“We went for a Potton home from the
Waresley heritage range, and what struck us initially was the old fashioned look of the place. “It was the oldie-worldie style that really
drew us in. You don’t see this in modern houses. It’s almost like a period cottage; a world away from the square boxes that are built today,” said Bob. The project didn’t start smoothly though, with
a local planning officer objecting to some of the Waresley style’s more striking elements, including a dramatic pitched roof. “He said it didn’t fit in with the surrounding
area and suggested we pick out the redeeming features of the farmhouse that already existed on the land. We got Potton’s guy out and he tweaked the structure to draw out the features of the farmhouse a bit more, for instance to include stone lentils.” The planning stage took six months and the
building phase around 18 months, between December 2007 and July 2009. In the beginning, Bob was realistic about his
own limitations. “Potton run these seminars for people thinking about a self build, where they explain the ins and outs of what’s involved. Within the first 20 minutes of sitting in one, I
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A LOCAL PLANNING OFFICER OBJECTED TO A DRAMATIC PITCHED ROOF
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