The moment I picked up the phone my stomach dropped and cold chills devoured my body, as he told me our house had caught fire. I sensed the chill of a shadow cast over me and everything seemed to be moving in slow motion. Instinct pricked me and I knew I needed to return home. When I arrived, my entire street was blocked with fire and rescue crews. On the surface and from a distance, my house looked fine. I started to wander towards the chaos. The closer I proceeded, the damage was more apparent
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less than that. These two types of neighborhoods are usually drastically different. In rich neighborhoods people tend to live in huge houses. In some Cases, it may seem as if all of the houses look the same, maybe not on the outside, but all of the houses may have the same building structure. The outside of these houses may be nicer than many othwe houses in different neighborhoods, because these people either have the time to mow the lawns cut their grass, plant gardens, and trim the hedges
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under collapsed furniture and damaged infrastructure . There was large amounts of damage to the roads such as cracks in the ground putting people and their properties at risk through damage and demolition. This could lead to stress about rebuilding houses and insurance claims. Many cliff faces had been savourily damaged which is a hazard to Christchurch residents , as inhaling the dust is harmful to the human body and may result in medical assistance. With unemployment it may be hard for Christchurch
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would target on Kauri Lane and Rimu Place’s houses with double garage, the streets that connect to the reserve, as the rare species of ducks are living in the lake. Q3: a) I am an experienced real estate sales person in this area and I have a serious cash buyer at the moment. b) Less stress and more gain Q4: a) I would sending fliers and ring the potential clients live in Kauri lane, two streets that connect to the reserve, totally about 100 houses. b) The cost for fliers about $600 as $6
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for certain types of unusual problems, a trip to a local supply house is necessary. If a part is available on site, the maintenance person finishes one job before checking on the next complaint. If the part is not available on site and any other calls have been received, the maintenance person will stop by the other apartment(s) before going to the supply house. It takes approximately one hour to drive to the supply house, pick up a part, and return to the apartment complex. Past records
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“Houses: The Visual Reflection of the Family” During our previous discussion in class, we understood how much influence and control cultures have over the form and spacing of different structures. In fact, in his book “Socio-cultural Factors and House Form”, Amos Rapoport even stated that, “…house form is not simply the result of physical forces or any single causal factor, but is the consequence of a whole range of socio-cultural factors seen in their broadest terms…”, and he adds, “I will call
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in poor areas where houses are built next to each other, they use liter empty bottles as a source of light (globe) to brighten their homes by punching a hole on a metal roofing fitting in the bottle in that hole and applying a sealant to make the bottle stable to the rooftop.Then adding water and bleach to the bottle –and attatching the bottle in the roof to make a sort of globe-like object inside the house, as so when it is dark, the bottle will give light inside the house. This is the easiest
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airflow considerations in a house construction not only among client but also architects. His findings shows that residential ventilation strategies make the assumption that the polluted air is in the house and needs to be changed with the outside air. International Codes Council (2009) findings show that cities and countries across United States typically adopt a building code to ensure welfare and safety. Regional model codes turned to be their basis on their houses. While Regional Code development
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Broken home occurs as a result of separation of marriage either by death or divorce. Broken home, contributed a lot to anti-social behaviour society. ISAKE (1963), stated that most of them were very unsuccessful because of separation of house, he said broken house can be as a result of divorce of separation by death of the couple. The problem of broken homes are universal phenomenal which affect both developed as well as the under develop country. Yet the courses and effect still persist with varying
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ZEB Definitions Applied to a Sample of Current Generation Low-Energy Buildings Each of these leading-edge case study buildings demonstrates the progress toward achieving ZEB goals in real-world examples. Only the Science House has achieved the site and source ZEB goal because it is a small building with a relatively large PV system. The other onestory buildings—Zion, BigHorn, and TTF—could achieve ZEB within their roof areas for all the definitions except cost ZEB. ZEB is not feasible for the
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