Houses and plans (was Re: Language with a flourish)

[tanwo at hotmail.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., pengolodh_sc at y... wrote:
> 
> In general, I find that for some reason the hosues that were 
> offered/designed before the 90s generally are more appealing - 
recent 
> designs seem somehow bland - this is true (forme, at least) both 
for 
> Norway and USA.
> 
> Best regards
> Christian Stubø

You live on a house-boat I assume ;)

Here, people buy 'off-plan' - meaning they look at a (drunken) 
artist's impression of what the house will look like when finished 
and the stump up a hard-cash deposit. You pay through the nose for 
the 'privilege' of a new house (read as-yet-undiscovered problems).

W