Why surprise? Because I renovated the house nearly ten years ago, before which it was a somewhat tired and doudy hip-roofed house with a splendid garden to which the house was a stranger, and with an unfortunate pop-up extension upstairs with a 'Pizza Hut' roof that did nothing at all for either neighbourhood or house -- as you might perhaps see from some of the "before" pictures below.
The renovation is, I think, a small testament to what can be achieved by opening up a house to light and air and sun, and with a few carefully thought out windows, gables and roof-lines. Many more "after" pictures can be found at the estate agent's website (scroll down to the foot of the page) -- and if you want to buy it, you'll find details there too. Oh, and by the way, this was the sketch that persuaded owner and neighbours to agree to the changes...
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4 comments:
That's very nice, Peter.
Makes me want to pack up and move to NZ.
Just let me know what time your plane gets in. :-)
Nice one Peter. I'll be in touch when I want you to build me a house in the USA... Haven't quite decided whether it should be in the Appalachians, San Francisco or the Mid West's Flint Hills...
The latter is because there isn't a sound and light show on Earth like a Kansas Thunder storm!
Excellent, Robert.
If you send me a dollar, I believe we'll have a contract. :-)
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