07/03/2021 at 17:32, Captain Howdy said:

I think it’s horrible

Yeah, not a fan of it. 

[Alan Sex]

4 hours ago, KMD7 said:

Yeah, not a fan of it. 

Disappointed. I think it was just built up too much. 

[Strontium]

Browsing the local house listings, as you do, and this is from a new development in Speke... what's the deal with the tiny fucking windows?

 

Last time I saw windows that small was on a medieval castle, to aid fortification against invaders.

 

 

 

[Bjornebye]

3 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

Browsing the local house listings, as you do, and this is from a new development in Speke... what's the deal with the tiny fucking windows?

 

Last time I saw windows that small was on a medieval castle, to aid fortification against invaders.

 

 

 

It's in Speke. 

[Bjornebye]

On 01/04/2021 at 14:55, Rico1304 said:

https://www.dezeen.com/2021/03/29/woonpioneers-prefabricated-indigo-cabin-forest/

 

This looks ace.  

Look great them. Apart from the paranoid wanks I'd live in one. 

[A Red]

3 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

Browsing the local house listings, as you do, and this is from a new development in Speke... what's the deal with the tiny fucking windows?

 

Last time I saw windows that small was on a medieval castle, to aid fortification against invaders.

 

 

 

Looks lovely, but its only a matter of time before everyone has drop down kerbs and puts a hardstanding in for their cars. Flooding ensues. 

[cochyn]

6 hours ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

Browsing the local house listings, as you do, and this is from a new development in Speke... what's the deal with the tiny fucking windows?

 

Last time I saw windows that small was on a medieval castle, to aid fortification against invaders.

 

 

 

Spec house developer logic for meeting energy efficiency standards: Glass lets out more heat than walls. so it's cheaper to fit small windows and install the minimum required wall insulation. They could put in bigger windows and bump up the wall insulation to compensate. But: ££. And they know the buy-to-let landlords who buy these Noddy-boxes won't give a shit that it'll be dark as hell in there and you'll need to keep the lights on in the day. These aren't homes anymore, they're 'investments'.

 

And what the fuck is going on with that 'canopy' over the front door? Its a fucking abortion.

 

[SasaS]

Maybe that is a development for the gothic community?

[Bjornebye]

46 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

Yeah we used to call it bleak Speke. I went there on a site visit once. I was dressed in a suit and in a newish car and a gang of kids aged about 10 gathered and threw stones at the car windows as I drove away. It was about 11 am on a Tuesday during term time. 

It was Turdseye and his mates. “There’s that Tory cunt who murders old women” 

[VladimirIlyich]

2 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

It was Turdseye and his mates. “There’s that Tory cunt who murders old women” 

Was rico fitting gas meters too?

[Bruce Spanner]

So, we’re about 60/70% built at the moment, but we’ve been told that it’s going to be about two months behind schedule due to the fucking plague, which is a kick in the dick.

 

But, here’s the generated pics. The river Nile just out of shot..

 

 

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

10 hours ago, Bruce Spanner said:

So, we’re about 60/70% built at the moment, but we’ve been told that it’s going to be about two months behind schedule due to the fucking plague, which is a kick in the dick.

 

But, here’s the generated pics. The river Nile just out of shot..

 

 

 

 

Is that your house?

[Bruce Spanner]

Just now, Rick Sanchez C-137 said:

 

 

Is that your house?

Will be in about six or so months. 

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Just now, Bruce Spanner said:

Will be in about six or so months. 

 

Holy good fuck. What do you do for a living, out of curiosity?

 

Looks amazing, well done! I'm not absolutely seething with jealousy. Nope. Definitely not.

[Bruce Spanner]

10 minutes ago, Rick Sanchez C-137 said:

 

Holy good fuck. What do you do for a living, out of curiosity?

 

Looks amazing, well done! I'm not absolutely seething with jealousy. Nope. Definitely not.

I do stuff for people what need stuff doing, it’s an honest living.

 

Like Neko above costs are massively reduced as land is cheap, labour here is tiny as well, so doing this in the UK, or Europe, would be out of the question, but it makes sense for us to do it properly as we plan to be there for years.

 

Not that we’re thinking this way but ROI is pretty much guaranteed so there’s not such a risk to it.

[VladimirIlyich]

10 hours ago, Bruce Spanner said:

So, we’re about 60/70% built at the moment, but we’ve been told that it’s going to be about two months behind schedule due to the fucking plague, which is a kick in the dick.

 

But, here’s the generated pics. The river Nile just out of shot..

 

 

The river Nile? Are you Mo Salah?

[Bruce Spanner]

Just now, VladimirIlyich said:

The river Nile? Are you Mo Salah?

Yeah, where the blue and white meet, very pretty.

 

Not Egypt, Sudan.

[VladimirIlyich]

3 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Yeah, where the blue and white meet, very pretty.

 

Not Egypt, Sudan.

Which one?

Edit; I just saw that its Sudan and South Sudan rather than North Sudan and South Sudan. South Sudan is way too feisty.

[Bruce Spanner]

1 minute ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Which one?

Sudan.

 

About 5/10 miles from Khartoum. 

[VladimirIlyich]

1 minute ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Sudan.

 

About 5/10 miles from Khartoum. 

That's all folks.

[neko]

Bruce - is wood a common building material there ? Looks like it is concrete and metal (mostly)

 

Nice space - just wonder if the interior ceiling could have been wood, to warm it up a bit ?

[Bruce Spanner]

36 minutes ago, neko said:

Bruce - is wood a common building material there ? Looks like it is concrete and metal (mostly)

 

Nice space - just wonder if the interior ceiling could have been wood, to warm it up a bit ?

 

We'll not need to worry about keeping warm, it can hit the high 40's in summer and doesn't really drop below 20/25 most of the year.

 

Wooden framed.

 

I'd not thought about common materials, but now you mention it you don't see a lot of wood used.

[neko]

understood - I was thinking 'warmth' in terms of aesthetics.

 

my preconception of Sudan was something like this, so assumed wood might be scarce and expensive.

 

[Bruce Spanner]

8 minutes ago, neko said:

understood - I was thinking 'warmth' in terms of aesthetics.

 

my preconception of Sudan was something like this, so assumed wood might be scarce and expensive.

 

 

Ah, Meroe!

 

There's a camp about quarter mile from there where you can sleep under the stars, run by Italians oddly.

 

[Bjornebye]

3 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

 

Ah, Meroe!

 

There's a camp about quarter mile from there where you can sleep under the stars, run by Italians oddly.

 

Where is it you're building your new house Bruce, Sudan? And you're moving there from London? Is it for work or do you just fancy a change? Mad place to move too that