Alastair: “The build was simply fantastic,” said George. A team of five came from Poland with the timber frame, which went up, roofed, within three days. Two of the team then returned to Poland and the remaining three completed the build with an electrician and plumber. “They had an incredible work ethic,” said George. “They arrived at 7.15 in the morning and were rarely off site before 6.30pm. They took the house to first fix within two weeks.” To achieve the minimalist, modern look they
wanted, the Hadleys had opted for self-selected sanitaryware, tiles and flooring: “We read a vast number of self build and home interior mag- azines and got many of our ideas from these. “We love the look of plain white walls with
THE EN SUITE BATHROOM USES ROCA SANITARYWARE, AND EVERY BATHROOM FEATURES A WALK-IN SHOWER. QUALITY TAPS ADD AN EXTRAVAGANT TOUCH
dark, walnut flooring and saw photos in many magazines with this combination for modern houses, so we decided on this as the main interior focus for the house. I really wanted wooden stairs rather than having plywood covered in carpet and we decided to match the stairs to the walnut flooring and have glass panels in the reception area to open up the space,” said George.
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“For the bathrooms we wanted walk-in show-
ers for both. We picked very modern sinks and matching toilets from Roca in keeping with the style of house. We invested in good taps. All decisions were based on a contemporary style house and we didn’t deviate from this in any room or aspect. “Selecting tiles was challenging. Again we
wanted something with a modern look but we didn’t want to go too bold or wacky as this could soon date or irritate,” said George. “We decided on grey and black as we both liked this look and had read articles stating it will become the new beige and brown, 'future proofing' the bathrooms.” Selecting a kitchen was also challenging,
said George: “We both had our favourite colours and look but we couldn’t agree on a colour and design we both liked. We had many discussions and changes. Then one weekend we went to the Linden show home at Newhall; we both loved the kitchen in the show home so there and then we decided to match the look in our house with the B&Q units.” A conservatory
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