The name of the game is to make best use of the plot for the benefit of my father, recently moved to a residential care home at the age of 90. Which may mean extending the bungalow, or it may mean doing nothing. But I suspect that it will mean demolishing and rebuilding. Not exactly sure what yet. So the title of this blog may be premature... but probably isn't.
The aim of this blog is, much like its predecessor http://127achurchstreet.blogspot.com/, to act as a site diary as well as therapy for the trials and tribulations to come. So this is what's happened so far:
- House clearance: a combination of eBay, the local Antiques Centre, and two 10 yard skips courtesy of Wilstead Skip Hire (01234 740916 - turned up to drop and collect exactly when they said they would, polite and friendly, and you can't ask more than that - isn't it nice to start one of these blogs without the need for barbed sarcasm?)
- Meetings with two architects, let's call them Knott (yesterday) and Sphere, today (the latter of whom accidentally dropped into the conversation that he wasn't actually an architect - here we go again...), both of whom wore RIBA-approved glasses and made interesting noises. Knott was much more design-focussed, whilst Sphere was much more minded to tackle the issue of how many units could be packed on to the site. Given he foresees four two-beds and a detached three-bed on a site approx. 11m by 74m he may be the best thing that ever happened to us. Or delusional. Currently we're voting for delusional, but we may cut him some slack and let him prove that the Earth goes around the Sun, or whatever it is he believes. Knott is more the candidate if we wanted to build a single large house on the plot for us to move into, which given tax considerations may be the way we go. The Good Lady Wife is in charge of the investment appraisal and we'll see what her numbers suggest...
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