General Chat

Thanks Malc, Dee x

I think so unless I'm getting them mixed up. I will go that way to work on Monday and let you know.

It was on the corner of Caple (?) Lane, surely they haven't turned it into flats. Dee ;-((

Is that the one on the corner that was converted to Flats

I think I know the one you mean Malc, Most of the converted places are way out of most peoples budgets sadly, but we can have our dreams can't we. By the way you probably know The Red Lion in Stanstead Abbotts, it used to be a favourite drinking place when I was a lot younger ;-)) Dee xx

it was that old run down Chapel just outside Hunsdon on the Widford Road was done in the early 70's. I always look at it when I drive past (if I had the money wish)

Jean, it's good to hear some of them are being used by housing associations Malc, my grandmother lived in Hunsdon for a while in the 60's, haven't been that way for a long time sadly. Dee xx

Just outside a village called Hunsdon about 6 miles away theres a converted Chapel > Its made a lovely looking house. You Might even know it Dee. Malc

my son started his aprenticeship helping to convert an old factory into flats when he was 17, the flats were then owned by the housing association, and were let at low rents. he is now 24 and still doing his aprenticeship. jean

I can understand where you are coming from Jess. The other thing that is annoying is that the housing provided by the conversions is usually way beyond the budget of most people, and what we really need is affordable housing Dee xx

In paris there was a youth hostel in the middle of the road which was obviously originally a public toilet. David

In our town we have a converted water tower opposite the railway. When the conversion was done it was reported that the water tank would be a swimming pool, but you'd have to be Fred Dibnah to use it as it covered the whole roof. We also have a converted granary. In the area there are several converted oast houses, in Littlebourne ther are two converted water mills. A fried in France has converted an old forge into apartments. How he did it in two years, I don't know as it was huge. David

I think it is a shame that so many old factory buildings are being converted into living spaces, especially in town centers. My town was famous for the shoe industry and all the now redundant factories are being converted. All the people that buy these multi thousand pound home then have to travel out of the town for employment. seems crazy. if you can strip out a factory for conversion, why not strip it and use it for another form of employment? Some of the buildings have such character Jess x

I think the lighthouse that was moved was on the South Coast by the Seven Sisters (Between Brighton and Eastbourne) It had already been converted and incorporated into a new house......If it is that one then some of you will remember it from the TV series 'Life and Loves of a She Devil' which was filmed there before it was moved. Chris

Hi Dee you do have good taste! I would love to live in an old schoolhouse (comes from my mum as a teacher, wherever we went she would look for old schools). Or a barn, or oast house, or chapel, yep, pretty much any of your examples. I recently said to a friend that we want to live in a really cool and unusual place one day, like a riverboat, log cabin or whatever - she said 'ooh yeah, I'd visit you more often then'. Charming! There's a tv program called Grand Designs which has some amazing homes on. xx Jen

We don't live in a converted building as such, but a mill used to stand on the same spot in a heritage area. The builders had to make the new terrace, on the canal bank, look like a conversion on the outside. They reused the stone for facings and we have mock filled in windows and winch apetures. It does fit in with the surroundings - with all mod cons!

We have a converted chapel over the road. Husband used to live in the converted stables of an old brewery.

Simon In my opinion Changing Rooms often has that effect, ;-)) Sarah, I love to see the converted chapels, guess they must be expensive to buy Dee xx

No, I can't remember where it was unfortunately - somewhere near the sea I assume ;-) I seem to remember that later on it was featured on changing rooms, where one team 'did-over' the room where the light would have been (and pretty much ruined it, if I remember correctly !). Simon

Hi Simon Don't remember that, where was the lighthouse, do you remember? Dee x