Zak S
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Thanks. Thats really helpful as always. In the pin board I originally had this picture with buttresses but I am not sure how they would work against the redered wall. Please also note the concrete base for the selection of the wall but again not sure if its going to be too many things in the design or can change the roof colour to dark grey to complemet the concrete base course. This might be a European way as I have not seen this in Uk. Thats a great idea keeping in view the practicality aspect. Would the timber cladded low wall be as good (with timber cladded garage door) or brick low wall with soldier course complimented by base course below render also a soldier course? Or may be a glass railing? Just want to keep enough contemporary and arts&craft combinations so the design appears to bring together both elements.
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We were asked to thinknabout adding a bay window but not sure if the contemporary design allow for the traditional bay window. Not sure if contemporary bay window would be too radical and how it can be incorporated.
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Here are the updated drawing. Please provide helpful suggestions to improve it if possible. Thesee are the three options of the initial sketches for the revised application. What are your thoughts?
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Hi. Back again. I have had the updated drawings which I will post. Unfortunately that has resulted in 2m reduction in the height and removal of bedroom from the loft, the loss which is significant. Interestingly my architect quoted the first picture/example among the inspiration.
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Thanks. I heard you can get pre weathered and it does not look too bad. Just want to see if adding zinc will create that contemporary flare that I am looking for. Plus it's light weight which would be suitable for the house on this ground.
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Would something similar would do the job. I have L shaped footprint and want to keep it.
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@Icevergethats very helpful. I am aware that arts and craft can be a pain to build hence wanted to simplify that but bringing both contemporary and arts and craft together. I think idea of shingles comes from on one side come for that. But if it's difficult to combine then might just go one way or the other.
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Thanks. Yes great analogy! The question is how does one achieve a unique design. I agree that material choices are in outlandish (ie combining charred timber with metal shingles). How best to simplify material choices? Light coloured bricks and Render? Would you suggest zinc roof instead of slate/tiles. What feature would make it stand out in nice unique way or totally redraw the design? Possible my fault as I had asked him to take the design influence based on Contemporary and combine with Arts and Crafts. Not sure if these two can be combined.
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I had suggested this the architect but from his architectural point of view the pitched roof has a better visual than pitched with flat on the top and it seems sensible.
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That's right. It's on the neighbours side. The contractor accepted that its not right and will come back to tidy up but was against the idea of trench and footing for the gravel board (idea which the lovely neighbour suggested that I should have done).
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Some other examples in the area which highlight the mass and the design approach v neighbours. My architect thinks that planning officer chickened out due to various objections but to some extent I take it as a positive that we have a opportunity to better the design and material choice. I don't want to be limited to immediate neighbours in terms of Mass and ridge height and need some flexibility there. Otherwise application is decided on the basis of what neighbours had done rather than on its own merit (within reasonable limits) and ignores the precedents in the neighbourhood. First image (the middle property) used to be banglow and they obtained householder permission for building up/extension and loft space so similar to my application
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There are so many precedents where ridge height for new development are higher than immediate neighbours including one right in front of my house (newly build) by aprox 1m. Other examples are in some cases two meter higher. One of the point raised was that loft makes it three storey. But looking at the precedent on the street these either opposit of 5 houses away please see attached. First image is that of proposed as per my planning application. But the rest are neighbouring. What should be the key amendments?
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I am surprised to see how stingy some of these people are. I offer to replace rear end panel for a different neoghbour which had falled due to storm for the price of the panel. I got told it was too expensive. To maintain my privacy I installed a panel which supplier provided free of charge in the end due to size of few order. Short answer to your question is No. I was told this side was my responsibility so I swallowed the bitter pil but then complaints about the gaps and lack of footing under gravel board was just icing on the cake.
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Posting an update: we applied planning permission and 6/7 neighbours pooled together to and filed objection including one hiring a planning consultant 😂. We were asked to withdraw the application due to inconsistent material choices (term used: not inline with vernacular of the street) which on the street mainly consist of bricks, render and few tudor styles architecture). Also point raised about mass was significantly higher than immediate neighbours plus the roof height 2m higher than immediate neighbour. We have to reduce the mass / ridge height. I have no clue as to what the mass is. I am flexible in terms of reducing the ridgebheight by around one meter so as not to sacrifice the loft space. The issue is we are not really extending the existing footprint significantly actually reducing it by taking down the log store of 1.25m width so I am not sure how can I reduce the mass if we are building on existing foot print unless we choose to not build on parts of it. Any ways back to drawing boards to look at ridge height, material choices (possibly dropping charred timber and shingles as been told it makes the house dominant) and mass so any advice on the deisgn and material choices would be much appreciated e.g would you suggest dropping the idea of double height ceiling hall and living room, curve stair case, bridge etc. Thanks in advance.
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Hi I had around 17 panels installed over the weekend and these look like as per the pic. There is a slight slope away from the house. Ground is a bit uneven and it gets a bit boggy in winter. On my side the fencer filled in the soil to hide away any gaps under the gravel board (not that there should be any) but these gaps were left on the neighbour side and I got the complaint as soon as they left. From the neighbour side it looks like as per the close up photos. Please could you advise how bad it is and if it can be fixed easily so that fence panel stay aligned. Contractor said that he will come back and infill with soil and bark and fill the area around posts with postcrete. He says that they don't normally do the footing or trenches unless there is significant slope which I don't have. The neighbour said that they should have done a trench and footing. What are your thoughts and how can it be fixed? Thanks
