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001			ABS52123
008			090401t1995 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u62245
041			_aeng
245			_aBuilding homes
260			_c1995
300			_aLOAN
350			_a0
490			_aBuilding _vSupplement 27 January 1995 (22)
520			_aSpecial report on housebuilding including articles on a survey of housebuilders quality control tests by the Construction Quality Forum showing that 60% of defects do not come to light until the building is occupied, how Tower Hamlets plans to meet its £200m repair bill, how valid the use of life-cycle costing models are in valuing property transferred from public sector landlords to the private sector, a repair scheme to bring crumbling prefabricated houses to mortgagable standards and the case of Jock Carstairs who led a 4-year battle against Exeter CC for compensation for a house he had bought under right to buy but which was structurally unsound.
650			_aCONSTRUCTION QUALITY FORUM
650			_aCOST MODELLING
650			_aDEFECTS
650			_aHOUSE BUILDING
650			_aHOUSING DEFECTS ACT 1984
650			_aHOUSING STOCK
650			_aLIFE-CYCLE COSTING
650			_aMAINTENANCE COSTS
650			_aNON-TRADITIONAL HOMES APPRAISAL SCHEME
650			_aPRC HOUSES
650			_aPREFABRICATED REINFORCED CONCRETE
650			_aQUALITY ASSURANCE
650			_aQUALITY CONTROL
650			_aREPAIRS
650			_aRIGHT TO BUY
650			_aTRANSFER
650			_aValuation _96273
690			_aHOUSING
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c38680 _d38680