Good outcomes on Monday include two unanimously supported items at Bridport Town Council Planning Meeting and, quite unrelated, being told by a client I am a marvel.
‘I can’t tell you how thrilled we are with the work that has been done and everyone is out now! Many thanks, we really are delighted with what you have achieved for us.’
It is sad to see a beautiful Grade II* house that I worked on change hands especially when so much painstaking work has been invested only to be changed by the next occupant.
This wonderful iconic building with its clock tower under a domed lantern was designed by William Tyler Architect also responsible for the now redundant Dorchester prison.
As fast as one building project is complete, another begins and it has been like this for as long as I can remember without a break regardless of recessions or the Pandemic.
Providing that there is a rapport between the client and architect and both are open to new ideas at all stages then usually a harmonious outcome can be achieved.
‘If you don’t know the past how can you understand the present, and how can you plan for the future?’ asked Sir Norman Foster on the Today programme on VE Day.
In my experience if you apply for something and a piece of information is missing you are asked to provide it – job done.
It is with a great pride and huge relief when works are completed and exceed not only the clients’ expectations but mine as well.
Eternal, a family run kitchen and furniture business based in Somerset has a simple ethos so different to other companies, it is like a breath of fresh air.