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cloakroom and toilet block, which Lucy and showed through. the reasons why this wasn’t the case,” said
Andrew converted into a dining area and “We decorated and furnished the house, Andrew. “Permission was in the post the
utility room. buying all kinds of things on eBay, and then following morning.”
The school had been divided into two had a period of consolidation,” said Andrew. The spec of the new section exceeded all
sections by a sliding screen, which was It would be several years before they applied the Building Regs requirements of that time
stripped back to bare wood and reused. for planning permission to start the second and the build was more straight forward, with a
Reclaimed doors from a remand home were phase, which would create a spacious office, joinery firm and brick layers turning Andrew
used in other areas, then Andrew built the study, bathroom and another bedroom, turning and Lucy’s architectural drawings into reality.
kitchen himself for just £200, including the the original T-shaped house into an H-shape. The result is an office with a high, white
worktops, plus £75 for a slightly damaged “It was a real shock to be told that this painted beamed ceiling and a glazed passive
Belfast sink. The Aga was given in lieu of fees would take us over the permitted development solar room, linking the old and new sections,
for a job he did and the original classroom threshold, so Lucy fired off a seven-page letter, at the heart of the house.
floors, which were ‘treacle black’ with polish, delivered personally to the chief planning The house has taken, in total, 15 years to
were sanded so hard that the old cast nails officer of Ryedale District Council, outlining all complete and they have only just added the
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