Scotland's Home of the Year

[Crofter]

I heard one of the finalists was in my neck of the woods (Skye) so I looked it up on iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002ckqg/scotlands-home-of-the-year-series-7-5-highlands-and-islands

 

 

What I'm wondering about is what regs this building has to comply with. Does it really comply with normal building regs? No downstairs bedroom, no balustrade on the stairs, I'm sure there are other issues.

 

However it doesn't comply with the caravan/portable definition either, because that would force a 10ft ceiling height limit. 

 

I suppose there is 'hutting', but again it doesn't comply because it's a permanent residence. 

 

Thoughts?

[Redoctober]

Yes, we too watched the programme and I couldn't quite ubderstand what it was purporting to be. It certainly didn't feel like a permanant residence, for many reasons, including the list you have mentioned. It just felt like either a holiday place or at worst, a "posh bothy".

[Crofter]

1 hour ago, Redoctober said:

Yes, we too watched the programme and I couldn't quite ubderstand what it was purporting to be. It certainly didn't feel like a permanant residence, for many reasons, including the list you have mentioned. It just felt like either a holiday place or at worst, a "posh bothy".

I don't have anything against the house itself tbh, I'm just curious about the legalities of building something like that.