British Shoeboxes Aren't Big Enough for a Jolly Good Xmas

PasturesNew

NEH wrote: »

I am one of these weird people that will look at layouts of houses both new build and old but especially new build and I mentally re aarange the whole place or realise what is not working...I think I am a closet architect....:rotfl:

Me too
I am a great believer that extensive, well planned storage can transform a tiny space into a great space. I'm sure architects go on a special finishing course for putting sockets, switches, radiators and doors in the most awkward places too.

NEH

PasturesNew wrote: »

Me too
I am a great believer that extensive, well planned storage can transform a tiny space into a great space. I'm sure architects go on a special finishing course for putting sockets, switches, radiators and doors in the most awkward places too.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

There is a down side to large rooms though.
We live in an 1800s house and the reception rooms are nearly 6mts x 6mts as are the main bedrooms and the hall is nearly 30 ft long.We have a lovely sized kitchen 19 x15 ft but the down side is no matter how much we spend on heating,in the winter the place is always bloody freezing.

PasturesNew

jenner wrote: »

im confused as to why all the 'newly converted or refurbished' flats and houses have en suits on nearly every bedroom. i saw once a flat, not new built but i think newly converted and it was 3 beds and had 3 en suites but no general bathroom, which means that when you have guests visiting (not staying) they have to go into your bedroom to use the loo. i cant understand this

Because nobody likes to wait/share.
Although, yes, you do need a loo for random visitors. I used to have a studio flat where you had to go through the bedroom to get to the bathroom/loo - and every strange man that came into my house (e.g. insurance sales, workmen, stuff to be done, quotes, etc) ALL wanted to use my loo - which made me feel very uncomfortable for many reasons... one of which is that being a single female, with the bedroom upstairs, if I were inviting somebody round to (say) look at the heating system, then I'd have not necessarily made my bed and put my knickers out of sight.

puddy

well bar the odd place for rich people, i cant believe that radiators are still being used, i HATE them but am forced with them. i hate the look of them and the fact that they take up so much room. surely if we put someone on the moon we can invent something effective, economical and attractive?

puddy

MRSTITTLEMOUSE wrote: »

There is a down side to large rooms though.
We live in an 1800s house and the reception rooms are nearly 6mts x 6mts as are the main bedrooms and the hall is nearly 30 ft long.We have a lovely sized kitchen 19 x15 ft but the down side is no matter how much we spend on heating,in the winter the place is always bloody freezing.

yes, OH made us turn down a lovely house which was old victorian which had lovely high ceilings, big rooms too, although not as big as yours sound, on the basis that it would cost a lot to heat.

PasturesNew

MRSTITTLEMOUSE wrote: »

There is a down side to large rooms though.
We live in an 1800s house and the reception rooms are nearly 6mts x 6mts as are the main bedrooms and the hall is nearly 30 ft long.We have a lovely sized kitchen 19 x15 ft but the down side is no matter how much we spend on heating,in the winter the place is always bloody freezing.

This discussion is about houses, not mansions :P

That is huuuge.. your kitchen is about 10% larger than my entire current living space.

puddy

PasturesNew wrote: »

Because nobody likes to wait/share.
Although, yes, you do need a loo for random visitors. I used to have a studio flat where you had to go through the bedroom to get to the bathroom/loo - and every strange man that came into my house (e.g. insurance sales, workmen, stuff to be done, quotes, etc) ALL wanted to use my loo - which made me feel very uncomfortable for many reasons... one of which is that being a single female, with the bedroom upstairs, if I were inviting somebody round to (say) look at the heating system, then I'd have not necessarily made my bed and put my knickers out of sight.

and it was ridiculous because if i remember rightly some of the rooms were literaly 9x7 or similar sizes because of the en suite

PasturesNew

jenner wrote: »

well bar the odd place for rich people, i cant believe that radiators are still being used, i HATE them but am forced with them. i hate the look of them and the fact that they take up so much room. surely if we put someone on the moon we can invent something effective, economical and attractive?

Well, underfloor heating.

The thing is, radiators are cheaper. If you spend £500 extra putting underfloor heating into a house, it has to go onto the selling price. So they don't (unless it's a posh place).

The alternative to standard radiators is probably to use more vertical ones, but again, at a cost. So it's bog standard radiators all round - even though they're inefficient and annoying.

PasturesNew

I'll use this thread to slip in the little known fact that I did, once, years ago, randomly have a quickie in the built in cupboard in a new build

While the sales lady was downstairs at her desk.