by MrsOctober » Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:48 am
Marmitelover, Magnificent7 and Pie81, thank you for all your comments. Just what I was after; helpful, insightful, thought provoking. I have only just received the plans and they are not detailed enough to establish the exact size of the terrace nor do they include any details of screening etc. so I feel I have to raise my concerns now in order to open a dialogue, find out more and ensure some restrictions are imposed re. size,screening etc.
I guess I wouldn’t object if, like you say, the screening is high enough to prevent a line of sight into my garden from the terrace. And if the terrace is restricted in size so that it’s not a party space, which would obviously have a huge impact on the occupants of my flat and all the neighbours.
Tigger, a little harsh?
Firstly, you said “You're going to object to someone having a tiny roof terrace in their flat” – You’ve inserted the word ‘tiny’ to boost your argument, but where on earth did you get that it was ‘tiny’? It’s certainly not ‘tiny’.
You also said that in London “EVERYONE is overlooked in one way or another” – I did say that this particular garden is private. It is not overlooked by anyone at the moment, unless you count passengers in aeroplanes. A garden like that in London is really, really special. It’s one of the main reasons I bought the flat and I want to protect that. Sorry. Perhaps if you had a completely private space you would want to keep it that way too? The plans also include replacing two small sash windows with two large sets of French doors with guardrails which will doubtless be open in good weather, allowing everyone inside those rooms to gaze down on us. We just feel that TWO Juliet balconies AND potentially the roof terrace suddenly overlooking a previously secluded garden, is a bit much.
Marmitelover, Magnificent7 and Pie81, thank you for all your comments. Just what I was after; helpful, insightful, thought provoking. I have only just received the plans and they are not detailed enough to establish the exact size of the terrace nor do they include any details of screening etc. so I feel I have to raise my concerns now in order to open a dialogue, find out more and ensure some restrictions are imposed re. size,screening etc.
I guess I wouldn’t object if, like you say, the screening is high enough to prevent a line of sight into my garden from the terrace. And if the terrace is restricted in size so that it’s not a party space, which would obviously have a huge impact on the occupants of my flat and all the neighbours.
Tigger, a little harsh?
Firstly, you said “You're going to object to someone having a tiny roof terrace in their flat” – You’ve inserted the word ‘tiny’ to boost your argument, but where on earth did you get that it was ‘tiny’? It’s certainly not ‘tiny’.
You also said that in London “EVERYONE is overlooked in one way or another” – I did say that this particular garden is private. It is not overlooked by anyone at the moment, unless you count passengers in aeroplanes. A garden like that in London is really, really special. It’s one of the main reasons I bought the flat and I want to protect that. Sorry. Perhaps if you had a completely private space you would want to keep it that way too? The plans also include replacing two small sash windows with two large sets of French doors with guardrails which will doubtless be open in good weather, allowing everyone inside those rooms to gaze down on us. We just feel that TWO Juliet balconies AND potentially the roof terrace suddenly overlooking a previously secluded garden, is a bit much.
