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spamboy
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I know this sounds a bit odd, but I'm thinking of buying a new house and it doesn't have an obvious room to convert into a home cinema (My wife is actually insisting that we either have a dedicated room, or we are going to have to paint the living room walls red as the ambient light washes out the image in her opinion - you can see why I married her ;-)
Anyway, the house is grade 2 listed, in a conservation area so any kind of extension is out of the question, but I was wondering if it would be possible to excavate the garden, effectively build a new cellar (but with no house on top!) and rebuild the garden over the top. It's obviously going to be quite expensive, but the extra space would be great.
Is this just the stupidest idea ever? Any idea who I could approach to talk about this? What the planning issues would be etc...
SB
Anyway, the house is grade 2 listed, in a conservation area so any kind of extension is out of the question, but I was wondering if it would be possible to excavate the garden, effectively build a new cellar (but with no house on top!) and rebuild the garden over the top. It's obviously going to be quite expensive, but the extra space would be great.
Is this just the stupidest idea ever? Any idea who I could approach to talk about this? What the planning issues would be etc...
SB