Why This “Awkward” House Is Actually Brilliant
Why This “Awkward” House Is Actually Brilliant Most people would walk straight past this 1970s townhouse. Boxy. Awkward. Compromised. But when you slow down and really look at it, something else starts to appear. All the best Carl
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
Life is a Lasagna. I’m on the motorway. Cruise control on. 62mph. Sitting steady in the inside lane. It’s busy. All lanes. Both directions. 9am. I spot a tractor driving slowly over one of those bridges, built where a small lane once crossed this land. I’m listening to Senator Rand Paul talk about automation. How, […]
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
Mid-Winter Planning. Happy New Year. Well, Happy Mid-Winter. It’s a stupid time of year for a fresh start. We force this Gregorian New Year on ourselves, despite nature telling us it’s not a new beginning. It’s time to hunker down. Eat the nuts we gathered in the autumn and wait for the new growth of […]
I Took This “Upside Down House” Idea and Tested the Real Costs
I Took This “Upside Down House” Idea and Tested the Real Costs In this follow-up to the Upside-Down House concept, I take the original idea and price it properly. All the best Carl
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
The Good Old Days. I was in a coffee shop the other day. Coffee #1 in Shirley, Southampton, in case you care. While trying to edit an hour of video footage into a 37-second segment, I was distracted by an old couple at the next table. A gentleman had been sitting there for a while, […]
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
The House That Needed Turning Upside Down. Some houses tell you exactly what’s wrong the moment you step through the door; others take a little time to reveal their story. The terrace house I looked at this week — a tiny two-up two-down in Southsea — definitely belonged to the second group. A small two-up […]
This Tiny House Makes No Sense… Here’s My Fix
This Tiny House Makes No Sense… Here’s My Fix A tiny terrace house with no garden, no upstairs bathroom, and no space to extend… so I flipped the entire layout. Here’s how a small, awkward home can become a bright modern space with a roof terrace. All the best Carl PROPERTY SALE LISTING – […]
I Found a Cottage I Can’t Stop Thinking About… So I Redesigned It
I Found a Cottage I Can’t Stop Thinking About… So I Redesigned It I stumbled across this simple rural cottage while browsing property listings — and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since. In this video, I take you through the whole redesign process: • the cottage as it exists today […]
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
A hundred weeks of curiosity. This is the 100th edition of Thoughts for the Weekend. When I started in June 2023, there wasn’t a grand plan — more a marketing push after launching a new website, an effort to explain what I do a bit more clearly. The idea was to shed some light on […]
Bungalow Transformation Time – Watch how I do it – Plans, 3D model & AI Visuals included!
Bungalow Transformation Time – Watch how I do it – Plans, 3D model & AI Visuals included! This week I redesigned a rather plain-looking bungalow into a stunning modern house, making the most of views, trees and the sun. I start in 2D and develop a remodelled ground floor plan and a new first […]
