A few threads on building recently so thought this might be of interest.
Nine months after instructing an architect our planning permission has finally come through
Nothing particularly fancy; we are taking down some extensions (less than 30 sq m in total) and rebuilding a bit bigger. The only conclusion I have come to so far is that architects and planning officers are involved in a game. Niether particularly wants to play, and if either were actually concerned with the best solution for any given project they might try going about things a bit differently. I'm sure there are all sorts of bits of legislation which mean they can't do this and the public do have a habit of interfering (ie the neighbours). The sole purpose of the client in all this seems to be to write cheques.
On the whole it hasn't been a bad experience and I'm not actually knocking the professionals as such, but it does seem a remarkably inefficient way of going about things.
The good bit is that we are now one step closer to being able to do something about the way our spaces sound, the list of things that can get sorted once we have removed ceramic floor tiles/internal windows/low ceilings just keeps getting longer.
Any tips for things to include in the design now (I'm guessing separate mains spur is an obvious one) gratefully received.
Nine months after instructing an architect our planning permission has finally come through
Nothing particularly fancy; we are taking down some extensions (less than 30 sq m in total) and rebuilding a bit bigger. The only conclusion I have come to so far is that architects and planning officers are involved in a game. Niether particularly wants to play, and if either were actually concerned with the best solution for any given project they might try going about things a bit differently. I'm sure there are all sorts of bits of legislation which mean they can't do this and the public do have a habit of interfering (ie the neighbours). The sole purpose of the client in all this seems to be to write cheques.
On the whole it hasn't been a bad experience and I'm not actually knocking the professionals as such, but it does seem a remarkably inefficient way of going about things.
The good bit is that we are now one step closer to being able to do something about the way our spaces sound, the list of things that can get sorted once we have removed ceramic floor tiles/internal windows/low ceilings just keeps getting longer.
Any tips for things to include in the design now (I'm guessing separate mains spur is an obvious one) gratefully received.
