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No external pics on my tablet, but not that far removed from the Leytonstone place a few posts up. Classic Victorian London terrace. They all look kind of the same. Great proportions though, high ceilings and good sized original rooms.
Now 5 beds and three floors. Original fireplaces and covings, mouldings, tiles etc, but the modern additions are very contemporary. Have to give credit to the guys that did it, it all works well together.
Now 5 beds and three floors. Original fireplaces and covings, mouldings, tiles etc, but the modern additions are very contemporary. Have to give credit to the guys that did it, it all works well together.
CharlesdeGaulle said:
All looks great.
Must be infuriating having to mow that small lawn with limited access. Did you consider that artificial grass?
Indeed, it's going in this year. Must be infuriating having to mow that small lawn with limited access. Did you consider that artificial grass?
Grass in that space makes no sense, 2 springers turn it to mousse on a regular basis.
The Grasstic stuff is getting so good now, it's an obvious move.
Looks good, even though it is the 'done' thing. But then what are you gunna do with a Victorian terrace to open it up, that is the best thing to do I reckon and t looks very nicely executed. Is there a lower ground or has the loft been converted to give 3rd floor? Certainly be worth a few quid in Wimbledon.
okgo said:
Looks good, even though it is the 'done' thing. But then what are you gunna do with a Victorian terrace to open it up, that is the best thing to do I reckon and t looks very nicely executed. Is there a lower ground or has the loft been converted to give 3rd floor? Certainly be worth a few quid in Wimbledon.
Up, not down, technically 2 half floors, split level. 1 bed directly above the original rear extension, and a master bedroom/dressing/en suite at the top in the attic void and added dormer. Bought from the guys that did it, about four years ago - you're right, fairly standard but it's a good use of the space, can't really think of a better way of doing it. There are restrictions on the hill about basements.
The few quid has increased by 50% in those four years! It was definitely a punt but seems to have paid off.
Current project, taken a couple of weeks ago. Currently wrapped in scaffold to re-point chimneys, replace dormer windows, insulate and re-slate roof. The view from the chimney pot is great - it's one of the highest points in the surrounding area.
House in the hail.
New dormer windows pieced together in hard wood.
Garden - fighting back against 7 years of neglect.
City views from every floor, but better still from the scaffold. Was great watching the fireworks over NYE.
House in the hail.
New dormer windows pieced together in hard wood.
Garden - fighting back against 7 years of neglect.
City views from every floor, but better still from the scaffold. Was great watching the fireworks over NYE.
Justayellowbadge said:
Up, not down, technically 2 half floors, split level. 1 bed directly above the original rear extension, and a master bedroom/dressing/en suite at the top in the attic void and added dormer.
Bought from the guys that did it, about four years ago - you're right, fairly standard but it's a good use of the space, can't really think of a better way of doing it. There are restrictions on the hill about basements.
The few quid has increased by 50% in those four years! It was definitely a punt but seems to have paid off.
Got ya. Bought from the guys that did it, about four years ago - you're right, fairly standard but it's a good use of the space, can't really think of a better way of doing it. There are restrictions on the hill about basements.
The few quid has increased by 50% in those four years! It was definitely a punt but seems to have paid off.
Yes it's gone a bit mad over there huh. Well everywhere in SW really.
@onedlsa where is that? Nice building from the front!
Mine looks best from the air
It was quite nice when we bought it but it's had a lot of changes and currently it's a bit of a state
I have committed a PH sin by converting 4 garage spaces into rooms and I'm having to demolish a further 3 garage spaces as a planning trade off to build above the flat roofed section.
It will end up as a 5 bed, 3 bath with a double garage attached and loads more garages at the back (I just have to build a 300m drive to them)
It was quite nice when we bought it but it's had a lot of changes and currently it's a bit of a state
I have committed a PH sin by converting 4 garage spaces into rooms and I'm having to demolish a further 3 garage spaces as a planning trade off to build above the flat roofed section.
It will end up as a 5 bed, 3 bath with a double garage attached and loads more garages at the back (I just have to build a 300m drive to them)
Justayellowbadge said:
This.
Looks substantial, if it's detached - 2500/3000 sq Ft or so?
It's in a village called Oxton, which grew in Victorian times as shipping merchants sought to get out of Liverpool. After 2 years of looking, it was about the only place which ticked a very long check list, with certain points which didn't go hand in hand (e.g. deadly silent road, large garden, conservation area, but in a lively village and close to a reasonably sized city.).Looks substantial, if it's detached - 2500/3000 sq Ft or so?
Edited by Justayellowbadge on Sunday 1st February 18:12
The living space is around 3500sq ft over 3 floors (it sprawls on the ground floor). There's also my 'wine cellar', which covers the majority of the house's foot print, though will be decades before we get round to tidying it up. With 'only' 6 bedrooms (most at least 5x5m), it was actually one of the smaller detached properties in the village which we viewed, but the only with a garden in proportion to the property.
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