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Re: The high cost of bulk brick building
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lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build
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Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:34:02 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> Just completed an office block to go alongside my Metro Terminus (part of my
> grand Metro Plaza setup)
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> However, it is far less ambitious than I first planned.
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> Though it's footprint is smaller than the 48 stud base plate it sits on, it
> still costs £17 a storey in bulk windows alone. With the bulk bricks as
> well, its around £22 a story.
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> Now a 10 storey office block would look nice, but try saying £220 to
> yourself for a pile of bricks!
> Empire State? £2000+. Forget it!
It does get expensive. What I do is focus on the facades & all *exposed*
areas of the buliding. For example: a city block is say 8 buildings long, so
they are right next to each other, so those sides that are not exposed,
don't need windows & can be made out of the *non-building colors* (yellow,
blue etc.) which are more easily & less expensively obtained. I do this for
the backs of the buildings as well, because in most cases there will be
another block back to back with the first one.
So far I've only reached 5 stories for 2 buildings, the others are all under 3.
I'd like to see pix of your block.
Thanks
Jonathan
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| "Jonathan Lopes" <cityboy4k@aol.com> wrote in message news:G6yB4q.5AF@lugnet.com... (...) so (...) for (...) Except this doesnt work in the case of a large office block where all sides are exposed. Though in the case of mine, I do have the bottom (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build)
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| Just completed an office block to go alongside my Metro Terminus (part of my grand Metro Plaza setup) However, it is far less ambitious than I first planned. Though it's footprint is smaller than the 48 stud base plate it sits on, it still costs £17 (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build)
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