Seasonal workers dwelling - twin mobile home....

[SteveA]

Quite a bit of inspiration on this website.... Photos Mobile Home, Park Home, Static Caravan and Log Cabin

Although none of them tick my oak truss box enough for my liking; am looking to do something a little more rustic feeling.

cheers, steve

[Wendelspanswick]

I was of the understanding that seasonal had been defined as a year and a day and once that had expired the dwelling had to be moved?

[Haironyourchest]

Second the low ceiling benefit. And add velux windows for light if you gonna overhang the roof, makes it much nicer inside. If you want to keep the "vibe" but within the hight limit, consider angling the walls out by 20 degrees or so, so that they are perpendicular to the rafters. It would make a visual difference. Bit harder to fit shelving and so on, but also means you can have more space near the top of the wall that would be wasted otherwise, nice deep shelves.

[timbernut]

Could you not lower the height of the side walls to increase the pitch of the roof? Like this:

And from outside:

[SteveA]

I was of the understanding that seasonal had been defined as a year and a day and once that had expired the dwelling had to be moved?

 

Ref: Defined as a year and a day

I've read a few legal examples but don't recall that being mentioned.

As far as I am aware a season is defined (generally) as less than a year; in our case we do a mix of forestry, horticulture & will be expanding on animals (we only keep chickens at the moment).... so our seasons overlap, meaning our seasons are more than a year (in practical terms).

 

Think I have read, somewhere (in policy), that a seasonal workers dwelling would need to be moved completely off site out of season.

eg; further down the line we may want to apply for full planning.... but even at that point I'm pretty sure we'd still want to keep the seasonal workers dwelling for employing others (on the same basis as we'll be using it ourselves).

I'll try to find that bit of info again and post a link here.

cheers, steve

 

 

Second the low ceiling benefit. And add velux windows for light if you gonna overhang the roof, makes it much nicer inside. If you want to keep the "vibe" but within the hight limit, consider angling the walls out by 20 degrees or so, so that they are perpendicular to the rafters. It would make a visual difference. Bit harder to fit shelving and so on, but also means you can have more space near the top of the wall that would be wasted otherwise, nice deep shelves.

 

I'd like to keep the side walls at door height.... that would be at around 2m minimum.

I'd like to pop a few velux windows in, although I find them a trifle expensive for what they are. The living, kitchen and dining area are likely to be open planned and I'm thinking along the lines of putting in full length/or large roofing glass (fixed), possibly on both sides.

cheers, Steve

 

Could you not lower the height of the side walls to increase the pitch of the roof? Like this:

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And from outside:

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What width is yours and is it built in two halves? The floor to ceiling height on yours looks quite high too. Cheers, steve

[timbernut]

Floor to ceiling height is 315 at highest point. It's in two section but a T shape which we lifted into position with a BIG hiab. Each section is

4m wide x 9.5m long exterior. Had a big row with enforcement officer who said it wasn't moveable even though these delta lodges conform to BS standard for mobile homes (ironic as I got it from the councils housing department when they redeveloped a site!) hope this helps!

[SteveA]

Floor to ceiling height is 315 at highest point. It's in two section but a T shape which we lifted into position with a BIG hiab. Each section is

4m wide x 9.5m long exterior. Had a big row with enforcement officer who said it wasn't moveable even though these delta lodges conform to BS standard for mobile homes (ironic as I got it from the councils housing department when they redeveloped a site!) hope this helps!

 

Ah, thanks. According to the current legislation the maximum internal floor to ceiling height is 305cm.

 

That's an interesting way of doing it.... in a T shape.

Bit confused!....How was it constructed into two halves?

cheers, steve

[ucoulddoit]

If there are cross walls inside, an option for a low pitch roof might be to use these to support oak purlins running along the length which could be left exposed. But I can see that trusses might be the style you're after.

 

Andrew

[john p]

This is ours, got it second hand and moved it/moved in 4 weeks ago. It needs a new bit of cladding on the front but we are getting there!

[richy_B]

With these types of arrangements- is it a way of getting a dwelling on a site than is too small to go down the agricultural occupancy route?