New estate near me. Have a look at;
The horizontal cladding is uPVC.
The green vertical cladding is 9mm ply with 3" x 3" PAR softwood screwed on (screw heads exposed), then painted.
Can't imagine what that will look like in 10 years time, or how long it will take to rub down & re paint?
The huge triangular windows are not mirrored glass & you can see into the master bedroom from outside. Heaven knows what bespoke blinds for those will cost.
Lots of the neighbouring houses have an array of protruding headers, they'll look lovely covered in bird shit and make a nice climbing wall for kids or burglars ...
Where is it, exactly? Looks exposed too...
The other week on Grand Designs even Kevin was taking the piss about lack of any window obscuration (blinds, curtains, etc.). That house was right by a public footpath - viewable whilst having a shower. Not 100% sure what could be seen from outside. And all this at the same time as quite a bit of research going on into the effects of light at night, even fairly modest levels while asleep. The research seems to suggest light is a "bad thing".
From the GPS coordinates at the bottom of the picture
Elliotts Way Chatham, England
These are the developers,
Plot 59 sold but plans of a similar Aveley build
'Winner of the RIBA Housing Design Awards 2014'
clue in the long and lat ...
I've seen a fairly new house (obviously very expensive) in Derbyshire which has a bath and a bog right next to the full-length triangular window, with a public bridleway only a few metres away.
Perhaps that's the "show" bathroom, that the owners never actually use - like the glossy kitchen with an aga.
Or it's so they can sit in the bath and the neighbours can admire their lifts-and-tucks.
Owain
HOW MUCH?!? (yeah yeah I know -- Kent...) And it's a TINY, ?400K shithole, what's more. No garage, maybe a parking space??? Just one tiny part of the national scandal that's the UK's housing market.
..... Dave -- I don't like browsing other people's photostreams, but I went one back from Chez Shite -- love the double socket there! 8-D
J.
Nice idea but there aren't any neighbours within a mile or two in the relevant direction.
Phil L wrote
Slippery slope
A HOUSING developer which has permission for 106 new homes near Gorseinon has applied to build them without meeting specific green credentials. Barratt Homes South Wales said the Welsh Government had removed the requirement for Code for Sustainable Homes assessments for new homes in Wales since adopting new building regulation
The Medway Handyman wrote
Will they be building similar s**te in Peter's Pit?
On 13/09/2014 17:19, Mike Barnes wrote: ...
Perhaps it is fitted with smart glass, which can change between clear and opaque.
"Nightjar
Just ramblers, horse riders and cyclists. It's a public right of way running close to the window.
Soon as I saw 'Horsted Park'...I knew...on top of the hill near the motorway and the retail park. My wife used to work within a few metres of that house...used to be part of the Medway FE college. Almost exactly where her office was.
WTF - looks like a farmers milking parlour.
A decent milking parlour would be an improvement. Form and function and all that.
Owain
Obviously brought up on Play School from how you describe it.
And now we are going to look through the triangular window... Brian
Usual half-arsed stuff: "Sustainable" isn't entirely eco. It includes a load about future modifications to allow people to stay in a house in old age or after suffering life changing disability - being able to convert downstairs loos into shower rooms and the like.
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