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R. and T. drove out to Florence (a village in Northampton) to look at a piece of land. T. liked it a lot; R. thought it might work, but wanted to take a look at some more parcels. I found another one for them to visit next week.
I also spent a few hours on Houzz, looking at a variety of things, but mostly indoor pools. I have a few observations to make that might or might not be of general interest.
(1) There are a lot of narrow (single lane, generally) pools with very narrow ledges surrounding them in rooms with no windows in London, England. I conclude from this that a Thing that the wealthy in London do to make their cramped, multi-floor expensive housing more enjoyable is to install a basement pool.
(2) Pool pictures on Houzz with cyrllic captions and locations in Moscow are very different.
(3) “Indoor pool” as a search term finds a lot of pools that are definitely not indoor. Not sure what to do about this.
(4) There is an entire category of “indoor pool” which is located in Florida (very rarely other southern states) and is covered with a quite extensive glass enclosure. Some of them are unbelievably cool. This is not a solution that will work for my purposes.
(5) Virtually all freeform pools which are enclosed are in Florida in the type of enclosure mentioned in (4). I believe I found one counter-example. There might be more — they are rare. Searching on “free-form” and “indoor pool” turns up a lot of outdoor freeform pools, some of which are not freeform AND not pools (hot tubs, for example). And, as noted, not indoors.
(6) I like exposed wood framing.
(7) I like large bifold doors to get the indoor / outdoor effect. This may be a possible solution for us.
I also spent a few hours on Houzz, looking at a variety of things, but mostly indoor pools. I have a few observations to make that might or might not be of general interest.
(1) There are a lot of narrow (single lane, generally) pools with very narrow ledges surrounding them in rooms with no windows in London, England. I conclude from this that a Thing that the wealthy in London do to make their cramped, multi-floor expensive housing more enjoyable is to install a basement pool.
(2) Pool pictures on Houzz with cyrllic captions and locations in Moscow are very different.
(3) “Indoor pool” as a search term finds a lot of pools that are definitely not indoor. Not sure what to do about this.
(4) There is an entire category of “indoor pool” which is located in Florida (very rarely other southern states) and is covered with a quite extensive glass enclosure. Some of them are unbelievably cool. This is not a solution that will work for my purposes.
(5) Virtually all freeform pools which are enclosed are in Florida in the type of enclosure mentioned in (4). I believe I found one counter-example. There might be more — they are rare. Searching on “free-form” and “indoor pool” turns up a lot of outdoor freeform pools, some of which are not freeform AND not pools (hot tubs, for example). And, as noted, not indoors.
(6) I like exposed wood framing.
(7) I like large bifold doors to get the indoor / outdoor effect. This may be a possible solution for us.