Grand Designs

[loughran]

How did they get planning for this ? They're building a massive warehouse next to a quaint old lodge house.

[Butter Face]

loughran said:

How did they get planning for this ? They're building a massive warehouse next to a quaint old lodge house.

Madness really. And all these changes as they go?!

[Northern_Monkey]

I fear that something that had the potential to be nice could end up being a prime example of more money than sense.

As others have said, would prefer it to have been a whole new build away from the old house too.

[anonymous-user]

Laurel Green said:

Here we go; 40K out of the refurbishment budget already.

I think the only way they will get anywhere near the budget is robbing Peter to pay Paul.

I'm reserving judgement until it's finished but the enthusiasm I had at the beginning is already waning.

[BoRED S2upid]

loughran said:

How did they get planning for this ? They're building a massive warehouse next to a quaint old lodge house.

It will be environmentally friendly or some such planning loophole. Guarantee the first planning application was to demolish that cottage that will be used occasionally for guests.

[2.5pi]

loughran said:

How did they get planning for this ? They're building a massive warehouse next to a quaint old lodge house.

I'm guessing they've got some agricultural occupation type loophole , and this is a "barn" hence the vagueness over connecting to the cottage

[Watchman]

I think they should have flattened the cottage and built over it, maybe turning the new build into a whacky shape on the outside too.

The cottage has no architectural merit at all.

Love the new build.

[loughran]

Enter stage left :- Local planning officer

Watchman said:

I think they should have flattened the cottage and built over it, maybe turning the new build into a whacky shape on the outside too.

The cottage has no architectural merit at all.

Love the new build.

[greygoose]

Can't help thinking all these wacky spaces for the kids will be unused in a couple of years.

[BoRED S2upid]

In a Zinc clad house what happens in a thunder storm?

[greygoose]

BoRED S2upid said:

In a Zinc clad house what happens in a thunder storm?

Lightning conductors like steeples have?

[Laurel Green]

That's some old Oak Kevin just walked passed.

[loughran]

UGH !

[Butter Face]

Crazy how they've been allowed to build that in their back garden

[greygoose]

Laurel Green said:

That's some old Oak Kevin just walked passed.

Lovely tree.

Not a house for me, I thought the waves in the zinc were a flaw and the fireplace is vile.

[loughran]

Architects are such knobbers.

[greygoose]

That wallpaper with hinges protruding into it? Bizarre.

[Butter Face]

Surely those crawl spaces will be useless in a few year?

And that stage!? Wtf?

[Butter Face]

£840k!

[MiniMan64]

I like it.

Didn't think I would but i do