Briefly, the past 6 months have been spent working on trying to design the new house and prepare for a planning application. Lucy's Dad Blair knows a lot about building and design having built his own home years ago so we're working very closely with him. We joke that we've employed him as a Non-Executive Director on this project. Lucy says "that's what Dad's are for".
We have employed Roderick James Architects (RJA) to help us with the design. They are oak framing specialists, and we love oak. We won't be able to have a lot of it but we really want some on show in the front part and living space of the building.
We've rented and lived in about 10 homes in the past 12 years so we are hoping to borrow some of the stuff we've liked, and eliminate the stuff that we don't like. Importantly we want to make the most of the beautiful view from the plot.
The house will be timber frame based and clad in larch with metal roofing. We have based it conceptually on Roderick James' version of expandable living. The Gray house and Tigh Darach are examples.
We're also getting some traction on ideas for the cottage...
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