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    you know what, i think it could work. i dont think they are offering it as a replacement for a HOME, but maybe a holiday home or something. i mean plumbing and electricity is obviously an issue. and then theirs location! thats the hardest bit. If argos were to offer some sort of guide, or help in finding a location for this, then i think it could REALLY take off, especially with all the housing crisis and what not. if i were to buy 10 of these right now and set them up near the sea side, like Cornwall or something, in prime locations, i swear i could make a killing.
    whos up for it, i can invest £20, anybody want to invest the £70,000 for 10% share in the company?
     
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    The Printed Bag Shop said:
    Now that is a great idea. Im off to find a nice patch of land.

    Even a nice plot inland would be good.
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    to be honest i don't think it could compete with normal houses (inland), it would just look strange next to a normal house, or in a normal neighborhood, unless the whole neighborhood was made of houses like these, which brings me onto my next idea! like a caravan park type of thing, but we would have to make a big sign outside saying "no pikies allowed"
     
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    I have a feeling this is meant to fill the gap for those building extra living space into their back gardens.

    There has been an explosion of mostly illegal small dwellings (glorified sheds) all around the country mainly due to immigration with landlords wanting to extract every last bit of value from a property.
     
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    Argos arent the first to make these, places like B&Q, Homebase and Wickes have had them for the best part of a year and have been trying to sell them as "outdoor offices", but people kept thinking of them as fancy sheds with windows.

    I have wanted one for a while to use as a studio. But My garden would only fit a small one and I need a lot of space :(

    Totally up for the caravan park idea! I can invest another tenner ;)
     
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    moose88 said:
    you know what, i think it could work. i dont think they are offering it as a replacement for a HOME, but maybe a holiday home or something. i mean plumbing and electricity is obviously an issue. and then theirs location! thats the hardest bit. If argos were to offer some sort of guide, or help in finding a location for this, then i think it could REALLY take off, especially with all the housing crisis and what not. if i were to buy 10 of these right now and set them up near the sea side, like Cornwall or something, in prime locations, i swear i could make a killing.
    whos up for it, i can invest £20, anybody want to invest the £70,000 for 10% share in the company?
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    I live on the seafront plots sell from £300,000.

    Might put a spanner in the works.:rolleyes:

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    the thing i love about argos is that they will always take things back for a refund. i bought a office chair, and i put the screws in too tight, so the plastic of the back piece just snapped off, and i fixed it with superglue, and even then it snapped of again, so i took it back and said that i was missing some screws LOL it was obvious that i broke it my self, but the kid was helpful and gave me a refund.
     
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    moose88 said:
    the thing i love about argos is that they will always take things back for a refund. i bought a office chair, and i put the screws in too tight, so the plastic of the back piece just snapped off, and i fixed it with superglue, and even then it snapped of again, so i took it back and said that i was missing some screws LOL it was obvious that i broke it my self, but the kid was helpful and gave me a refund.
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    Great idea have a house delivered for £4.95.Then ask for a refund.:D

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    I've got a small version of one of these in my garden which I use as a studio. Mine is around 14ft by 7ft and it took three blokes (who do this for a living) two full days to put up, so I'd hate to think how long that would take.
    As an office space I highly recommend them, in winter its warmer in there than it is in my house.
     
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    I wanted one of their garden rooms, but they didn't deliver to the Isle of Wight. So I went to the Finn Forrest website (its them who make them, but only do commercial sells and not to joe public) who have a facility to find your local supplier.

    It took a day to erect, though credit has to be made for the site manager (me) for ticking the pick list and organising the pieces so as to have a logical order. Am in the process of completing it in the next few days. Lots of electrics going in as well as an alarm and two-way lighting into the house too. A few days back it was pretty cold indoors, yet when in the studio putting down the carpet and putting up white and peg boards, had to have the window open as I've also had foil coated insulation added too.

    These houses do have the potential to provide genuine low-cost homes, and using technology from Finland, could be enviromentally complient too. They have to be better than some pokey damp flat that some people are expected to grateful for...
     
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    moose88 said:
    ...if i were to buy 10 of these right now and set them up near the sea side, like Cornwall or something, in prime locations, i swear i could make a killing.
    whos up for it, i can invest £20, anybody want to invest the £70,000 for 10% share in the company?
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    ha ha ha ha, im into that. i have £70 spare so that should give me a 0.00001% share!

    ''this time next year rodders........''
     
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    moose88 said:
    you know what, i think it could work. i dont think they are offering it as a replacement for a HOME, but maybe a holiday home or something. i mean plumbing and electricity is obviously an issue. and then theirs location! thats the hardest bit. If argos were to offer some sort of guide, or help in finding a location for this, then i think it could REALLY take off, especially with all the housing crisis and what not. if i were to buy 10 of these right now and set them up near the sea side, like Cornwall or something, in prime locations, i swear i could make a killing.
    whos up for it, i can invest £20, anybody want to invest the £70,000 for 10% share in the company?
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    There are many firms that supply these pre-built for say £30,000 plumbed the works and if you want it on a plot then maybe you're talking £120,000+. Land costs money!

    But if you want it assembled I'd give it a go!
     
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    SneakSMS said:
    Why did you drag up this thread to post that ?! :|
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    'cos he's been googling for 'log cabins' or similar and up popped this thread.
     
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