Act VI - The New Design
The first decision to be made with the new architect was how to change the external house design to remove the lack of head height in the roofspace, but stay within the existing footprint.
In the napkin sketches, the architect had suggested two mono-pitched roofs to replace the existing dual-pitched roofs and we immediately liked that design. However, he didn’t immediately just go with that design and at the start of July 2016, he sent us through a couple of options, one with a flat
From the blog "A house! A house! My kingdom for a house!"
More to say on Planning Matters including your deadline, but will do that on the later article thread or separate comment.
>Placement of read window - good spot, and you're right that the avatar on the drawing is misleading. Here's the section from a later drawing:
I think the basic point here is that you are the Client, and he is the Architect. What do you want when you are leaning on the banister in your pyjamas or walking downstairs? It is your building and you will be living
