Self-Build in Shropshire

Looks great. Well done 

Struggling to find anything to dislike there, and I looked twice  

Really nice touch with the RAL heads and cills in the outside window & door reveals, have noted ( stolen ) that for future brownie points. Really liking the study / office at the back of the landing space. Architect input or your own ideas mostly?

Love it! ?

 

(Always annoying when someone's garage is built better and is warmer the my entire house! ? )

2 minutes ago, Onoff said:

Love it! ?

 

(Always annoying when someone's garage is built better and is warmer the my entire house! ? )

And they have finished bathrooms too .... 

Just now, PeterW said:

And they have finished bathrooms too .... 

 

The truth hurts!

15 hours ago, Nickfromwales said:

Struggling to find anything to dislike there, and I looked twice  

Really nice touch with the RAL heads and cills in the outside window & door reveals, have noted ( stolen ) that for future brownie points. Really liking the study / office at the back of the landing space. Architect input or your own ideas mostly?

@Nickfromwales  Thanks for the kind words. The brief I gave to the architect was quite concise and is contained in the thread above. We looked at putting a study downstairs but that would have made the utility quite pokey so then took a look at the landing. Most of the good ideas were the architects interpretation of my brief and he came up with some ideas I would never have thought of. The study window is raised up from the desk for example so I can see out of the window but no-one can see me working at the desk. I am working from home full time at the moment and the space is working really well for me. 

Wrong section post!

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Edited August 2, 2020 by Onoff

Congratulations!

Looks great, definitely inspiration for my own self-build.

Wow, a great house! Views to die for!!!

Generally very much like it, and it hits your brief  - which is a pretty good example imo of where the spec for a 'normal, pleasant' house is now.

 

I can see a couple of very minor things I would try and avoid - those hanging electric cables in the kitchen are one.

 

Your gravel and paving looks well designed to make use of simpler materials - like it.

 

I like the paver spacing. When the children get older (assuming children) they will move some of them 5mm in different directions, and the asymmetry will be visible from space, and you will be discombobulated whilst necking your morning cornflakes and absynth on the terrace.

 

One question - does that type of framework pergola significantly defray sunlight. I am guessing it works with angled sunlight (?), though I have never done the calculations. I always have a slight tickle in my stomach that I should be able to sit under a pergola in the rain without getting more than slightly damp. I have plans for something to protect my front windows from the sunlight, which may be more a lightweight loggia than a pergola, with some of my solar panels on top.

 

And another question - what is the roof angle / treatment on that half dormer window?

 

Ferdinand

@Ferdinand No, the framework pergola doesn't defray sunlight much.The two struts at the far end are however much further apart and will at some stage be used  to support a retractable canopy over the picture window which will give some shade outside in the summer and help to minimise any temperature gain inside. It  can also be retracted or removed in window to maximise passive solar gain.  

 

 

 

Pitch on main roof is 34 degrees. Dorma is finished with EPDM (folded not  cut). 

 

Edited August 24, 2020 by jonM