Today I was looking at a fairly young property on the southern slopes of Cliftonwood, overlooking the floating Harbour and, as the estate agents details state, some of Bristol's iconic past. The house was of very modern construction being a steel framed property clad externally with a weather boarding followed by a mineral render to protect it. There was insulation within the frame and internally the walls are finished with plasterboard. Internal partitions are of mild steel struts to which plasterboard is fixed as is the chipboard floor though here of course securely to steel joists. Hopefully everything will be galvanised, otherwise over a period time, a very long period of time, some rusting may occur. The house was built on ground at the back of which is a cliff face into which numerous ground anchors were installed to keep the ground aboveand the houses built on it quite stable. The house was certainly warm and I suspect it is well insulated. To an extent it was a little bit overlooked by some of the older properies and I rather felt that living in it might be a little bit like living in a fishbowl, because everyone could see in, which is probably why there are Venetian blinds everywhere. I suspect with a little bit of ingenuity in order to create some privacy this could become an even more enchanting home…   more »