This was a first for the UK, but I belive its been done in Europe. I wouldnt have the foggiest about services, to be able to cope with up to 12′ of height difference implies huge flexibility.
Funnily enough, I’ve often though about being able to build a house where there are known flood issues, and I sort of imagined something like this, where the house sits in a sort of tank, with guides of some sort, but I couldn’t ‘see’ the details; the dolphins are pretty obvious when you see them like that.
I guess the timber ‘bearings’ are oak, to be able to withstand constant saturation.
I loved the zinc scales on the outside, and it really did seem to fit into the rest of the local houses.
This would be the answer for people living on the Somerset Levels, and up around Tewksbury too.
Obviously far too expensive for regular housing, but anyone with money looking to develop a plot where flooding has been an issue it would be ideal, and without the access issues, too.
Lovely house, I’d happily live there.
tbh I would have just built it a big higher with maybe a middle floor entrance and completely waterproof lower level. I would have liked info on the services too, I guess you could have flexible/telescopic waste and and some kind of coiled water and electricity and it’s probably not on mains gas.
Wasn’t the height limited to that of the surrounding houses?
Which was why using the lower basement area for a TV room, study, and such was an advantage, being down inside the tank, allowing more space for the living and sleeping spaces where the view can be enjoyed.
Good thought re: services, gas probably isn’t available anyway, as it’s an island.
