JustMe Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Siffy the Erlund homes look fantastic,The fact that they are based on Shetland and therefore the money spent on building the house would remain on Shetland is very important to us when we build. My wife has her heart set on a Skye home, but this may just change her mind. Thank you.Except that the house kits come from Finland and the rest of the components from somewhere south so it is just the builders who are in Shetland. Link here http://www.erlund-house.com/en/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbiniho Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 @kavi ugl i dont completely agree with that statement, the vast majority of houses built in shetland recently have been timber clad and many have been painted in bright colours (hjaltland housing association) but i do concede that most are of a fairly traditional design but they are by no means drab grey boxes.as for the erlund houses they are lovely looking houses but they are not to everyones taste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted December 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Yes, thankfully there has been quite a bit of progress away from the "traditional" but dour block and harl style over the past 10 years or so but I was kinda refering to what has been built in the past 30, 40 or 50 years. I really like what the Hjaltland Housing Ass have done at places like Quoys and East Voe and I hope they continue with it and don't slip back into the block and harl/render style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RileyBKing Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 We rented one of the Norwegian log house types as per the posting pf 1 Aug 2010 for a holiday on the Black isle last year and were most impressed with it. One question: is there any data on life expectancy (or at least before major remedial work is required) for this method of construction versus concrete block + harling, I'm thinking Shetland climate here.....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kavi Ugl Posted March 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 I see a nice looking house proposed for Whalsay. http://www.shetland.gov.uk/planningcontrol/apps/pdfs/default.asp?filter=2011_059_PCD Just click on the elevations link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted March 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Stumbled across another Norwegian website tonight with some interesting designs. http://www.norskehus.no/index.asp?MenuID=3921 @ RileyBKing, I'm not sure but what people seem to be thinking about more and more is that wood is from a sustainable soure whereas stone isn't - once it's quarried it can never be replaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted March 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Some more nice designs: In the first link just click on either of the main pictures. http://www.hellvikhus.no/ferdighus/hyttevelger.aspx?nodeid=5136 http://www.hellvikhus.no/ferdighus/bildeGalleri.aspx?nodeid=5029 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almara Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 with all the wooden houses around who does everyone insure with ? alot of companys dont want to insure wooden houses or they charge a fortune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest posiedon Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 When we were looking for our first house (1973) you couldn't get a mortgage on a timber built house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirvaluk Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Isn't a problem now, it was 25 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Some nice designs for a nice voar morning!. http://www.norgeshus.no/article.php?id=1156 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Something worth bearing in mind with these two storey timber mansions with the massive veranda's is the ongoing maintenance of these buildings. You have to be prepared to spend the rest of your life painting them. This is Shetland..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted March 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Yeh, I ken dat some of yon houses are braaly big and we're unlikely to see them in Shetland but it was just to give folk some ideas even for shape and colour etc. I'd rather paint a bonnie peerie Scandinavian style house every X years as own a grey harled blob of an eyesore!. Yep this is Shetland and Faroe is Faroe but they still manage a bit of painted colour. As a Faroese friend said to me a couple of years ago "Shetland is beautiful but your houses are terrible".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Yep, I ken whit you are saying Kavi but when dat force 10 is blawin an da horizontal rain is on I tink I wid stick tae single storey only wi a hipped roof. Yep, pentim ony colour you want but mind we aa growe auld and dan someen else haes tae du dat pentin ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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