HOME COMFORTS


Upstairs are four bedrooms, one each for the couple’s two children, an ensuite guest bedroom, and an ensuite master bedroom


CONTACTS/ SUPPLIERS


ARCHITECT DnA Group


www.dna-group.co.uk


BUILDERS Prestige Building Services www.prestigebuildingservic es.co.uk


BUILDING INSPECTOR CPR


www.cprbuildingcontrol.co.uk


BI-FOLD DOORS Sterling


www.sterlingpvcu.co.uk


INSULATION Celotex


www.celotex.co.uk


FLOOR TILES Tile Mountain


www.tilemountain.co.uk


MARBLE WORKTOP Excel Granite & Marble www.excelgranite.co.uk


BATHROOM TILES


Tile Mountain; Homebase www.tilemountain.co.uk www.homebase.co.uk


STAIRCASE StairBox


www.stairbox.com


CHANDELIER (KITCHEN) Electrical & Lighting Superstore 0151 254 1100


CHANDELIERS (LANDING)


Elegant Home Furnishings 0151 727 6644


DINING TABLE Patsy’s Place 07810 544626


CARPETS United Carpets unitedcarpetsandbeds.com september/october 2019


bedrooms as well as the landing are carpeted. The family bathroom features a roll-top claw- foot bath and gorgeous patchwork-inspired tiles that were also used in the ensuite. So do they have any words of wisdom for anyone about to commence a similar project? “I’d recommend you double and triple check the conditions in the planning permission, and check and re-check the legalities; missing something can cost down the line!” advises Mark. “And ask yourself how well do you really know your builder… Having said that it’ll be one of the best experiences you’ll ever have!” Jodie and Mark share a favourite part of the whole project – “the day the windows went in


in the old cottage.” The installation of the windows seemed to mark the change from a building site to a prospective home. “But I’ve loved so much of it!” says Mark, “there was a lot of soul-searching and digging deep, but often I find myself sitting on the top stair looking out of the windows at the garden, and thinking – wow – it’s been worth it!”


So now it’s complete, are they wanting to do it all again? “We’d manage a build for someone else, but we were so emotionally invested in this we don’t think we’d build our own family home again.” And with such a beautiful, personalised home, why would they ever want to move? 


www.sbhonline.co.uk 75


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84