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Month: September 2012 (Page 2 of 2)

Existing floor plans

September 7, 2012 /

Since we bought the property before any estate agents details were produced, these are the first floor plans of the property that we have seen.  We have been working off some of the rough sketches that I did using Google Maps as a source for the overall size and shape of the property.



Ground floor floorplan
Ground Floor

You can see quite clearly the outline of the three original cottages with the middle one being smaller than the two adjoining.  Interestingly, this fact is also borne out by the census records that show that the middle property consisted of just two rooms – one up and one down.  These days it is difficult to imagine bringing up a family in such a property.



First floor floorplan
First Floor

I didn’t want to publish any of this information until we had exchanged – it seemed to be tempting fate otherwise.

We have exchanged contracts!

September 6, 2012 /

Back in June, I wrote that the journey had begun.  Yesterday, we passed one of the first milestones and exchanged contracts.  At the end of the week, we will complete and the property will belong to us.  Then the first destination on our journey will have been reached.

I have often heard it said that you can buy a house in less than a couple of months.  In my experience, that is pretty unusual – a minimum of three months seems much more likely.  From first seeing the property in June to completing on it in early September isn’t bad going.  But it is difficult to believe that three months has already elapsed.

One thing that I hadn’t banked on was the additional time that it takes to purchase a property of the summer.  Vendors and solicitors going on holiday (not together, by the way) and a long turn around time on local authority searches all added to the timescale.  But we got there in the end.  Thankfully.

What happens next? Well, the architect is briefed and we are expecting some sketches at the end of September.  Once these are agreed, this will be worked up into a full set of plans for planning submission.  That’s probably going to take another 4-6 weeks.

Topographic survey

September 4, 2012 /

We had a completed topographic survey of the property and the surrounding land completed last month.  The work was completed by Ben at VisionGeomatics.  More on their website here: www.visiongeomatics.com.



Topographic Survey
Excerpt from the topographic survey


You can download the entire survey as a PDF here.  This allows you to turn the layers on and off on the survey plan. There is an incredible amount of data on the topographic survey including contours, outbuildings, trees, drains, overhead power lines and walls.

The survey data includes all the land as well as an outline of the buildings.  A separate internal survey was completed to work out the floorplan for the buildings. You will find the floorplans here. These floor plans were then placed onto the topographic survey to provide a complete picture of the buildings and site.  This should be a great starting point for the new designs.

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