General Chat

Hi All Quite a few conversions near me...down the road a converted Tannery into apartments and in town a converted 1880's Police Station where the cells are part of the maisonettes' bathrooms!! Also where my parents live in North Wales alot of converted chapels Sarah :)

I've always dreamed of living in a converted lighthouse or windmill. I remember seeing some photos once of a windmill where the owners had spent what must have been an absolute fortune on having a bespoke circular kitchen made that fitted perfectly into one whole floor of the windmill - it looked incredible. I also love some of the converted Victorian water-towers that are about - such fantastic architecture in what was originally just a utility building. Can you remember a few years ago when they dug that lighthouse up by its foundations and then moved the whole building on rollers a few meters in land, as the cliff erosion was endangering it ? Simon

Debby I saw a programme the other night where 3 women were considering converting a warehouse and the guy said they could have a roof garden, the structure of the building would mean that it could withstand the weight. Dee xx

Hi Dee I'd love to live in a converted building if I could afford to! They're converting a lot of the derelict mills around here but they're all apartments and I like a garden too much! Debby

Sheila, I'm not sure I'd want to buy food there either Dee x

oooh a lighthouse sounds good doesnt it :-) worse conversion i know of is public toilets becoming a fast food outlet! could never buy anything from there

I have come across oast houses, churches, schools, warehouses, lighthouses and even public toilets that have been converted into living accommodation. Personally I have always fancied living in an oast house or a converted lighthouse. What about you?

Are there any near you? Would you live in one?