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January 27, 2008
It's not kitsch I admit. It's speculative housing built on a river flat that is now a wetland, which is filled with storm water from the housing estate and the high tides. It is 'the worst of' in one sense.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, seaside charm, Victor Harbor, 2008
The Victor Harbor Council turns a blind eye to houses being built with no foundations and built on a floodplain with a tidal wetland at the backdoor fed by with storm water. So what happens with rising sea levels from global warming? No worries. The house will have fallen apart by then anyway.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, junk housing, Victor Harbor, 2008
A large number of houses around Victor Harbor are built in this way. Too many. It's disposable housing as it is not designed to last for long. Throw up and throw away.
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Gary,
That's the poorer cousin of the faceless Gold Coast cheap spec house. Ours have foundations but they move.