Ferdinand

Have a cup of tea, and fit a flat roof instead.

Looks great. Here's hoping you left enough space above for the huge stretch upwards of the Marvellous Mechanical Material substrate when you take it off ! Ferdinand

I would move the door in the “shower cupboard” anyway, on the basis that a 2.5m x 1m cupboard is better in wide not deep format. How many people have double wardrobes oriented end-on? For saving space And hence budget without compromising the essential function I think that there is more potential in optimising the master suite to save space rather than the garage. I have not got my head around it yet, but I think I think that the last 3 sqm of the Hall should be better placed inside the master suite, rather than having that door around the corner. The only reason not to do that is to access the big square storage cupboard, which you are talking about abolishing. I think you could get rid of that corridor-like en-suite, and have the en-suite and dressing room orientated north-south, entered off the space where the end of the hall is now, and have the door to the master suite in an end wall level with the wall of the second bedroom. I think the master suite could perhaps lose 0.5m or so off the north end in that configuration, which is worth a number of k on standard area rates. I also wonder about orienting the master bed east-west backing on to the dressing room/ shower, to give a view and direct morning sunlight. Perhaps include 2 sets of double bed sockets. Do you have a plot lined up for your daughter yet? ? F

PS I see you have one the see thru bit with the doors. Goodo..

I like the design. MOdern and rangey. My comments: - The kitchen feels quite shut away to me. Is there an argument for having it more open to the hall? I would want a view through from outside the front door, which I think can be done by aligning the doors. Or making it wider. - The hall feels quite large .. to me perhaps excessively large, and I am not sure how easy it would be to make alternative use of some of that space should you need. * - If you choose to save your 300mm I would consider putting it in the garage as added width. * - Gut feel but would more sliding doors be appropriate and more streamlined for the design? (*) If this is their potential last house, then perhaps give some thought to frail-old-people paraphernalia. Think, for example, how somebody in a wheelchair adapted vehicle such as a people carrier would approach the house from their vehicle. AT ours, the previous owner used to reverse his 4x4 into the 24ft garage, reverse his powered wheelchair out of the car, then come in via the utility room. AN alternative is to have a future design in your head for a car port or canopy extension to the porch in front of the garage that will prevent them getting wet. In our case, I find that I now have a Sholley and a Folding wheelchair kicking around near the front door all the time. We have enough rooms to keep it all under control but no suitably huge cupboard; that type of use case bears thinking about, and that will probably need to be done by you, Possible solutions are including an area in your porch which could also be your potential bike area, have your hall such that there is an alcove somewhere, or making sure that that hall cupboard is the right shape and easily accessible (full width bifold doors?). Ferdinand

Google thinks it is distinctive. He's already rented it out for the next edition of Psycho. Ferdinand

On more option is that B&Qs often have a free cutting service for sheet materials, so if you can measure up they will slice your sheet of whatever into the right size pieces for you. Then it will also go in your car. F

Given that the architect is from Bodmin, that may be a true statement. I love the idea of the " Quality/Time/Cost triad" - a comparison with bloodthirsty gangsters seems quite appropriate. F

Use your imagination. Fit a plumbed in waterbed.

Welcome. Come on. It's Christmas. It's Henley South-West, not Reading South-East. ? F

Yep, for many. FOrtunately on the main planning application I have done in the last few years, the only potential bat roost was an old oak tree in a hedgerow. I am very critical of a system which makes the organisation which is the main adviser to Local Authorities and Natural England ... and a massive cotnributor to policy ... the same organisation which gets its revenue from training Batmen. THey even run the Bat Helpline referred to on the Natural England website FFS. HEre for example is a course outline stating that the method statement in a British Standard was "taken directly from this course". https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/training-and-conferences/training-for-arborists-tree-surgeons/bats-and-arboriculture-secondary-roost-surveys-for-arborists TO me that is a poisonous nest of conflicts of interest and the whole thing needs root and branch reform. In the meantime the setup Is imo inimical to the protection of bats. THis account is amusing but sobering: https://www.countrylife.co.uk/country-campaigns/beware-the-bat-mafia-8911 Ferdinand

@Hecateh I think you have now worked this out. There's nothing stopping you stick into a bit of trellis or even a bit of willow hurdle on the fence at the appropriate point to give extra height, either on it snow or with a vigorous climber. The only extra thing I would add is that if you are going to ask for a change via whatever route, it is probably better to do it reasonably quickly i.e. In 3-12 months not 2-3 years. F

I think if you work out your max flow and divide it by the qty of showers that will tell you something. YOu could do that now. Is your electric shower communal i.e. In the common parts? IF it is then I would stick with it as a crisis resource. IF it is not, then I wOuld consider switching to UVC as your emergency routine will rely on your Ts sharing showers, which is not such a good fallback. Personally I think that sticking with an electric shower is a good idea in addition to the others, as for a self-managed property you could be away for a weekend or a week, and in a luxury HMO you would get your nuts roasted. I would go straight for the accumulator, ideally for everything, but there is an argument that says you could just restrict it to a subset of showers, or even just to the eclectic one if the others are OK together. I think that allowing your builder to go on wild goose chases may, when you examine the whole enchilada, be a bit of a red herring ?. Ferdinand

And probably a rule of thumb.

I guess so ?.

Personally I would say talk to them about it, and see what they want. Then let them see it being done. Is there something to be said for either doing it with a handheld jackhammer first on that strip, or leaving it in place? F

Indeed they do, under "nuisance", and probably the EH Department. In the meantime a mirror carefully directed?

And make sure anything you hang will bounce...

Use TWO command.com strips....

they also do another version without the hook, where there are two halves for the wall and the pic, and the adhesion is like Velcro.

If someone is taking it away that is probably one time to insist on the correct Waste Trnsfer / Handling license. If it is fly tipped down a local drain, you would I think be responsible.

Years ago at the mini-manor we had a big hollow tree blow over and tickle the neighbours' roof a hundred feet away. Bloke came along, and agreed to cut it up and take it away for £x. His estimating skills were some way off, as it took many times more than the couple of days he estimated. It was one of the traditional broadleaves that goes like marble when it has been standing dead for a bit.

Why not also put a min/max temp and humidity in there? They cost very little. I just bought one of these for a tenner and it seems fine. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B017KNQNZA F

I would say it would s a big risk for the sake of a pre-owned half price mint dh off eBay.

And you can of course get refrigerated ones, which are well insulated already. Dad dad one that came on its own wheels (ie artic trailer) for its last journey - like a pint-sized HMS Belfast to the Pool of London. Saves all that buggering about with Hiabs.