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Mito Man wrote: Sun Nov 02, 2025 10:10 pm I feel like it’s targeting an older audience because the garden is totally maintenance free. I know a few people who concrete slabbed their entire garden when they got past retirement age but you’d probably want a bungalow if moving into something entirely new :?
I think “targeting” is giving a little too much credit, it looks like that tall slab of a gable end is putting the short garden into constant shadow - so probably difficult to grow much.

It’s just a poor design, The houses next to it have a much less imposing rear elevation that with the pitch going the other direction and a single story part with skylights sticking out that means the shadows in the garden won’t be as much of an issue.

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I think the problem is the price. Make it cheaper and someone will buy it.
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Oh, and the front door makes my skin itch, I have an irrationally excessive dislike of front doors with weird-shaped glass
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Gavster wrote: Mon Nov 03, 2025 3:43 pm Oh, and the front door makes my skin itch, I have an irrationally excessive dislike of front doors with weird-shaped glass
But it ties in with all the other curved elements of the….oh.
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Gavster wrote: Mon Nov 03, 2025 3:38 pm I think the problem is the price. Make it cheaper and someone will buy it.
"There are no bad products, just bad prices" is a phrase I've heard bandied about. Which for most things (that aren't broken) is true enough.

As for that front door, I can hear the electronic doorbell of a trade desk going off when it opens, and the footsteps of someone in big boots coming to the desk to ask what tool you'd like to hire.
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mik wrote: Mon Nov 03, 2025 3:50 pm
Gavster wrote: Mon Nov 03, 2025 3:43 pm Oh, and the front door makes my skin itch, I have an irrationally excessive dislike of front doors with weird-shaped glass
But it ties in with all the other curved elements of the….oh.
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Rich B wrote: Mon Nov 03, 2025 2:14 pm
Mito Man wrote: Sun Nov 02, 2025 10:10 pm I feel like it’s targeting an older audience because the garden is totally maintenance free. I know a few people who concrete slabbed their entire garden when they got past retirement age but you’d probably want a bungalow if moving into something entirely new :?
I think “targeting” is giving a little too much credit, it looks like that tall slab of a gable end is putting the short garden into constant shadow - so probably difficult to grow much.

It’s just a poor design, The houses next to it have a much less imposing rear elevation that with the pitch going the other direction and a single story part with skylights sticking out that means the shadows in the garden won’t be as much of an issue.
Bear in mind this was originally built for a totally different purpose… and apparently there is thick reinforced concrete under those slabs which would have been a lot of work to excavate.
Not trying to excuse it, but to explain.

But yes, the back of my house is much nicer (I also have a nicer door, and no cladding).
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I have pictures of the build if people want to see.
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