About straighetening of the roof

xylophone

 I was about to hit the head against something, be it a bean or the sloping roof.be it a bean or the sloping roof.

How on earth does the giant cope?

pieroabcd

xylophone said:

 I was about to hit the head against something, be it a bean or the sloping roof.be it a bean or the sloping roof.

How on earth does the giant cope?

Much better now that I've concentrated on new builds, thanks , maybe because they have flat and high ceilings in all rooms.
If only they weren't almost always built in the middle of nowhere I would have already made an offer.

theartfullodger

If you will be straightening the roof, you'll have to straighten the foundations first.

warwick2001

Do you own this house, or looking at buying and then converting the roof? What sort of money we talking here? £300k? £400k? (for both house and works, obviously)

Could you not build your own at that price? 'Grand design' budgets tend to sit around that (the smaller ones, anyway). Planning and getting the land could be a nightmare, but you'd end up with exactly what you want it you build it.

pieroabcd

I'm looking to buy. Max 550k. Freehold.
I'm definitely lured by a custom build, but a plot of land in a good place (that is close to transportation links and shopping centers) in London is terribly hard and waaaay above my budget. Also, I've always been warned that these kind of undertaking is a money pit, so I'll stay away from it.

Old houses: in good position (especially in south London, were they are bigger), but 99.5% of the times they have sloping and low ceilings. Absolutely not for me unless there's a way to have high ceilings everywhere (even at the sides). I can accept a non-flat ceiling.... but it must be high.

New builds: ideally built, but always very far from shopping centers and transportation links.

I couldn't care less of a garden or of having an ugly house.For me the house is all about living inside, therefore if it's not spacious in all dimensions it's not for me.
Yes, I know. I'm difficult and I'll have to find a compromise, but in London  -fortunately- there's much choice.

lincroft1710

ansaryon said:

eddddy said:

And you want to change it to something like this:

As an example, due to having 90% flat roof coverage the buildings insurance is the best part of £900/year.

That is ridiculous!!!


My house has substantial front and rear felted flat roof dormers plus a large single storey felted flat roofed kitchen/lobby/WC extension and on a house worth around £300K annual insurance is £160.

davidmcn

lincroft1710 said:

ansaryon said:

eddddy said:

And you want to change it to something like this:

As an example, due to having 90% flat roof coverage the buildings insurance is the best part of £900/year.

That is ridiculous!!!


My house has substantial front and rear felted flat roof dormers plus a large single storey felted flat roofed kitchen/lobby/WC extension and on a house worth around £300K annual insurance is £160.

Yes, about the same here in a flat where almost all the roof is flat.