http://www.beccyridsdel.co.uk en-gb beccyridsdel.co.uk 2009-2-3T00:00:00Z beccyridsdel.co.uk http://www.beccyridsdel.co.uk/page18.htm#35946 Hello everybody I just wanted to give you all an update on the state of the workshop. The architect was fantastic and understood exactly what we wanted. The plans are finished and were just in the process of wrangling with the planner... but youd think we live in a conservation area The thing is we want the new workshop to be sympathetic to the existing house and so does he. So wheres the problem The planner apparently LIKES the asbestos filled concrete death traps we call garages that are currently on the site and would prefer we kept those We wanted the new workshop to be sympathetic to the house but cant afford the matched brick the planner wants it would have to match perfectly or it would drive us mad and that pushes the price up prohibitively so we opted for render which we would cover with climbers to soften it. The roof windows doors etc. will all match existing no nasty UPVC for us but thats not enough for the planner. Eventually he came to a compromise... would we conside... 2009-2-3T00:00:00Z