Open House this weekend

[malumbu]

Any tips near by? I'm volunteering but feel I've seen many of the interesting places in nearby boroughs, and all the new ones seem to be trendy extensions in Victorian houses which is now getting a bit dull. I did do the CHP place (interesting but pooey)

[zerkalo]

As always there are way too many interesting places to see. I seem to keep missing out on the modernist buildings I'd like to check out as they tend to require pre-booking and usually free 'tickets' are very limited. A couple of my local picks:

The old waiting room at Peckham Rye station

https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/listings/6995

Walter Segal Self-build Houses in Honor Oak Park

https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/listings/1615

I went there last year and I think it's worth visiting. Great community vibe and beautiful houses.

[malumbu]

The Master Shipwrights house in Deptford where I volunteered was most wonderful. I popped into a studio for five mins on the way home but most places seem to be kitchen extensions on Victorian properties. I can see plenty of those at artist's Open House, but avoiding the architect,

I'm a regular at Walters Way and also visited the Segal house itself in Sydenham on one Open House. I'll go well out of borough next year.

[NewWave]

malumbu Wrote:

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> The Master Shipwrights house in Deptford where I

> volunteered was most wonderful. I popped into a

> studio for five mins on the way home but most

> places seem to be kitchen extensions on Victorian

> properties. I can see plenty of those at artist's

> Open House, but avoiding the architect,

>

> I'm a regular at Walters Way and also visited the

> Segal house itself in Sydenham on one Open House.

> I'll go well out of borough next year.

I agree.

We didn't bother going at all this weekend as most everything we saw in a 3 mile radius last year was glorified glass box extensions on older houses and pretty boring, we did see a few more interesting ones but the queues were somewhat prohibitive to the enjoyment of the visit.

We have decided that in future we will go further afield and look at more behind the scenes in historic or office type buildings.and give private houses a miss

We've been attending Open house weekends for about 16 years but this year is the 1st year we missed because we felt its become oversubscribed and also a bit too smug homeowner showing off their extensions rather than amazing interesting architecture and design.

If I want a glass box on the back of my house (I don't)I can see lots of examples looking in estate agents windows I don't need to queue an hour to see one

[DuncanW]

We have never done Open House before, but were walking along the Thames path this Saturday and stumbled across this house. It's an amazing house and I would love to know more about it, I don't think I have been anywhere like it before. And at the risk of being crude, it must be worth an absolute fortune!

[mancity68]

We went to the Master Shipwrights House too. Amazing place!! Mr Google tells me it was bought for ?198,000 in 1998 and was put on the market, but not sold, for ?5m in 2010!

[malumbu]

> I agree.

> We didn't bother going at all this weekend as most

> everything we saw in a 3 mile radius last year was

> glorified glass box extensions on older houses and

> pretty boring, we did see a few more interesting

> ones but the queues were somewhat prohibitive to

> the enjoyment of the visit.

> We have decided that in future we will go further

> afield and look at more behind the scenes in

> historic or office type buildings.and give private

> houses a miss

> We've been attending Open house weekends for

> about 16 years but this year is the 1st year we

> missed because we felt its become oversubscribed

> and also a bit too smug homeowner showing off

> their extensions rather than amazing interesting

> architecture and design.

> If I want a glass box on the back of my house (I

> don't)I can see lots of examples looking in estate

> agents windows I don't need to queue an hour to

> see one

I went to the Open House closing party tonight off Brick Lane which was a waste of time. Neither a party nor a special viewing - one crisp each and a glass of wine. But in my short time there it was interesting to hear how many of the big draws are now ticket only. Old Bailey apparently sold out in ten mins. Next year as said I will go somewhere very different.

[Lynne]

I enjoyed the old waiting room at Peckham Rye. And St John's had an interesting display of it's history.