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can i live in the garden??!!

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jamsam

Joined: 21 Oct 2005
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Location: erm....i dont know, its dark.

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 05 2:41 pm Post subject: can i live in the garden??!!
hi, im new to this site, but it looks like the fountain of knowledge ive been looking for... does any one have experience of living within a garden? im stuck about 100 miles from the propety ladder and ive got no way of getting on the bottom rung, one option is to live in my parents garden..

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45674
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 05 2:44 pm Post subject: Re: can i live in the garden??!!

jamsam wrote:

one option is to live in my parents garden..

Possible but difficult, you'll need to find out what you're council thinks but they may let you get away with a large mobile home thing.

https://www.downsizer.net/bookmarks/view/Planning_Portal/

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 05 2:46 pm Post subject:
Wont they let you in the house?

jamsam

Joined: 21 Oct 2005
Posts: 2560
Location: erm....i dont know, its dark.

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 05 2:46 pm Post subject: not enough room for that...
i dont think there will be enough space for that, i was thinking more along the lines of ayurt or bender.

jamsam

Joined: 21 Oct 2005
Posts: 2560
Location: erm....i dont know, its dark.

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 05 2:48 pm Post subject:
im already in the house with my two sons, and they are driving me crazy, i wanted to be able to have our own space near by, big enough to spend at least part of the year in, i have heard that you can have something in thegarden aslong as its only for less that 3 nights a week..im not sure though!!

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45674
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 05 2:49 pm Post subject: Re: not enough room for that...

jamsam wrote:

i dont think there will be enough space for that, i was thinking more along the lines of ayurt or bender.

Again possible as long as the council agree that it's not a permanent structure, the link above takes you to the planning portal, identify your local office an ring them to see what they say, if the response is negative do some digging around on their website to see if there's anything in the town plan that you could exploit.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 05 2:52 pm Post subject:
What about water / loos? You might get away with a non-permanent structure like a yurt, but the Council might get a bit uppity if you start digging latrines / earth loos in the garden. How big is the garden? Do you have nearby neighbours - that could be a big consideration.

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 05 3:48 pm Post subject:
have a look at Judy of the Woods website (she's a member here) https://www.judyofthewoods.com/index.html there might be some info on there of help. I notice under buildings it lists drainage, and there's planning info!

Lozzie

Joined: 25 May 2005
Posts: 2595

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 05 5:16 pm Post subject:
I know two or three people who have, or who are, living in gardens in caravans. What a very poorly constructed sentence, sorry

Bazil

Joined: 26 Sep 2005
Posts: 181
Location: Near Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 05 6:19 pm Post subject:

Lozzie wrote:

I know two or three people who have, or who are, living in gardens in caravans. What a very poorly constructed sentence, sorry

Why build a garden inside a caravan?

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 05 7:51 pm Post subject:
How old are the bairns? Maybe you could construct a den, a sort of day place for you to be, but still 'live' in the house? How big a garden is it?

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 05 6:54 pm Post subject:

There have been several attempts in this area to set up co-operative building projects. If you were interested in this I would suggest you talk to people and ask around. A friend of mine lives in a house - set up as a co-operative (I think) and idea she brought with her from Manchester. The idea was to purchase a variety of properties in the village to give other options for different family groups. Unfortunaltely house prices locally are ridiculously high and this has curtailed this idea. My sons girlfriend built her bedroom/bedsit in the garden of her Mums house - it was going to be of straw bale construction but ended up breeze block - nice though. Why don't you contact the Centre for Alternative Technology - they have a lot of information and are happy to talk to you. Have you got your name down with Housing Associaitons? and the Council - Some of the few remaining Council houses in the villages around here are great with big gardens. You should do it anyway because the points list/waiting list is a long one.

(Sorry about all the typing errors)

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46240
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 05 5:26 pm Post subject:

well constructed benders are good for all 4 seasons .they are not permanant ,are cheap ,can be any shape or size , coppice is renewable and pallet wood is recycling .use twice as many poles as you think are enough. hazel is best , ash and willow are good ,popplar is good for larger structures ,several smaller ones joined is easier than a huge one.it can be done just by weaving sticks but a roll af bailing twine and learning a few simple lashings/knots saves time and produces a satisfactory frame .canvas skins tend to rot ,plastic tarps wear ,curtain siding off lorries lasts ages .if you dig a shallow trench around the edge about a foot from where the poles meet the floor and run the skin into it and hold it down , the inside should stay dry under the pallet wood floor .

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