Detached Victorian renovation, London.

[Harry Flashman]

I was thinking more tequilas and a strip club (as that's always gone so well for me in the past), but picking an insulting bedroom colour could work too...

[VEX]

Harry Flashman said:

Good to know - thanks! You generally around in November/December?

Yes, generally available throughout the year, just waiting on project dates for two on a Greek island (looking forward to those)

[VEX]

hyphen said:

Harry, whilst Vex is there, perhaps have a chat on home cinema.

If it is a forever home, then may be an idea to consider a projector and large screen in there at some point...

At least pre-wire for it. Dolby Atmos.

Then it is a lot easier to install at a later date.

V.

[kowalski655]

Harry Flashman said:

...Found out that there are spiders the size of mice down there....

If that were me,I'd be moving out by now
Killer arachnids aside, that will be an awesome place

[paralla]

kowalski655 said:

If that were me,I'd be moving out by now
Killer arachnids aside, that will be an awesome place

Spyders in the UK are pussies. It's the Australian ones you need to worry about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHkvpur6nU0

[Harry Flashman]

Spent last night doing lift shaft plans. The floor area in it is 3x2m internally, enough for small rooms for specific purposes. The lift shaft itself is open to the garden and not overlooked by anything at all - completely private except from our own garden

Ground floor - study for Lady F with glass doors to garden. 3.5m high ceiling gives illusion of more space than there is. Heavy insulation in floor, walls and ceiling, two long-drop pendant lights. Full height bookshelves in here with sliding ladder will allow it to double as a library/reading spot looking into the garden. Flagstone floor, as this is a garden access room, so floor needs to be tough.

First floor - master bathroom. No loo, as this is elsewhere in the master suite. Sunken double whirlpool tub. Wetroom tanking and separate shower (no glass enclosure, just tanked floor). Double basin/vanity. Long drop pendant light for atmosphere, spot and wall lights for brightness if needed. hidden LED ambient lighting. Full floor to ceiling glass window overlooking the garden from the bath.

This is the most serious work we are doing, as that big bath needs two new steels in the lift shaft to hold it when full with two people in it. But electrics/plumbing etc easy, as they always are when building new rooms from scratch rather than trying to adapt existing ones.

This adds two completely new rooms to the house with great views, and prevents the need for a bedroom to be used as a study, which hopefully helps with resale value and functionality. We never want to sell, but if we have to, 5 bed house with 4.5 baths + study should be more desirable than 5 bed house with 3.5 baths...

[CharlesdeGaulle]

I'm not sure if a double whirlpool bath sounds really nice, or is one for the Council thread, but in any case, is it something that's really worth the expense?

[Harry Flashman]

She wanted a spa bath in a bathroom. Fits best here - the other two tubs are classically Victorian claw foot freestanders, as I wanted.

To be fair, it's just a nice, big soaking tub (1800mm x 1100mm) that has a whirlpool system fitted, so it's not exactly a cedar clad, LED lit orgy pond.

Not actually very expensive, either, actually. Certainly less than the solid copper freestanding tub that I wanted...

Edited by Harry Flashman on Sunday 23 December 02:02

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Harry Flashman said:

Not actually very expensive, either, actually. Certainly less than the solid copper freestanding tup that I wanted...

It was the reference to additional steels and structural work that I was referring to really.

[Hoofy]

Gotta be an inflatable sex pond for the full on baby-elephants-in-inflatable-pool sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od7U9GhZg_g

[Harry Flashman]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

It was the reference to additional steels and structural work that I was referring to really.

Ah! Would have been required for any upstairs room in the lift shaft, and the twin steels would have been required for any bath. So not that much extra.

[dmsims]

For the kitchen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT_c-38QybU ?

[KAgantua]

Wow! any pictures of the gap under the floorboards? Maybe put a trap door and have a wine cellar...

[Harry Flashman]

dmsims said:

For the kitchen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT_c-38QybU ?

Something similar is going into the deep pan drawers...

[Harry Flashman]

So three shower enclosures have been started. Reinforcing under the joists to stop any flex. I also rectified a mistake I made in the last renovation - the shower controls are not under the fall of the shower heads - so you can turn on the shower and let it get to temperature without getting wet.

Family bathroom on first floor:

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en-suite guest shower room: it's a small room with shower only and no bath, and the 900mm angled quadrant shower enclosure exactly follows the shape of the room - works really well! Frameless glass to keep it all light and airy.

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loft bathroom. There is an alcove for bottles etc with LED strip incorporated.

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And they have divided the master suite now. This is taken from the dressing room and shows the new loo. Windowless, sadly, so good ventilation and lighting is key, as well as lots of soundproofing! Just visible are alcove shelves which will have recessed LED strip for ambient lighting.

Untitled by baconrashers, on Flickr

Edited by Harry Flashman on Tuesday 12th September 19:37

[Harry Flashman]

KAgantua said:

Wow! any pictures of the gap under the floorboards? Maybe put a trap door and have a wine cellar...

We'll leave it for the moment - the house already has a sizeable cellar with two (small) rooms in it - one has been earmarked for wine. This is the smaller bit with the electrical bits in it.

Trouble is, we never really keep wine. It gets drunk...


Untitled by baconrashers, on Flickr

[dmsims]

Harry Flashman said:

so you can turn on the shower and let it get to temperature without getting wet.

I stayed in a hotel (somewhere ?) which had a push button outside to start it - thought that was quite nice

[Harry Flashman]

The baths are all having something similar - Mira Mode digital fillers so that you can run your bath to the perfect temp and depth without having to constantly check it.

Technology, eh?! You could run a bath from your phone: a bit pointless as you still have to go up there and close the plug first!

Edited by Harry Flashman on Tuesday 12th September 21:04

[Ace-T]

So was it you or the missus who posted on my fav website (after PH!)

They are very helpful community and I have already had a load of folks help me with ideas for some stuff for the bathroom.

[Harry Flashman]

Houzz? That was me!