New restoration project - what have I done!
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The main hallway that this lights will be pale green, hence the idea of keeping the main colour green in the glass, but with the red accents. Agreed the top is quite dark, however the hall is almost 55sqm and has a very large picture window at the other end, so can take some darker colours I think..
Im swayed towards the middle one, my wife, not so much! typical
Im swayed towards the middle one, my wife, not so much! typical
Griff Boy said:
The main hallway that this lights will be pale green, hence the idea of keeping the main colour green in the glass, but with the red accents. Agreed the top is quite dark, however the hall is almost 55sqm and has a very large picture window at the other end, so can take some darker colours I think..
Im swayed towards the middle one, my wife, not so much! typical
The customer is always right!Im swayed towards the middle one, my wife, not so much! typical
Unless his wife says differently!
I've just had some stained windows made up, I'd suggest a looking at a stronger shade of blue, as I quite like the blue. The pale colours are ok, but can look a bit washed out once they're in situ. We looked at the softer shades, but ended up going for almost primary colours, they work really well I think.
Cheers for the feedback, although a rough count up shows just about 2 votes for each colour / design! Some good points made though. I think the blues out as the colour scheme inside is going to be greens. The front door will probably be painted black outside, white inside, so no impact on the glass colour above. It's quite a big glass panel, approx 1300 x 900mm, so maybe the darker, stronger colours will work better. The window gets a lot of light through, so I want to make sure you see some colours reflected in the room on the sunnier days. Got the cost down to about £350 incl vat and fitting, which I don't think is too bad for a MTM double glazed stained glass panel? Although I've never bought one before so not idea of the costs!
Pixelpeep7r said:
OP - amazing thread, thank you for all the pictures and the detailed write up.
Brave man too
Lastly, sorry if it has been mentioned previously but how did you get to hear about the sale? is there a website with similar properties listed?
Lol, cheers pixel. Brave? Or stupid? Brave man too
Lastly, sorry if it has been mentioned previously but how did you get to hear about the sale? is there a website with similar properties listed?
I found the place from a combination of local knowledge and a contact in the surveyors office that was marketing it. Don't forget that in Scotland things are marketed differently. A lot of solicitors sell property, and in this case it was a company of mainly surveyors who had gained the contract to market all the council owned commercial property. Some really interesting, and also completely pointless buildings come up around here, like an old listed registry office with amazing wood panels and features, but basically 3 rooms in a Main Street, so very difficult to use for another purpose, but if you search commercial property for sale you'll find a lot about. It can be a great way to buy a bigger than average place and convert back to residential, although it's by no means the easiest way to go about things!
Looking fantastic. As somebody else has mentioned - be aware of the risk of asbestos. Did you have a survey done, the costs for removal could be bad but obviously it needs to be done. I would expect to find it in the electrical fuse boards, any service risers, fire walls, fire protection to steel, etc but it can be anywhere. I have just worked on a project which involved the demolition of old council buildings and it was everywhere.
More positively, the house looks great.
More positively, the house looks great.
Leithen said:
Hmmm, there's room for either one large flatscreen TV up there, or a smaller one surrounded by stained glass.
Then you could display endlessly changing anagrams of the house name....
Amazingly, my wife loved this idea! And also we took it further to be able to post messages on as well, she suggested it has a camera with photo recognition, so when my mother-in-law turns up it changes to "Bog Off"! Then you could display endlessly changing anagrams of the house name....
torqueofthedevil said:
Looking fantastic. As somebody else has mentioned - be aware of the risk of asbestos. Did you have a survey done, the costs for removal could be bad but obviously it needs to be done. I would expect to find it in the electrical fuse boards, any service risers, fire walls, fire protection to steel, etc but it can be anywhere. I have just worked on a project which involved the demolition of old council buildings and it was everywhere.
More positively, the house looks great.
Yep, I did have it checked, and no obvious signs (usual caveats on the surveyors behalf!) just picked up the wet rot, dry rot, timber damage, wall damage, electrical and plumbing issues, structural beam problems, and completely uninhabitable state, so pretty good result really! :-) More positively, the house looks great.
Super Slo Mo said:
Price for the stained panel is good. The amount of work involved in making it is what drives the cost.
I paid about £1,100 for three of similar size, I think they were about 1400 x 600 roughly. I've not got as much colour in mine, although the lead work is quite intricate.
Excellent, good to know. Just not go the things I'm used to buying in my trade! I paid about £1,100 for three of similar size, I think they were about 1400 x 600 roughly. I've not got as much colour in mine, although the lead work is quite intricate.
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