Huge wrote:

On 2007-04-05, Andy Hall wrote:
On 2007-04-05 09:54:36 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
said:

In article ,
Andy Burns wrote:
On 04/04/2007 23:56, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

If only the swimming pool had been sunken...

I think they weren't allowed to touch the original floor tiles.

Yes - that had to be the reason.

I wonder what shape that preserved mahogany balcony will be in when it
next sees the light of day?

Should be ok if properly ventilated? But it did seem strange to require
it to be kept but completely 'boxed in' Although how you could
incorporate it in a dwelling I'm not sure - and neither were the
'experts' on the following prog, although it was implied there were
ways.

The one thing that wasn't touched on was how the hell do you heat such a
place? ;-)

You have a heating fund and charity suppers.

Actually, the heating question often crosses my mind in these makeover
programmes, given the modern propensity for open plan. That, and the whole
house reeking of curry, and sitting in one's hi-tech open-plan living
room on some deeply uncomfortable slab of Scandinavian leather looking at
the washing up.

I'll take rooms, thanks very much. With doors.



Didn't see that programme. However, the one chapel conversion I saw done
locally, the owners put in an extra floor, so the top became living space.
Albeit it had a high pitched ceiling it wasn't *that* high, so heating was
practical, plus the kitchen was open plan onto the living space, so the
waste heat from cooking became immediately useful. The ground-level floor
housed bedrooms which worked very well, as there was plenty of light
upstairs from velux windows and a large end window; The bedrooms got less
light, but noone cared.

Cheers

Tim