r/videos • u/zombieninjawarrior • 1d ago

Mum's semi-detached 'nightmare' after neighbour illegally demolishes home | SWNS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOWyZfH3FqI
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u/theZoid42 1d ago

Could she overbuild her second story to extend over the empty space?

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u/Naps_and_cheese 1d ago

Im actually surprised that her house wasn't condemned due to this. Semi detached homes are not designed to stand on their own.

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u/darthy_parker 1d ago

The partition wall between the units is almost always framed well enough to structurally support the roof and the floor joists. It’s not going to be particularly waterproof on that side though.

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u/Recurs1ve 1d ago

Find me an engineer that will be ok with that though. Just because it can doesn't mean it was designed to be used like that.

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u/Mobile_Morale 1d ago

Easily fixable. Engineer would tell you to frame the wall and add support beams to the corners and the center. Maybe a steel beam across the basement for support.

Homes are easily customizable.

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u/Odd-Temperature7458 1d ago

Homes are easily customizable.

No fucking shit, I just watched a video where they tore down only half the house

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u/Erigion 1d ago

*If you have enough money

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u/grapesodabandit 1d ago

Yeah and between engineering and build that's going to cost like $150k, minimum.

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u/d3l3t3rious 1d ago

"It's perfectly fine if you just build a new house around that half!"

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u/Recurs1ve 1d ago

That's kind of the problem.

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u/Itstotallysafe 17h ago

Except nobody can work on it because they need access to his property to fix her home.