Not everything is perfect. There are bound to be compromises and oversights. So for the sake of completeness here are the things that are not quite right.
The stairs are rather steep. We have been spoiled by the luxurious ones at Park Street. Janet would say the ones at the Wood are very laid back.
The utility room is very small.
Perhaps more food storage space would have been a good idea: a proper larder.
The Nibe controls require a degree in heat engineering. So far, we find the heat difficult to control. This may be our fault but we think not. Still, Graham Moss the Nibe man is tremendously obliging.
There are skirting boards. Originally, I passionately wanted shadow line skirtings. (My devil master James has them in his house extension; why can't I have them?) Then Mary said skirtings are unnecessary; and I agreed. Now we have skirtings. I am not sure why. Oh well.
Three lights over the table is perhaps too many.
Roy would prefer a joy stick shower control. I am perfectly happy with the taps we have.
Roy wishes there was more light in the bathroom and the small bedroom and slightly less in the main bedroom. I rather like the cosy dim feel of the bathroom. I agree we could have done with one window rather than two in the main bedroom.
The replacement lavatory seats (see earlier top secret posting) are not quite the right shape. We are probably the only people who have noticed this.
We are not quite sure that we specified the right locations for the telephone sockets. There are three (or is it four?) and not one of them is in the main bedroom or the study.
There are some fascinating misplacements of light switches. But we are getting used to them.
The multitude of legs on the canopy is still a little disconcerting. It would have been nice to cantilever it; but that would have meant more steel in the main structure. It would have been nice to manage with fewer.
It is fiddly to open the casement windows fully. But perhaps this will deter all our burglars. It would have been nice if the full length windows would open wide, like doors.
Roy would have liked a wine cellar.
The grey of the doors is not quite the same grey as the blinds.
The deck is not big enough. And it doesn't drain properly. (We are well into crumples in rose leaves territory now.)
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"The stairs are rather steep. We have been spoiled by the luxurious ones at Park Street. Janet would say the ones at the Wood are very laid back."
Very sad, but they still look beautiful! I am still very much against the lights on the stairs, I am afraid, perhaps they can be fixed at a later date.
"The utility room is very small."
But does it have utility?
"Perhaps more food storage space would have been a good idea: a proper pantry."
That does seem a little shortsighted!
"Roy would prefer a joy stick shower control. I am perfectly happy with the taps we have."
I have to say, "joy stick shower controls" are one of the most annoying things ever, and their prevelance here is very upsetting. Taps are far superior, I promise.
"Roy wishes there was more light in the bathroom and the small bedroom and slightly less in the main bedroom. I rather like the cosy dim feel of the bathroom. I agree we could have done with one window rather than two in the main bedroom."
One doesn't really WANT a dim bathroom though, given that light is useful for things such as shaving, cleaning face, cleaning fingernails, etc
"There are some fascinating misplacements of light switches. But we are getting used to them."
I think light switches are builders, or perhaps electricians, little jokes to themselves. I think they do it to alleviate the boredom of installing light switch after light switch.
The lights on the stairs are odd, I agree; but for me they come into the category of charming aberrations.
Max can't spell prevalence. Nya nya.
Dim bathrooms become desirable after one reaches a certain age, perhaps? There are lights above the places where the mirrors will be in due course. And the upstairs spare loo has an extraordinary window that takes up almost all of the ceiling space. Go there to shave, when you come.
For people to shave they really need... now what are those things called... MIRRORS! That's it.
Our house originally had a pantry where the door to the kitchen is now. It wasn't we who took it out. I would love a pantry, if only somewhere to let food cool out of reach of cats before going in fridge!
I've always wanted a stillroom
Oh, our rooms are all still rooms.
only just noticed this ambiguous comment - do they remain rooms or simply stay put (perhaps both?)
rooms which morphed into something else (whales' bellies? black holes?) would add interest to life but I do hope the house isn't plotting to slide into the loch before I get the chance to arrive
Rose says that the house would be nice if there were no snow and it was next to a beach!!
;)
Sometimes there is no snow; and the beach is not far away (at Runival). And you could always dip in the safe parts of the burn (though probably not in the river as it would swirl you away). What are beaches for, anyway? Wild life exploration? Plenty of that in the Wood. I will try to take some enticing pictures this weekend.
is a still room like an occasional table?
Our tables are ALWAYS tables, too.
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