Yeah, it's Frenchish for 'Oily fart'.Lazy Llama said:
Funny how Dale McCrae's nightmare vision of death astride a nuke-torn London (aka the side of Carlton mansions) never figures highly in people's top ten Brixton murals list.
'Brixton signs and graffiti' - new photo collection
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Funny how Dale McCrae's nightmare vision of death astride a nuke-torn London (aka the side of Carlton mansions) never figures highly in people's top ten Brixton murals list.
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
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The quality of finish generally isn't a planning issue, unless there are specific conditions e.g. use of facing materials of a certain quality/colour.
My suspicion is that this arises because most of the local Housing Associations to whom the affordable housing is allocated don't have building/surveying staff "in-house" - they often just have people who manage repairs/maintenance contracts. The HAs therefore aren't willing/able to challenge the builders in the way that an owner occupier (with rights under NHBC guarantee on workmanship etc) would.
And because the people that they are rehousing are generally just grateful to be in space that is self-contained/has enough rooms for their family, there is pressure on the HA not to delay occupying the properties while "desnagging" takes place.
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hatboy said:
The quality of finish generally isn't a planning issue, unless there are specific conditions e.g. use of facing materials of a certain quality/colour.
My suspicion is that this arises because most of the local Housing Associations to whom the affordable housing is allocated don't have building/surveying staff "in-house" - they often just have people who manage repairs/maintenance contracts. The HAs therefore aren't willing/able to challenge the builders in the way that an owner occupier (with rights under NHBC guarantee on workmanship etc) would.
And because the people that they are rehousing are generally just grateful to be in space that is self-contained/has enough rooms for their family, there is pressure on the HA not to delay occupying the properties while "desnagging" takes place.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
Mike, this is wicked stuff, nice one. I really enjoyed going through and seeing which ones I recognised.
I'm not trying to be an old brown nose, but it really is appreciated that you do this. A lot of the stuff you've photographed probably wont be here in a few years time so the site really does serve its purpose as a historical record of Brixton's aesthetic.
There's a few other signs I see regularly that would be good to include (e.g. the "S. ERRINGTON - DEALER IN ANTIQUE AND SECONDHAND FURNITURE" sign painted on the end of a house in Brixton Water Lane) - can I send you digi pictures of them for inclusion?
I'm not trying to be an old brown nose, but it really is appreciated that you do this. A lot of the stuff you've photographed probably wont be here in a few years time so the site really does serve its purpose as a historical record of Brixton's aesthetic.
There's a few other signs I see regularly that would be good to include (e.g. the "S. ERRINGTON - DEALER IN ANTIQUE AND SECONDHAND FURNITURE" sign painted on the end of a house in Brixton Water Lane) - can I send you digi pictures of them for inclusion?
Mrs Redboots
Ice dancer
Thanks. Glad to have found this forum - we've lived in Brixton 25 years almost to the day, and love the place.hatboy said:Thankyou Lang... and welcome Mrs Redboots. (Nice name)
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