Re: Workshop - underground....

["Mal Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxx>]

It's also worth checking what it might do to the saleability of the house -
something as unusual as an underground workshop might put people off
(because of the same unfounded fear of damp or flooding that has British
builders sucking air through their teeth), or you might not get much of the
cost back when you sell.

A converted loft on the other hand, can always be turned back into a
bedroom
when the time comes to move on.

Mal


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Harrison (Yahoo!)" <mph@ascentium.co.uk>
To: <ukha_d@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Workshop - underground....


> Indeed it might... but I'd like to actually find someone doing this to
get
a
> comparison on cost.
>
> In most of mainland Europe, basement/underground structures are still
> commonly built, and local builders will have knowledge of how to build
a
new
> house with a basement. Here in the UK, the average builder raises his
"don't
> do that" defence, and quotes a ludicrous price... not because
it's
> expensive, but because it's unknown.
>
> Maybe the solution is to get a French builder in?
>
> As for "expensive" - it's all relative. It would cost about
£250k for me
to
> move to a "local" house with another reception room. This is
because my
> house is about the biggest "estate" house around here, and
that the only
> things bigger are "rural / village", which command a huge
premium for
> like-for-like sizing.
>
> M.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Harris" <dh140770@btopenworld.com>
> To: <ukha_d@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 3:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Workshop - underground....
>
>
> > convert the loft may be cheaper?
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Paul Gale
> >   To: ukha_d@yahoogroups.com
> >   Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 3:24 PM
> >   Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Workshop - underground....
> >
> >
> >   >From purely having watched grand designs / property ladder
/ all the
> other DIY shows out there - I would have thought this would be a
pretty
> expensive option (but then maybe I'm wrong)?
> >
> >   Paul.
>
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