Hi all
I just got back home and read a few posts to catch up.
First thing looking back at the comments are those of FIN which are very striking. In answer to some comments i made FIN made the implications that he wasnt saying he was an expert, and he didnt say things for sure, he was just passing opinions.
The striking things i see are the amount of statistics and fuel costs and other testimony that FIN puts forward to make the opinions seem really 'expert' or 'advised' in some way. I just cant follow the logic of why these global costings are laid down in this instance of administration. This is not a food producing model or a car manufacturing plant or a shipyard, its the good old building game.
By the way, we (family) had a wire making factory in the 1980's. The huge hike in cost of steel in UK decimated the industry which has since slimmed down to be a leader in production and supply. The French government however subsidised their industry, which kept steel to the same base cost and europe bought from the French.......things like that happen in recessions.
I would really like to get back to reality, which fin seems to have steered away from, in my opinion of course.
I dont have to prove that things like kilns and portland mining equipment is bought and paid for, you have to prove to me that they are not. These are old industries with old methods and have a lot of what we used to call ;wool on their back' to cope with harsh and good times. The local labour force work primarily with their hands and power tools....its easy to adjust their cloth when the need arises.
The spanish house is built with raft foundations of concrete and steel reinforcement, with a concrete ring beam and tall beam, filled with clay hollow block, rendered and plastered. Topped with clay pan tiles and the elements are a choice of window frame types steel, pvc, timber...depending on where you go. There are softwood rafters and trusses and plant and machinery to mechanically dig. All these things are local source, they dont come from around the globe.
The local merchants have supplies of electrical and sanitary wear, drainage and internal elements and carcasses. A lorry load can kit out 30 houses and most of the manufacturers you will find are are local (regional but local). Even mortar is stored in silos on site these days...go and look.
The stumbling blocks are the financiers, the banks.....and of course the builders.
My point is, and remains.....that the administration dosnt just have the blinkered approach that is being discussed, they are able to be inventive, sell some assets off, trade them, close some down, move things around.......become half way houses to negotiate...........
As is usually the cases, the problems will not be solved by accountants and speculators....it will be solved by people...why?
Because building houses is a people industry, and with people interested in buying, there is a market to supply.
As i see it....scuse me for being a bit different....the small 'quick win' sites will bring revenue, the large sites which require lots of 'feeding' will be very difficult to progress at this time.
If san jose are the criminals we hear about, then the sites will be sold, auctioned, closed for sale...etc. and the ones with prospects will survive. Thats the way of the world im afraid