THE HIGHLY MODERN LOOK OF THE HADLEYS' HOME MATCHES THE VISION OF THE DEVELOPERS, WHO CHECK AND APPROVE EACH BUILDING BEFORE THE PLANNING APPLICATION GOES IN
the street corner of the house and two at the other. That met with Newhall's approval as the developers wanted the street corners defined by higher buildings,” said George. The North Chase phase of the Newhall Project,
the brainchild of brothers Jon and William Moen, whose family farmed the land where Newhall's homes are being developed, is exclusively of non- traditional buildings, positioned around a core of retail units to create a 'village' atmosphere. The complex, angular home they had planned matched the Newhall vision perfectly. There was a small glitch when the mortgage
product the Hadleys had chosen was scotched due to the banking crisis, but Bath Building Society had a similar product, offered through Buildstore, which had a speedy, up-front payment to fund the turn-key build; “That did delay the build by two or three months,” admitted George. Alastair had come up with a design which fol-
BALTERIO FLOORING LOOKS GREAT BUT IS ALSO PRACTICAL FOR A FAMILY HOME. RUGS ADD WARMTH BUT CAN ALSO BE USED TO RING THE CHANGES
lowed the roadside plot boundaries, creating fascinating angles in the home, and stuck to the planning consent for a 2½ storey home. “We wanted the follow the angle of the road
so this isn't a square house,” said George. “We made a few changes to the original plans until we had a practical home we liked.” The final plans were submitted to Newhall in August '09 and approved in November. Four months of hard work followed. The
Hadleys negotiated the interior with Dan-Wood and signed contracts with them in March 2010, with the intention of moving in at Christmas: “There were some changes to the specification later and we had a problem getting the win- dows built on time. They are aluminium-clad tim- ber framed windows. When I look back, the blame for later delays were shared equally between me and Dan-Wood.” The Hadleys had to bear the cost of storing
building materials on site, so the first structure to go up on the plot was the single garage: “The alternative was hiring a container so it made sense to build the garage and use that instead,” said George. The timber frame for the home didn't arrive
until November last year, but what happened next impressed the Hadleys and architect
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