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The Sundaysun report on a couple living in shed.

A COUPLE who lost their home after failing to keep up mortgage payments are living in a shed.

Debbie Galloway, 31, and husband Philip, 42, are sleeping in the hut at a relative’s allotment.

They claim accommodation offered by Hartlepool Council is run-down.

Their six children are living with relatives.

The pair began sleeping rough after complaining about conditions in several properties offered to them.

They had lived in a three-bedroomed semi-detached home for 13 years.

Debbie said: “All of them have been run down and in a bad way.

“The allotment is cleaner than half the houses they have sent us to. It’s disgusting. We have got six kids. They are all separated and it’s not fair on them.”

A council spokesman said “Given that she has been classified as intentionally homeless, social housing is not a realistic option.

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My mate Chris (yes I have friends in the real word) has a shed, its normal apart from the massive ivy issue he has, which is growing up the powerline next to the shed and may cause electrical issues on the scale of mine the last weekend.

Anyway here he writes about solving the problem.

Barenaked shed

There it was - my power pole - standing there swathed in ivy -
erupting, rocket-like from the rear of my shed.

You see it was the only thing that put us off the purchase as we
looked at buying our home, almost two years ago, a low-voltage power
line ran across the southern tip of the beautiful garden.

The supporting pole sat midway between the roadside and a sleepy,
cow-filled field and was covered with ivy over two-thirds of it’s
height, which kind of made it appear as an organic extension of my
beloved shed.

We became accustomed to it - in much the same way as some people fail
to register when the 1800 from Waterloo is thundering through their
back garden, or the students next door are playing the best of Burt
Bacharach, at volume and on repeat.

But as the years passed, the ivy grew nearer and nearer to the power
lines, threatening to electrocute not only my koi carp and my
daughter, but a selection of garden gnomes which had set up camp at
it’s base - much like a gaggle of multi-coloured Swampies.

Well protest as much as they might … I love my carp, and my daughter
too, and the growing risk was just too high. It was time to call in
the power people - who in true Jack and the Beanstalk stylee reduced
the luxuriant growth to a pile of potential kindling and compost,
within two strenuous hours, utilising weaponry that would have ninja
warriors nodding and purring

It’s a strange, bare sight now, with a poodle-esque topping. I hope to
grow something new around it, pleasing the gnomes and the Mrs. But
now I think about it - I’ve always fancied a totem pole - and this one
just might be hand carved to celebrate Shed year 2008

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This shed sums up the blood sweat and tears every sheddie has with their erection.

It dominates my life, and I have been building it for the last 5 years..It will be finished this summer…hopefully!! The family reckon I am obsessed with it!

We look forward to seeing Ken’s finished shed this Shed Week.

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OK this is not a real shed in terms of made out of wood, but its very unique as it was a community effort and sums with what sheddies are like.

The Knitted Shed

It is completely covered in knitting, inside and out. It took 250 people aged 5 to 95 to knit it!

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On the Grand designs live show last night the wonderful Black sheep house which was a converted shed won it’s Conversion category.

congrats to all involved… a great example of shed and nature in one.

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The daily mail reports

A woman has been evicted from her home for letting the weeds in her garden grow so high they can be seen from space.

The ten foot-high undergrowth in Rachel McGarie’s backyard has swamped a six foot child’s swing, a garden shed and reach the window of the flat on the floor above her.

The 29-year-old who has not managed the foliage for six years is now living with a dense mass of brambles that can be recognised on satellite map Google Earth and has been evicted by her housing association.

The local council in Yate near Bristol repeatedly warned her of the consequences if she continued to let the weeds growing.

Managing the garden was part of Ms McGarie’s tenancy agreement when she moved into the two-bedroom flat approximately a decade ago.

Merlin Housing Society, which owns the property, took legal action against her last month and after a hearing at Bristol County Court she moved out on April 18th.

Roy Didcott who lives in the flat above claims he could pick blackberries from his window.

The 63-year-old said: “I even took photos of the front garden because it was getting overgrown and sent them to the council.

Image on the mail site...

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This story on Boingboing about Artist Nina Katchadourian who tried repairing spider webs with thread, but her efforts were rebuffed: “My repairs were always rejected by the spider and discarded, usually during the course of the night, even in webs which looked abandoned.”

Image from Nina’s site, nice looking shed BTW

Of course all sheddies know that spiders and their webs are a sacred part of the shedworld. and should not be tampered with.

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Supermodel Rachel Hunter has splashed out on a mansion - for her pet dogs!

The deluxe doghouse is a scaled down version of Rod Stewart’s ex-wife’s own Californian home.

She commissioned La Petite Maison, which makes homes for pampered pooches for up to £25,000, to build it with terra cotta floors and wrought iron balconies.

The elaborate doghouses are created by builder Alan Mowrer and interior designer Michelle Pollak, who conceived the idea after several years making children’s playhouses.

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