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I was wondering about this the other day. I'm not surprised from what I've read.

Roll of the dice, the stakeholders stood to make a very high margin by building top notch properties on green belt... high risk, high return if you get away with it. Didn't work this time, they can probably still develop according to the original approval.

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1 hour ago, Good Knee said:

What about that monstrosity on Longsight, Harwood, new build for the Methodist church hall, it's in keeping with fuck all for miles around, architects and planners are a joke.

Agree it looks out of place but if they've been through the correct processes and got permissions then fair enough. Grundy fold mon can get to fuck, tear em down!! 

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2 hours ago, Good Knee said:

What about that monstrosity on Longsight, Harwood, new build for the Methodist church hall, it's in keeping with fuck all for miles around, architects and planners are a joke.

Yes, I dont normally care, but it looks dreadful

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2 hours ago, Good Knee said:

What about that monstrosity on Longsight, Harwood, new build for the Methodist church hall, it's in keeping with fuck all for miles around, architects and planners are a joke.

Drive past all the time and think what the actual fuck is that. 

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The thing at Longsight Church is shocking but it replaced another shit building and a reasonably large detached house. Neither original buildings were in keeping with that part of Harwood and only next door, where the tennis courts once stood, there are equally shit apartments.

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I noticed a large amount of soil piled up outside the front of the longsight place- a cheap 'fix' to cover the tonnes of building rubble left behind. Lovely new turf to go down, in a shady area with poor soil structure. Be yellow and manky in no time, perhaps suiting the overall build.

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Just now, Tonge moor green jacket said:

I noticed a large amount of soil piled up outside the front of the longsight place- a cheap 'fix' to cover the tonnes of building rubble left behind. Lovely new turf to go down, in a shady area with poor soil structure. Be yellow and manky in no time, perhaps suiting the overall build.

One would assume someone knows how to prepare the ground for laying turf. Well, I hope so anyway.

I raised two thirds of my own rear garden by building a wall, filling with hardcore then ever decreasing sizes of stone chip before a layer of half a ton of sand then a ton of topsoil. Whacked it down and then turfed.

Only problem now is the amount of clover, plantain, dandelions and daisies. I’ve just sprayed it with a broad-leaf weed killer. I await the results.

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14 minutes ago, MickyD said:

The thing at Longsight Church is shocking but it replaced another shit building and a reasonably large detached house. Neither original buildings were in keeping with that part of Harwood and only next door, where the tennis courts once stood, there are equally shit apartments.

I'd have thought the residents of Breightmet East Harwood would like a chintzy, naff building plonked in their midst.

It'd be even more popular if it housed a travel agent specialising in Saga holidays.

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46 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

Fishing trip was it? sure certain people will be along shortly to pull you up for that 😎 #consistency 

It was

Miami seems to be busy and parochial disputes are always easy bait 😁

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5 hours ago, MickyD said:

One would assume someone knows how to prepare the ground for laying turf. Well, I hope so anyway.

I raised two thirds of my own rear garden by building a wall, filling with hardcore then ever decreasing sizes of stone chip before a layer of half a ton of sand then a ton of topsoil. Whacked it down and then turfed.

Only problem now is the amount of clover, plantain, dandelions and daisies. I’ve just sprayed it with a broad-leaf weed killer. I await the results.

You're joking, right!

Last thing on a builder's mind. Blind the compacted, rubble laden subsoil with a couple of inches of top soil and lay new turf. Job done.

Your own job sounds right- a bit like the Reebok pitch.

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9 hours ago, MickyD said:

One would assume someone knows how to prepare the ground for laying turf. Well, I hope so anyway.

I raised two thirds of my own rear garden by building a wall, filling with hardcore then ever decreasing sizes of stone chip before a layer of half a ton of sand then a ton of topsoil. Whacked it down and then turfed.

Only problem now is the amount of clover, plantain, dandelions and daisies. I’ve just sprayed it with a broad-leaf weed killer. I await the results.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

As one who's bought a new build, and an almost new build, and likes a nice garden, no. Rubble, then enough topsoil to cover the rubble. And the gardener then spends years digging the rubble out & taking it to the tip (like TMGJ said)

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2 hours ago, Exiled Girl said:

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

As one who's bought a new build, and an almost new build, and likes a nice garden, no. Rubble, then enough topsoil to cover the rubble. And the gardener then spends years digging the rubble out & taking it to the tip (like TMGJ said)

Would’ve saved a fortune on materials if I’d had the balls to cut corners.

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