Works have commenced above ground by stripping out the two storey rotunda, which was only built in 2012 but was so poorly designed and detailed it couldn’t reach a comfortable temperature in winter, massively overheated for the rest of the year (sometimes both on the same day!), and was totally unusable as bedroom due to the 360 degree glazing and no openable windows. The airtightness was an almost criminal 17 ACH but being an extension means this doesn’t contravene the Building Regulations. The world can’t keep building rubbish like this if we want to have any hope of mitigating the climate crisis.
Photos by Edward Bishop (www.edwardbishop.me)