You think Australia had it bad under Scotty and his predecessors

[Jerry_Atrick]

Well, Australia couyld have had it a lot better, I admit.

 

But here is something about the UK (shoudl make all the Brit ex-pats very happy they moved to Aus, indeed)..

 

[nomadpete]

Great! So when can we plan the welcome home committee Jerry?

[facthunter]

The names A trick.  Nev

[onetrack]

If he really is geriatric, he won't be allowed in. We do have health standards, you know.

[facthunter]

We don't want anything that's JERRY built.  Nev

[nomadpete]

4 hours ago, facthunter said:

We don't want anything that's JERRY built.  Nev

That's a problem for the housing industry.

 

Jerrybuilt McMansions for  starter homes.

[Jerry_Atrick]

That is why I leave the fixing upping and actal renos to the professionals.

[nomadpete]

You're OK Jerry.

You have taken on a daunting project. I hope the work turns out well.  And I hope they don't  discover too many nasty surprises.

[spacesailor]

" don't discover too many nasty surprises " ,

 

Like Australia,  were , if putting in a swimming pool , you unearth a bone , it'll stop any more attempts to get that " pool " in .

Even big business in ' Western Australia ' has run foul of hidden laws .

spacesailor

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

When one is workin g on a reno, one is under a legal obligation to report to the national trust any discovery of what may be of achealogical importance and all work must stop immediately. The National Trust will then assess the item and site and if they deem the item of potential archielogical importance, and the site likely to yield more objects, they can order suspension of works pending an archeological dig. The land owner must meet the cost of the dig regardless of what it finds, and obviously restore the land to building condition.

 

If the dig reveals anything, the land owner is able to receive compensation in accordance with a discoutned the market value of what they mind. Sometimes it can be profitable, but from what I have read, it usally leaves the ownerts out of pocket by large sums of money and a delayed project to boot.

 

Consequently, I am sure that owner renos and extensions instruct the builders to not find anything.

[pmccarthy]

We had that rule for a heritage building extension, so I had to rush around with a metal detector and shovel before the builders arrived. I found bits of several mouth organs and a shotgun all probably 100 years old.