Picture of yours truly and client recieving Finalist Award Certificate for project at Gorrells Farm, Highwood
LABC Awards Presenation
New dwelling, extensions and poolroom building in Chelmsford
Rogue’s Gallery
- nice bit of pointing….?
- one way of saving space !
Thought I’d put a few interesting (!?) photos on the blog of stuff I come across whilst out on site. Enjoy
- nice bit of plumbing….?
The Old Vicarage, South Essex
Recently completed project involving repairs, refurbishment and extensions to Grade II Listed Building The Old Vicarage.
Also, outbuildings and stables designed and all now built as shown in the photo.
Wishbone Ash single, first in 20 years set to hit the Charts….!?
Not really a work related post I know but Wishbone Ash are in my links section on my main pages so why not..?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtglUjPb8yQ
Enjoy….
The Best Apartment in London….?
Here’s a few pics of a project I was involved in a while back.
The apartment is the first one East of Tower Bridge on the North bank of The Thames.
A privilege just to be there.
My involvement however was not as glamorous….
I was called in to prepare a defect report for the Junckers flooring laid, very badly, in the lounge.
In the end, the whole lot had to come up and be relaid by another firm who knew how to do the job properly.
Still, it was nice just to be there, and I grabbed some photos of the view, not just the faulty floor.
New PD Rules – Driveways / Pavings
Porous or non-porous…..?
Permeable or non-permeable……?
Tricky subject indeed so how does the Local Authority decide whether it is or isn’t, and of course if it isn’t, then a Planning Application may be required.
So DCLG (Department of Communities and Local Government), the people that wrote the new PD rules, have, just once, published some [useful ?!] guidance to help LPAs with such interpretation questions.
So here’s one FAQ:- ” Query the impact on enforcement in particular the checking of porous / non-porous surfacing “
DCLG response:- “On permeable paving, we believe it should be relatively straightforward to determine whether something complies, for example, by tipping a bucket of water on to the surface “
So, the photo shows a ‘man from the ministry’ who’s job is to check such things.
Unfortunately, after he had determined that the beautiful brick paved driveway was not porous and therefore all of it needed to come up, he was quite close to the cementitious grout pump the [very upset] builders were using at the time !
The relevance of the apple on his head was not reported……Answers on a postcard please. (or, more probably these days a blog comment)
Housing Development in Billericay
Some Google Street View images of a group of houses I designed in Billericay a few years back.
The development is in a prominent position on a roundabout and is in effect a ‘gateway’ development.
The concept behind the design solution was for the three storey gambrel roofed dwelling nearest the roundabout to appear to be the original farmhouse with more modern, differently styled ‘enabling’ development in it’s garden.
Click on the links:-
Thanks for looking
Paul
Aubyns, The Green, Writtle
Work in progress photos…….
Aubyns, The Green, Writtle
Photo and article in the Essex Chronicle.
I’m not in it !
and the lady to the left of Joe is not his girlfriend !