Cliff Top Property!
Jul 20th 2018, 5:41 am
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Cliff Top Property!
Whenever I see the above used as an advertising tool by real estate agents all I can think is "Soon to be cliff bottom property!!!". Is that just me or do others think the same thing? What with global warming and all, I can't understand why it's classed as an excellent selling point still. I look at the amount of land advertised and think how much it's going to decrease by within 10 years 
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I just don't get the appeal. Perhaps it's because the nearest I ever lived to the sea in the UK was when I lived approximately 18 miles from Southport and the tide was hardly ever in there! It certainly wasn't a consideration when we lived in Burton-on-Trent
Just some end of the week pondering. Discuss
.I just don't get the appeal. Perhaps it's because the nearest I ever lived to the sea in the UK was when I lived approximately 18 miles from Southport and the tide was hardly ever in there! It certainly wasn't a consideration when we lived in Burton-on-Trent
Just some end of the week pondering. Discuss
Jul 20th 2018, 6:40 am
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Re: Cliff Top Property!
Having been living in Christchurch during 2010 and 2011 I wholeheartedly agree!!! Seen way too many properties go from cliff top to "renovator's delight". I love living on a hill and having views .... but not in NZ 
Jul 20th 2018, 7:22 am
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Re: Cliff Top Property!
Cliff might fall down, might get uplifted - that's earthquake roulette! 
Sort of thing that appeals to serial killers and dentists I'd imagine.
Sort of thing that appeals to serial killers and dentists I'd imagine.
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Jul 23rd 2018, 3:41 am
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Re: Cliff Top Property!
my first thoughts are, wind, wind and more wind.
Jul 27th 2018, 6:58 pm
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Re: Cliff Top Property!
Whenever I see the above used as an advertising tool by real estate agents all I can think is "Soon to be cliff bottom property!!!". Is that just me or do others think the same thing? What with global warming and all, I can't understand why it's classed as an excellent selling point still. I look at the amount of land advertised and think how much it's going to decrease by within 10 years .
I just don't get the appeal. Perhaps it's because the nearest I ever lived to the sea in the UK was when I lived approximately 18 miles from Southport and the tide was hardly ever in there! It certainly wasn't a consideration when we lived in Burton-on-Trent
Just some end of the week pondering. Discuss
.I just don't get the appeal. Perhaps it's because the nearest I ever lived to the sea in the UK was when I lived approximately 18 miles from Southport and the tide was hardly ever in there! It certainly wasn't a consideration when we lived in Burton-on-Trent
Just some end of the week pondering. Discuss
Besides, I think that I can remember seeing the occasional abandoned house in somewhere like Dorset or Devon when I was a child. Houses that were built near a cliff but the cliff had since moved and the houses were now over the cliff-edge so it is nothing new.
Aug 1st 2018, 10:01 am
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Re: Cliff Top Property!
Yeah, I do alot of kayaking from Howick in Auckland, and all along from Bucklands Beach down though Mellons Bay, Howick, Cockle Bay and again along at Beachlands, lots cliff erosion in the last few years.
