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    Living in a warehouse

    Okay so I was searching for something and I found old warehouses they turned into a house http://iispaces.com/2012/11/10/new-vision-of-the-loft/ that's just one of the warehouses, check them out I like the I idea although our warehouses in South Africa is not quit the same design. But what do you guys think, would you live in a warehouse like that? it would make one killer home office.

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    Quote Originally Posted by league_of_ordinary_men View Post
    Okay so I was searching for something and I found old warehouses they turned into a house http://iispaces.com/2012/11/10/new-vision-of-the-loft/ that's just one of the warehouses, check them out I like the I idea although our warehouses in South Africa is not quit the same design. But what do you guys think, would you live in a warehouse like that? it would make one killer home office.
    Just running ahead here, would it not cost more to convert such a building than to rather build from scratch? Building regs for Warehouses are very different to the regs for Residential use?
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    Dave has a point and considering the country we live it, just imagine how it would spoil the whole look with barb wire and burglar bars, security gates etc, that's looking at it from one angle.

    The more positive angle would be, if it was a loft room at the top of a building, it could work.

    I think it is a brilliant idea. I could definitely live with an office like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave S View Post
    Just running ahead here, would it not cost more to convert such a building than to rather build from scratch? Building regs for Warehouses are very different to the regs for Residential use?
    Not sure what the costs would be but if you don't want to pay house rent and office rent I think it could be a good idea, not sure on the regulations will need to search.

    Quote Originally Posted by ians View Post
    Dave has a point and considering the country we live it, just imagine how it would spoil the whole look with barb wire and burglar bars, security gates etc, that's looking at it from one angle.

    The more positive angle would be, if it was a loft room at the top of a building, it could work.

    I think it is a brilliant idea. I could definitely live with an office like that.
    Yeah but just think, get yourself a mass warehouse and build your own oasis,hehehe. There a few pro's and con's like,
    Con's : No neighbors
    Pro's : No neighbors

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    Have you ever watched the program, "Grand Designs"? It's a British documentary about building in UK. There have been a few episodes where people have converted old barns and warehouses, but the money numbers are staggering and in some cases were double the cost of a new creation. Of course we can't make a comparison between SA and UK, building in UK is just astronomically expensive, but surely the same general rules apply?

    Some of the conversions are magnificent, but I can't help thinking that I would rather custom design than convert, if I had the money, of course. But that's just me.
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    Sort of turns the notion of working from home on it's head, "Now you can home from work"
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    I like that Wynn "Home from work"

    The one aspect that may prove troublesome when converting a warehouse into your home is that you will be in a bad or industrial area. So your house would be amazing, but you got to have strong-room doors to keep out the zombies
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    Quote Originally Posted by pmbguy View Post
    I like that Wynn "Home from work"

    The one aspect that may prove troublesome when converting a warehouse into your home is that you will be in a bad or industrial area. So your house would be amazing, but you got to have strong-room doors to keep out the zombies
    Been watching a little too much walking dead pmb? hahahaha

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    It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. – Charles Darwin

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    Quote Originally Posted by pmbguy View Post
    “World War Z” was the most recent cognisant influence
    That was a good movie,watched elysium last night and it was great when he sang Jan-piere-wiet,hahaha

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