Latest concrete house on grand designs.

[jack]

Interesting, thanks. Sounds like a lot of faff!

[Pocster]

  On 26/10/2018 at 08:01, Mr Punter said:

I think if the concrete had been better detailed and executed it would have looked OK, but that is very difficult and expensive to achieve.  A feature wall or corridor internally may have worked better.  The ceilings looked like those at @pocster's place!

 

The finish from the shuttering was poor.  I am not sure if the formwork contractor had used the system before but I was not impressed with them.  I have seen some excellent concrete work.  They could have had timber plank pattern or exposed aggregate.  A fail.

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[Gav_P]

  On 25/10/2018 at 08:46, jack said:

In fact, the external design for our house was very much inspired by that building (not that they look at all similar!)

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Do you pics of your build somewhere? I’d be interested to see something non-conventional built by a real person rather than an architect on GD!

[jack]

  On 30/10/2018 at 20:47, Gav_P said:

Do you pics of your build somewhere? I’d be interested to see something non-conventional built by a real person rather than an architect on GD!

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Bit shy about posting them on the forum, but I'll PM you some shortly.

 

To be fair, the house layout was largely designed by an architect, but I couldn't get on with the external looks he was coming up with (just a matter of personal taste), so the exterior design is mine.

[Gav_P]

  On 30/10/2018 at 21:06, jack said:

To be fair, the house layout was largely designed by an architect, but I couldn't get on with the external looks he was coming up with (just a matter of personal taste), so the exterior design is mine.

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Exactly this issue I had. 3 architects and no imagination. Typically the LA kept restricting things so we ended up with a standard box! ?