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		arethuza on Oct 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla’s new Solar Roof costs less than a new roof ... "UK homes are made of brick" I've lived in 11 properties in the UK (owning 4 of them) and most of them were made of stone and were 150+ years old - only the first one (a 1950s council house) was brick.

aidos on Oct 26, 2019 [–]

Where are you based? The majority of properties in the UK are brick.

arethuza on Oct 27, 2019 | [–]

Mostly in Edinburgh - I wasn't meaning to imply that all properties in the UK are like that, just that I've never lived in many.

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