July 2, 2007: Cave cottage - Page 2

limey · 07-04-2007, 04:48 PM

erm ... holiday homes. That can be taken two ways here in Blighty.
1 A home for rental to lots of people wishing to holiday there, more properly referred to (IMNSHO) as a letting cottage, or, the greater evil
2 a "home" that is lived in for two or three weeks a year by people who think of it as their "holiday home" but don't live there long enough for the house to be a "home", or for the community in which the property is situated to feel the benefit of actual residents or even temporary residents (see 1 above).
In this case, 1 above seems preferable to 3 "buying a house to stop anyone else doing anything with it", the worst variation. I live in a tourist/holiday area where the owner of a type 2 holiday home has bought the house next door so that his two-four week holiday here is not impinged upon by neighbours of any sort. This reduces the housing stock for those of us that want to live and WORK here, providing the services that make this guy's holiday home so nice to be in for a few weeks a year) ... I'm probably drunk and this probably doesn't make sense ...

07-04-2007, 04:50 PM

So this guy made it the third kind of home, one that no one gets to enjoy.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-04-2007, 05:14 PM

Does anyone have the Google Earth coordinates?

limey · 07-06-2007, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

So this guy made it the third kind of home, one that no one gets to enjoy.

That's what I think ... but then again, how much of a "home" is this cave in reality, how habitable is it? Perhaps in this case the buyer was not depriving the community of a viable living space?

07-06-2007, 07:56 PM

Again, I could make it so (at least under my tutelage, now).

Sundae · 07-07-2007, 02:00 AM

Effectively it's a land deal - 5 acres of woodland is sold "with" the property.
Bearing in mind the cave is barely habitable, I would suggest the lady bought it to keep both the land and the unusual dwelling out of the hands of developers.

Aliantha · 07-07-2007, 02:10 AM

People live in caves over here. There are some brilliant ones. I think there's been pictures of them on this site before, but I'll get some pics if anyone wants to see.

DanaC · 07-07-2007, 09:56 AM

I'd like to see!

07-10-2007, 06:01 PM

Spain has some too.
There is a whole cave town in Australia near an old opal mine.

Nikolai · 07-10-2007, 07:22 PM

THey say that place is so bad you cant live in it because theres no water gas eletricity etc... but havent we lived for hundreds of years without those "basic necessities" for hundreds of years?

Cloud · 07-11-2007, 12:47 AM

not no water, no.

Nikolai · 07-11-2007, 05:38 AM

We lived without water being pipped to our houses is what I mean cloud, Im not silly enough to go as far as we couldnt live without water lol

Griff · 07-11-2007, 06:48 AM

I carried water while building my house. We were totally used to it and found ourselves thinking how wasteful we were when we got the well.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-11-2007, 07:55 AM

Been there, done that. Electricity for a couple months, too.

Griff · 07-11-2007, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Been there, done that. Electricity for a couple months, too.

Keeps things in perspective, doesn't it?

07-04-2007, 04:48 PM	#16
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	erm ... holiday homes. That can be taken two ways here in Blighty. 1 A home for rental to lots of people wishing to holiday there, more properly referred to (IMNSHO) as a letting cottage, or, the greater evil 2 a "home" that is lived in for two or three weeks a year by people who think of it as their "holiday home" but don't live there long enough for the house to be a "home", or for the community in which the property is situated to feel the benefit of actual residents or even temporary residents (see 1 above). In this case, 1 above seems preferable to 3 "buying a house to stop anyone else doing anything with it", the worst variation. I live in a tourist/holiday area where the owner of a type 2 holiday home has bought the house next door so that his two-four week holiday here is not impinged upon by neighbours of any sort. This reduces the housing stock for those of us that want to live and WORK here, providing the services that make this guy's holiday home so nice to be in for a few weeks a year) ... I'm probably drunk and this probably doesn't make sense ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

07-04-2007, 05:14 PM	#18
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Does anyone have the Google Earth coordinates? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-07-2007, 02:00 AM	#21
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Effectively it's a land deal - 5 acres of woodland is sold "with" the property. Bearing in mind the cave is barely habitable, I would suggest the lady bought it to keep both the land and the unusual dwelling out of the hands of developers. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

07-07-2007, 02:10 AM	#22
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	People live in caves over here. There are some brilliant ones. I think there's been pictures of them on this site before, but I'll get some pics if anyone wants to see. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-11-2007, 12:47 AM	#26
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	not no water, no. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-04-2007, 04:50 PM	#17
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	So this guy made it the third kind of home, one that no one gets to enjoy.

07-06-2007, 07:56 PM	#20
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Again, I could make it so (at least under my tutelage, now).

07-07-2007, 09:56 AM	#23
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I'd like to see!

07-10-2007, 06:01 PM	#24
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Spain has some too. There is a whole cave town in Australia near an old opal mine.

07-10-2007, 07:22 PM	#25
Nikolai Greener than the rest Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Near London Posts: 68	THey say that place is so bad you cant live in it because theres no water gas eletricity etc... but havent we lived for hundreds of years without those "basic necessities" for hundreds of years?

07-11-2007, 05:38 AM	#27
Nikolai Greener than the rest Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Near London Posts: 68	We lived without water being pipped to our houses is what I mean cloud, Im not silly enough to go as far as we couldnt live without water lol

07-11-2007, 06:48 AM	#28
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I carried water while building my house. We were totally used to it and found ourselves thinking how wasteful we were when we got the well. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-11-2007, 07:55 AM	#29
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Been there, done that. Electricity for a couple months, too. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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