The Grumpy Towers Workshop

When are you having a 3 car car port added to the workshop side?

Well a nice slab would be a lot better than sitting/lying on all that gravel.

Apologies for the slow response - firstly the pitch on the workshop is 50 degrees in order to match our relatively unique property 





 

Which is a converted chapel - originally built in 1872 - it was converted to a residential dwelling about 35 years ago - we purchased it 7 years ago - it has 3 gables where the roofline steps down to towards the rear of the property & the workshop roof matches the pitch - this provides for a full length loft with roof windows for storage - accessed by a full width staircase at the rear of the workshop - I still have loads of improvements to make - the main one being a side extension to the workshop over the next 12 months - I cant just throw anything up - it needs to match the period appearance of the surroundings - I'll take some pics of the layout and post them up for you  

If his house was in France it would have been the local chateau and we would have had to address him as 'Monsieur Le Comte"

Well, every house (and classic car) owner has lots of work still to do.. ;-)
Love your work and your practical approach.
Thom

Will this throw you into the realms of the planning quagmire chris? Guarantee one objection.

Wish you the best of luck with it Chris. Always enjoy your postings.

Are you aware of this, a free Javelin samgloversgaragesale.com/2020/10/01/jowett-javelin/

Firstly welcome onboard BRM - many thanks for the link - I'll make sure it gets advertised in the Jowett Car Clubs magazine 'The Jowetteer' - I know Sam pretty well and I have some parts for him currently with me - the ad gives me another reason to recontract him - thanks again - Chris 

Personally Chris, I'd start building out of old pallets, corrugated iron, etc. (I can supply plans from the Shanty school of architecture - very popular here), no, hear me out.

Many years ago, my parents had a similar neighbour to yours, she complained abut everyone. So, there we are, Dad and I, up the top end of the paddock laying old sleepers. Said neighbour pokes head over fence and demands to know what we were doing.

"Ah, well, the shop's not that busy (Mum and Dad owned a florist and garden business) so we've decided to keep some pigs," says Dad.

Head disappears rapidly, no doubt heading for a telephone.

Two days later, a man from the council arrives at the shop.

Dad expresses surprise at the visit, as we were only making a cold frame, standing two sleepers deep, to overwinter Erica's for sale in the shop, "Do you want to come and see?". Council man goes away with wry smile on his face.

The silence from next door was deafening!

So, "Okay, if you don't like this, I'll build it nice now!"