felixgogo
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Hi everyone!
I have called my thread here after my house, which, like others in the UK has a very small garage. However, inspired by the wonderful garages on this site, I have decided to show you my humble attempts to improve it.
Mews cottages and houses are the small buildings built to the rear of town houses, built to stable horses and carriages. Often these had living quarters above and were often built facing a small courtyard.
As we moved away from horses and carriages, and towards the motor car, these mews cottages became ideal places to house the family motor car. In fact in London these mews houses are now more valuable and sought after as they are often the only houses with parking.
I have always desired a mews house, i.e. one with garaging incorporated into the building, and one where you can walk into the garage from the house, but buildings like this are rare in the country.
Recently, however, I found a ruinous cottage with a garage and workshop included, and although I was advised otherwise, I acquired it.
Here's the garage as it was on my first viewing of the property.
Notice how there is an uncompleted wall on the right separating the garage from the workshop. First job was to remove this and open up the space.
I have called my thread here after my house, which, like others in the UK has a very small garage. However, inspired by the wonderful garages on this site, I have decided to show you my humble attempts to improve it.
Mews cottages and houses are the small buildings built to the rear of town houses, built to stable horses and carriages. Often these had living quarters above and were often built facing a small courtyard.
As we moved away from horses and carriages, and towards the motor car, these mews cottages became ideal places to house the family motor car. In fact in London these mews houses are now more valuable and sought after as they are often the only houses with parking.
I have always desired a mews house, i.e. one with garaging incorporated into the building, and one where you can walk into the garage from the house, but buildings like this are rare in the country.
Recently, however, I found a ruinous cottage with a garage and workshop included, and although I was advised otherwise, I acquired it.
Here's the garage as it was on my first viewing of the property.
Notice how there is an uncompleted wall on the right separating the garage from the workshop. First job was to remove this and open up the space.
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That's down to the fact that I've been doing much of the work myself.Never again!