As the final few days of 2017 gradually rolled in, the Rotunda office has been carefully winding down for the Christmas break and today the workshop and office doors closed for the last time in December as we all headed home, exhausted but elated….(and amidst the mass of Amazon delivery vans!!) to spend Christmas with our families….
It has to be said that 2017 has been a remarkable year, which has seen us travel the length and breadth of the country from Cornwall to Cumberland and Devon to Dumfries… We’ve been fortunate enough to have to met and shared time with dozens of like minded and charming Roundie enthusiasts and pioneers looking to use the Rotunda to expand their homes, businesses or schools and our work this year has paved the way for the Rotunda to continue touching the lives of people all over the UK.
We definitely struck a new record for the submission of planning applications this year; some of them were in National Parks, and won full approval (amazing!!) others are held in the midst of an ‘ecology’ debate with the relevant planning team (bats, toads, newts….) and most of the others have flown through to their approval swiftly, imperceptibly and without mention . It’s been a real adventure & we’re clearly doing something right….!!!
For every site survey and introduction we’ve made this year we’ve had back in equal measure fantastic testimonials, words of appreciation, chocolates, flowers, new friendships and messages of thanks for all the hard work carried out by our incredible joinery team. The skilled team who work tirelessly all day every day crafting these incredible structures are a real credit to this unique little business and it’s their hard work , their tenacity and attention to detail that makes the Rotunda journey so rewarding, for us and our clients alike. Dan and his team in the workshop have been tasked with some weird and wonderful challenges this year, from the creation of a bespoke ‘Oriential’ Rotunda for a top-end boutique hotelier
to an enormous and complex ‘sliding wall’ pocket door system….. of which rolled steel work and pulley systems saved the day! (Thanks to Dan’s amazing engineering abilities- he really is a genius!)
We’ve had our biggest project ever to date this year, a 13.5m diameter building… what an amazing building that one is.
On site, we’ve been lucky to have our A-Team Graheme, Ryan, Lee and Zack who’ve worked all over the UK in the wind, rain, snow and sleet to get our builds completed on time and within budget to an impeccable standard. The pride and care that they each take with these little round eco-buildings is clearly evident to anyone who sees their work. It’s a joy to visit a completed Rotunda after they’ve left to see a grinning client with a heartwarmingly gorgeous Rotunda! It makes us so proud!
We’ve been back to some areas of the country more than once this year with Glastonbury and Somerset being really popular and we’ve got some incredible projects lined up for 2018 which we’ll sharing with you when they’re built! So, we look forward to returning back to the office on the 8th of January and embarking once more onto this wonderful journey that is Rotunda.
We have most of the early 2018 slots booked up now but we are retaining a few late summer installation slots so it’s not too late to embark on your own special Rotunda journey… feel free to email us up until the 8th of January or call in any time and leave a message… we’re always happy to talk Roundhouses!
Until then, have a VERY, VERY *MERRY *CHRISTMAS!
From all of us, at,
Rotunda Roundhouses!
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