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Over the Christmas break, Bromilow Architects have received a certificate from Premier Guarantee for the Excellence Awards 2011 recognising us as Architects for the National Winner of Small Development of the Year for Llay Farm. The certificate has been scanned and added above. Detail and photos of the project can be found in the porfolio here.
The new build house that we designed in Frankby, Wirral has now been completed with just the final snagging items to be finished. Our clients moved in a short time ago and are absolutely thrilled with the finished project. Attached a couple of snaps of the project taken earlier this week. We have managed the project for the client from start to finish and it is always great with a project to be able to see it through to completion and have it turn out just how it was envisaged. The project is also somewhat of a ‘green’ building, with the intention of reducing the running costs of the building as it is lived in by the family. It features Solar Panels (PV’s) to produce electricity and the client has already linked up and is exporting electricity to the grid and receiving the Feed in Tariffs from the government scheme. There are also Thermal Solar Panels on the roof to take advantage of the sun to provide hot water to the property and reduce the workload on any boiler needed for this and therefore again reduce running costs. The whole house is heated by underfloor heating which is manage by LCD displays installed in each room with a central control unit in the utility room. With UFH only requiring water at 40-50 degrees rather than radiators at about 80 degrees is considered more economical to run that traditional heating. All these technologies combined with a very well insulated property with high specification windows, should make the property cheaper to heat. The property achieved a high B rating on its energy assessment so it will be interesting to monitor it over it’s first winter to see what the bills actually are.
Last year, we helped local couple Bob & Bernie Owens transform their Thurstaston farmhouse into a fabulous family home. View Magazine have just released their current issue, with a great write up and photos about the project. Click the image to have a look …..
Meadow Barns, the new residential development recently completed by developer Kitwe Developments, has been picked from thousands of schemes across the country to receive the ‘Commended Award’ for the Small Development (2-10 units) category at this year’s Premier Guarantee Excellence Awards. This award is the latest in a long line of accolades awarded to the company since their formation in 2005. Approval permission was granted for the application submitted by Bromilow Architects in 2010 and work has continued on the barn with the show home opening in March 2011. The scheme has now been completed and has picked up the above award along with a ‘commendation’ award from Wrexham Civic Society.
Externally, the building is vitually finished and we are just awaing the aluminium cills to go with the Velfac windows that are looking great. The glass balcony using a system from Q-Railing has been installed. Internally the bathrooms have been finished save for a few minor items. The majority of the staircase has been installed and you can imagine from the photo what a task it has been. One of the sides of the staircase is curved. The drawings of the design and the maths involved in working out the width and angle of each tread and riser was hard enough. The curve of the stringer changes radius as it reaches the floor amaking every tread unique, so making it must have been a real challenge, but R&M Joinery have produced a staircase of great quality and you can already tell that when it is finally finished, it will look great and be a real statement in the hall. The eco-technologies that have been installed are up and running. The PV solar panels on the roof are producing electricity and earning the client an income. The solar hot water panels are heating up the water to reduce the reliance on the main boiler and the rainwater harvesting tank is full from all the rain we have had and is being used to flush the wc’s in the house. Coupled with the excellent insulation values these technologies are all contributing to minimising the energy usage and hence running costs of the home for our client. In the next couple of weeks the garage and external works will be finished and the internal aspects finalised. Below are some photographs of the scheme at present.
Its been a while since our last update on the new build house in Frankby, Wirral but thiings are really progressing well on site. The exterior is nearly finished with the final Velfac windows being fitted following the rendering of the external elevations with the self coloured silicon K Rend system. Here at Bromilow Architects, we really like the way the Velfac windows work and have used them on many projects in the past. No matter whether the windows or doors open or are fixed, each window still looks the same. They are a timber frame internally with options for finishes, but the external opening element is powder coated aluminium which will give a long lasting durable finish. . The feedback from our client about the choice of windows has been very good as well. Visit www.velfac.co.uk for more information Internally the plastering to the first floor level is nearly finished with some tiling beginning in the bathrooms and en-suites. Once the plastering has been finished, the second fix of the electrics and plumbing can be finished . The ground floor is being boarded out with plastering due to commence next week followed by the ground floor underfloor heating and screed in the next couple of weeks.
Bromilow Architects have recently obtained planning permission for this contemporary extension to a large villa in the Birkdale Conservation area. The rear of the house was a collection of small rooms with little connection to the large garden outside and the clients wanted to make better use of this space . The small size of the existing kitchen was typical for this age of house and did not offer the kind of living space that suited this grand house. The proposal opens up these space to provide a family living space over looking the substantial gardens. A new extension to the rear of the property will provide a fantastic dining area with large expanses of glass.
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With the good weather continuing, this new build house being Constructed in Wirral continues at a good pace. The roof timbers are nearly finished ready for the new slate roof finish in a couple of weeks. The first fix electrics and plumbing will then start including the under floor heating system to the whole house. Eco environments who are installed the Photo Voltaic Solar Panels are also due on site in a couple of weeks to start there first fix.
Since the last update at the beginning on February, work had continued by RW Thomas Ltd on the construction of this new family home for our client. The Rainwater harvesting tank has been installed ready to provide water to the house for flushing wc and filling the washing machine as well as providing water for the garden. You will see from the photos below that as the month moved on, the block work continued to be built up to first floor level. The steel work at this level was installed allowing the first floor joists and flooring to be laid. This provides a safe working platform for the bricklayers in addition to the extra level of scaffolding on the outside. the steelwork has been ordered for the roof and for the next update we should see the roof timbers been added. Even at this stage you get the impression of what the first floor rooms will be like. The view from the front upper floor lounge with its 5m wide sliding doors will be fantastic. Meridian Consult have continued to make site visits as Approved Inspectors and are happy with the work to date. |
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The conversion of the Listed Barn that we worked on with Kitwe Developments Limited has just been awarded a prestigious award by Premier Guarantee, a market leader in providing Structural Warranties, Building Control and Developer Support Services.
The new build house designed for our client in Frankby is nearing completion.
