We have a plan

In fact, we have two plans: Plan A and Plan B. 

Our meeting with Bryan the architect was prompted by the need to get solar panels on the roof by 31^st March next year when the feed in tariffs were due to be reduced, but now the installation deadline’s been brought forward to December it all becomes rather unrealistic and irrelevant.  Ho hum.  So the urgency for architectural discussions is somewhat diminished and it’s not like we can afford to do any building work anyway, but it’s always good to dream about what you might do… architectural dreams can turn into building nightmares so we might as well enjoy the dream time.

One idea gets rid of the pool.  He couldn’t resist toying with that idea, but with a bit of adaptation we could keep a lot of the plan and keep the pool… at least until the girls have outgrown it.

The other I like better so far and it has an archway through the house with a bedroom above and the oil tank and a bike shed on the other side of the arch.  It allows under cover parking on rainy days and creates a lot of upstairs space but most of all I’ve always wanted a home with an archway.

Both plans would give us a huge kitchen and a lot of extra bedroom space and he rightly said that he thinks if we can only do one part of the house it should be that end because it’s the kitchen and the living and the least appealing and will add most value (as a home for us or resale) when it’s done.

Right now both designs have the staircases sticking out of the house in glass boxes.  They are very modern, rather surprising, and quite exciting.

Who knows when we could ever do it.  There’s no money in the pot these days but it’s nice to think about and we might win the lottery one day (at least we might if we were ever to play the lottery).

And then I had a cuppa with Katherine and she offered her annexe for us to hide in when it all gets too much… she’s close enough to the memory of living in a building site to remember that we’re quite mad.

But, oh, it’s so exciting.