Mark Wadsworth: Max Escher-style side-extension

Saturday, 4 December 2010

From Rightmove; look at the picture slowly from top to bottom:

dearieme said...: What am I missing?; 5 December 2010 at 00:59
Mark Wadsworth said...: D, it looks as if the house is built on stilts - the front triangle of bricks on the garage turns into the underside of the first floor of the house.; 5 December 2010 at 08:18
dearieme said...: It's on a slope, I presume - do you suppose it's got a sort of half-basement?

P.S. How come the Dutch can build excellent basements in their drained swamp of a country, and we can't build decent basements anywhere?; 5 December 2010 at 12:25
Anonymous said...: Oh I see it now - after looking at all the hoose pics.; 5 December 2010 at 13:46
Mark Wadsworth said...: D, it is a mystery to me why English houses so seldom have cellars. But English houses are the smallest, worst built and most expensive in Europe, so that's hardly a surprise.; 5 December 2010 at 14:08
Bayard said...: "do you suppose it's got a sort of half-basement?"

It's much more likely just to have a large void under the floor making the ground floor rooms hard to heat.; 5 December 2010 at 15:32
Electro-Kevin said...: The price. The price !

Over-developed monstrosity.; 5 December 2010 at 16:22

Saturday, 4 December 2010