Heritage Cases

My client would like to do this addition because security is at the top of their priority list. They have appointed me to draw up plans for new additions and alterations as follows: They would like to improve their security by adding the new “ Trellidor “ vertical automated shutter system, these shutters will be brown powder coated aluminium, which will match all the new brown powder coated windows. They have to replace all the existing wooden windows with new brown powder coated aluminium sliding windows, see window schedule. They also would like to add new stone gabions on the inside of the existing boundary wall, to hide the existing wall. My client would also like to do alterations, so that they can change the levels of the soil in places around the house, these high soil levels cause damp problems in the existing basement. Leaks in some of the previously added additions, are costing huge amounts of money to fix every few years, so my client has decided to demolish some areas, and change some areas. They have appointed me to draw plans to add a new Living area on the First floor, which will also form a new covered patio next swimming pool. This new living area will have a suspended floor slab and will be cantilevered over the swimming pool. This new area will add a modern element to the existing house, but will also compliment the existing style, as many of the houses built in the 1920’s had round bay windows. This new living area has a curved frameless window in the front ( South Western ) elevation. Due to the age of the house, it is evident that wood rot, wood borer, and lack of maintenance in it’s earlier years, have now necessitated my client to spend money in renovating areas, like new window frames, fixing different roof areas, replacing door and door frames. So the new living area they want to add, will help us sort out many of the problem areas. Some of the additions done over the years, will be demolished, and will be replaced with the one big roof which will cut into the main tiled roof. The existing frames are in need of urgent repair and maintenance, which is the reason for them to decide to replace everything with bronze powder coated aluminium frames. My client would also like to change the existing swimming pool to a lap pool 2 m wide by 10 m long, which will incorporate a new stream pump. All the existing solid wood ballustrading and hand rails will be replaced by new solid frameless glass ballustrading and handrails by specialist.