Traditionally built to protect properties against the devastating effects of flooding and to stabilise houses on tricky sloping sites, stilt homes offer a wealth of unconventional design possibilities ...

The "Khudi Bari" or "tiny house"—resilient homes made on bamboo stilts rising out of the floodwaters that are also easy to move to safer locations when needed—offer hope to millions.

When a home goes up on stilts, the changes also wouldn't require a sea wall to come down. That is, at least not right away. Doing so could create problems for nearby properties, officials said.

Magician <b>Paul Daniels's</b> home on the banks of the Thames was said to be worth £2.25million. But now it may be impossible to sell after a council rejected plans to protect it from flooding ...

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