CONTACTS/ SUPPLIERS
ARCHITECT
Hawkes Architecture 01580 892739
www.hawkesarchitecture.co. uk
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Squires Young Landscape Architecture
www.squiresyoung.co.uk
CONTRACTOR Harry Barnes Construction Ltd (now HB Homes South)
www.harrybarnes.co.uk
TIMBER FRAME
ENGINEERING Cullen Timber Design
www.cullentimberdesign. com
WINDOWS Ecohaus Internorm
www.ecohausinternorm.com
BIOMASS BOILER Windhager
www.windhager.co.uk
SOLAR PV The Little Green Energy Company
www.tlgec.co.uk
SANITARYWARE Claygate
www.claygate.co.uk
TILES (BATHROOMS AND GROUND FLOOR TIMBER- EFFECT)
Boyden Tiles
www.boydentiles.co.uk
idea of being able to live in a more open-plan way with lots of insulation and low running costs. It’s a completely different prospect to their previous home, a two-storey Edwardian property on the edge of Smarden, with formal gardens, outbuildings and garaging, which the couple used as collateral for the bridging loan which part-financed their project. “It was a lovely house and it certainly didn’t take long to sell,” adds Barbara.
But with only a steep staircase to the first floor, it was proving a difficult house to live in as Barbara and her husband advanced in years. She says: “Not having to go upstairs to bed now is a welcome luxury.”
“Also, it’s lovely not having draughts and november/december 2019
always feeling warm and protected. There’s no whistling wind from leaky old windows.” “And it’s much easier to get about within the house,” interjects Bill. “It’s one level throughout. The doors are a generous size. You wouldn’t really know it was a timber-framed building to be honest.”
However, Bill and Barbara do admit that it took a while to get used to how the house worked. “We had no experience of heat recovery systems or underfloor heating, so getting used to the various controls was interesting,” laughs Bill. “Thankfully, Richard
and the builders were always on the end of the phone if we needed any help so it didn’t take long to get things set up as efficiently
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