HIGH POINT
“The exposed glulam truss structure in the lounge area.” – Jeff & Wendy East
biggest attraction – the family had plenty of choices when it came to framing the dominant view for their house. They decided to create a reverse level design with a single giant L-shaped living space on the first floor, where kitchen, dining room, living room and snug seamlessly co-habit. There’s also a cloakroom tucked away behind the kitchen. There’s also access to a large, glass-enclosed terrace, accessed from the sliding glass doors in the kitchen area where a picnic bench resides with uninterrupted access to those views. This spot took careful structural planning to endure the 60 mph+ winds that this exposed stretch of the Atlantic coast can experience. Although now paying its way as a holiday let, the couple were clear it would be designed as their family home first and foremost. In fact, says Jeff, the house was rejected by some holiday letting agencies, who demanded televisions in every room and ensuites for every bedroom. “It was never designed as a business – it was always based around us, but we needed to rent it out,” he explains. “I don't like it to be empty; it is quite nice that people get to use it as we designed it with families like us in mind.”
LAYOUT & INTERIORS A similar family-focused approach was adopted with the interiors. Each of the children had their say in the design and decor of their bedrooms – the stand out feature here has to be the bunk beds with their own slide. “We ended up with three planning consents,” adds Jeff. “Each were a gradual improvement
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Now, the site is home to a modernist beach house that makes the most of those incredible views
on the original house. We wanted to make the most of the plot, the outlook, and provide a comfortable holiday home for a large family. “We had some local objection to the planning, but construction has been treated liberally in Cornwall over the years, so planning is nowhere near as difficult as it is in London. We didn’t want to cause overlooking or have a negative impact on the neighbours or area – quite the opposite, so in fact all three applications were approved under delegated powers.”
The original house was knocked down in 2017 and the new house signed off as complete in late December 2018. In the months since Egret View was completed, old houses in the surrounding area have begun to disappear and new beach houses have sprung up. And there are still plenty of opportunities (not least a huge derelict hotel which sits overlooking Britain’s surfing capital, Fistral Beach).
The final design of the house opens onto the
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