This is the second instalment of build Dave Manby’s review of the bold and ambitious Culford Road refurb project. This Hackney project aimed for outstanding efficiency in reshaping a Victorian house. So much so limited heating requirements are required. So, does it work as a house and are there policy ideas or implications for the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Victorian’
The Refurbishment challenge: The End part 1
Readers of this blog may remember several posts on a groundbreaking Victorian house refurbishment in east London (see links at the bottom of the post). Here’s the first part of a post-project review by the builder Dave Manby, looking at the key technical challenges he faced during the job
So we get to the end of [...]
Refurb on. Shameless plugging allowed
For those of you eagerly anticipating news on the refurb of my house – which could well add up to the fingers on one or two of my hands, or in fact be zero – I have some news. The barrier preventing me from progressing has well and truly been shattered. That sounds quite melodramatic. [...]
My refurb begins
A feeling of weary satisfaction after just over a week’s work on my new house in Tooting, south London. This has consisted largely of ripping stuff out, from contents of a cellar and garden sheds to carpets, wild vegetation, door frames, electric appliances (three fridges and a freezer and an old Amstrad desktop stereo [...]
Eco-refurbishment challenge part 2
Guest post from Robert Prewett at architect Prewett Bizley, who is designing the eco-refurbishment of a Victorian house which featured in a previous post in January
In around six months time, works to a Victorian terrace house in Hackney will be complete. Though a modest project in terms of scale, it’s an exciting one for [...]
