Potton came good in the end, in the sense they actually sent something through at 10.04am on Monday, which is only 59 hours and four minutes after their promised deadline. However, what they sent through was a couple of floor plans of a long, thin house rather than what we asked for which was some evidence of having succeeded on a similar plot.
As floor plans go it was okay, I guess, but I was struggling to spot any eureka moments. At the Swindon session on Saturday David Hinton poured some measure of scorn on fireplaces that are stuck on to the outside of houses and therefore do as good a job of heating the village as the house. And what have Potton drawn? Yes, a big fireplace out in the street. Bits like that suggest they're good at designing houses for sales directors in Vauxhall Insignias but that we're probably not on the same page.
They haven't even responded to my chase for what we do want.
Meanwhile we've stumbled across Tyafal (http://www.tyafal.co.uk/), a timber frame company with more eco-awareness and a website of houses which are nearer our thinking. Had a nice chat with a bloke in a car who would call me later Monday. Nothing. Then an email to say we'd speak Tuesday. Err... nada.
What is it with these people?
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