After much toing and froing the new house/project I've been after is going to be mine come the end of Jan and so the process of planning is already in hand. The main house has an art deco vibe going on and we plan to accentuate and work with the existing theme but it also has a rather badly built annex which I'm hoping to replace with something like that shown in pic below. Its way way out of my usual area of expertise but I've been feeling rather trapped in my ways and I feel like I have one more good multi year job in me, so glass and zinc it is......fingers crossed.
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Great idea, Thud.
It's not easy trying to replicate or add to such an original design and get it right, is it!
Going for a contrast is the right way I'm sure!
(It'll cost you a fortune in curtains though, so Mrs Thud will have a field day in Harrods)!
Wow!
There really is a superman!
By coincidence, yesterday, I found the file I kept when we had a new conservatory built here in 1997.
The quoted price was a shade under £18,000, but we eventually got a 10% discount for a quick order in January!
I think you may need to add a little more to that figure, but I'm sure you'd know this...;0)
Scrobs, 18 k is nothing to be sneezed at! I'm thinking about 2250 a sqm here depending on finish and what i can contribute.
I can imagine the English rain pelting all those windows :)
That is FANTASTIC ! Such a diversion from your normal work. Having seen friends of ours go through 8 years of live-in development of an existing property I think my plan would be to rip down and start anew with all modern features and techniques. Not because of taste (I like all architecture when it is done well) but because of realities.
Please forgive me for bragging but my boy is the lead name on this paper presented to the British Neuro Oncology Society in London last year.
https://academic.oup.com/neuro-oncology/article-abstract/21/Supplement_4/iv6/5586399
The other is a medicinal research chemist working on blood clotting (sticky blood) and treatment of it in relation to CV-19.
Our prospective daughter in-law is even better, an utter delight and both Mum and I have told the boys (a bit big for their boots) to eff off and we'll keep her instead !
I am actually a very happy Dad at the moment but would love a drink sometime. I just vent now and then on blogs to get it out of my system.
Kev, feel free about the boys, I feel I know them a little after hearing about them for so many years from a distance....they deserve the praise, you and the missus too. If my girls do half as good I will be as proud as hell....an honest well done to all of you....I enjoy your rants, they are honest.
kevinjpeat@btinternet.com if you want to drop a line.
I have a few weeks off coming up. Scrobs too !!! (Lockdowns permitting)
I started life in the building game as it happens. Wates Special works for 2 years in West End London in the '80s - assistant site QS.
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