House renovation.

[andyBeaker]

And they compound the problem by the following;

1. Insufficient extraction to remove cooking smells and vapours
2. Noisy extraction which is not good in open plan living
3. Even worse - putting one of those 'looks really cool' remote control extractors that come out of the worktop but are absolutely useless
4. Not thinking about seeing a messy kitchen from the living area - easily resolved by putting upstands on the work surfaces
5. Putting in breakfast bars with high stools that most find uncomfortable in a very short time
6. Not having enough power points
7. Having tiny fridges and freezers
8. Not thinking about how out of place their stand alone microwave/coffee machine/whatever will look in their ridiculously expensive custom built kitchen
9. Designing the open plan space to impress friends when they have a party rather than thinking about day to day reality

Trust me, I have witnessed all of the above, many all at the same time.

An open plan space can be brilliant but it has to be well,designed for day to day living and in my view it is essential to have a separate 'snug' where the door can be closed to get away from it.

10. Putting in hideously expensive bifolding doors that will only be opened about three times a year instead of large panes of glass with French doors or large sliding doors that are much better for seeing through, more thermally efficient, allow more flexibility with furniture and are lot cheaper
11. As per 10 except on north facing walls where they will probably never get opened other than fleetingly
12. Having put the stupid bifolding doors in they realise they don't have any way of ventilating the room other than opening them as they don't have any windows , thus compounding the useless extraction system they have installed

Makes my blood boil.

 

[derek kelly]

Makes my blood boil.

open a bifold door then

 

[Pow-Lo]

Mrs Powlo has been busy.

Have you been drinking again?

 

[andyBeaker]

Have you been drinking again?

No.

But the day is young.

 

[Squag1]

"...Armageddon is looming, which even she can't deny."

 

[Pow-Lo]

Not sure what the relevance is but she knows how to silicone. She did the shower trays in our last house and the bath in a previous place.

 

[Squag1]

Not sure what the relevance is but she knows how to silicone. She did the shower trays in our last house and the bath in a previous place.

For you

 

[Pow-Lo]

For you

Pfffft, I don't get involved. She knows what she's doing, no point me getting involved unless she needs a third hand to hold something steady.

 

[andyBeaker]

Pfffft, I don't get involved. She knows what she's doing, no point me getting involved unless she needs a third hand to hold something steady.

Snigger snigger....

 

[andyBeaker]

10. Putting in hideously expensive bifolding doors that will only be opened about three times a year instead of large panes of glass with French doors or large sliding doors that are much better for seeing through, more thermally efficient, allow more flexibility with furniture and are lot cheaper
11. As per 10 except on north facing walls where they will probably never get opened other than fleetingly
12. Having put the stupid bifolding doors in they realise they don't have any way of ventilating the room other than opening them as they don't have any windows , thus compounding the useless extraction system they have installed

Makes my blood boil.

13. People putting islands in when the room is too small
14. People putting sinks in islands that they expect people,to sit at while looking at their dirty pots and pand
15. People putting sinks in islands that they expect people,to sit at while looking at their washing up
16. People....