CPD: Grand Designs : 1 Hour (Building Works carried out end of 2009 beginning 2010)
by Simon Zohhadi on Thursday, 16 September 2010 at 01:41 ·
CPD: Grand Design (Channel 4). Watched 16/09/2010 : 1 Hour: First Episode Architectural Designer and his wife take on a very ambitious bungalow conversion on the Isle of White.
Original Building: 1970's Mock Stone Bungalow in the heart of the forest.
Remove more modern influences. Incorporate traditional materials. Bungalow remodelled. Keep concrete tiled roof (with moss). Remove mock stone external walling. Re-clad with timber. Remove garage. Extensions on either end of Bungalow. Add 2 no extensions: Smaller Extension to have a Studio & Office. Second extension: Generous timber framed wing with 30 foot skylight (£1,500 per panel), big sliding doors and 2 Storey Tower (cladded with agricultural cement board coated with `yoghurt'). Small extension and bungalow cladded with a skin of burnt larch. Slate roof on new buildings. Variation: Change of existing tiles to slate. New slates from China (£4,000).
Estimated Cost: £170k to £180k.
Contract Period: Design 3 Years in planning. Contract Period (Estimated): 7 Months Commencing June 2009 with Completion End of January 2010. Scheme completion delayed. February delayed completion came and went. Completion Date not known.
Temperature below freezing making the application of sealants and the like difficult. Ideally, the work would be postponed but this project cannot afford that delay.
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