Not a bad piece of infill. Fits in nicely despite being completely different architecturally. Very simple and elegant. Also nice to see real balconies being incorporated into new construction rather than a patio door with a grill blocking the bottom half.
Nice! There’s tons of tiny multi-storey houses like this in London (some way narrower than this one).
I have a question, did you KNOW they were gonna build something there? Or do you just take pictures all over the place and hope for the best? :)
Some work was already done on the land when i took the picture in 2007.
the building on the right side had it’s windows replaced, and we tried to do just this but were told we had to KEEP horizontal windows, but these guys got to put in half horizontal/half vertical windows with sideways sliding windows on lower half, meaning that mere humans can open the window. This would not have been the case in Outremont.
There was once 4 identicals houses in this row. One disapeared, it probably burnt or something like this and the 2 other got a new entryway on the basement level. The renovation of the 4th house was a nice opportunity. They removed the paint from the stone but then, they put these windows who does’nt fit at all with the style of the place…
I wonder if the inside look better. Coolopolis wrote an article about the place last summer. Someone was murdered in this house in 1969…
The bad thing about this new development is that construction goes on with long breaks in between. At many points of the construction I thought they had abandoned the project. It didn’t have a roof for many months, the wood exposed to the elements, as well as the bricks. It’s not the most productive construction site ever…
I think it is quite successful an infill project. I believe that it should age nicely as well given the quality of materials and the overall aesthetic. It adds to the visual interest of the block. :)
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Not a bad piece of infill. Fits in nicely despite being completely different architecturally. Very simple and elegant. Also nice to see real balconies being incorporated into new construction rather than a patio door with a grill blocking the bottom half.
Nice! There’s tons of tiny multi-storey houses like this in London (some way narrower than this one).
I have a question, did you KNOW they were gonna build something there? Or do you just take pictures all over the place and hope for the best? :)
Some work was already done on the land when i took the picture in 2007.
the building on the right side had it’s windows replaced, and we tried to do just this but were told we had to KEEP horizontal windows, but these guys got to put in half horizontal/half vertical windows with sideways sliding windows on lower half, meaning that mere humans can open the window. This would not have been the case in Outremont.
There was once 4 identicals houses in this row. One disapeared, it probably burnt or something like this and the 2 other got a new entryway on the basement level. The renovation of the 4th house was a nice opportunity. They removed the paint from the stone but then, they put these windows who does’nt fit at all with the style of the place…
I wonder if the inside look better. Coolopolis wrote an article about the place last summer. Someone was murdered in this house in 1969…
http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2008/06/quiz-where-is-this-and-what-is-it.html
I like it :)
The bad thing about this new development is that construction goes on with long breaks in between. At many points of the construction I thought they had abandoned the project. It didn’t have a roof for many months, the wood exposed to the elements, as well as the bricks. It’s not the most productive construction site ever…
I think it is quite successful an infill project. I believe that it should age nicely as well given the quality of materials and the overall aesthetic. It adds to the visual interest of the block. :)