in an ICF house, I believe in this way of building and it’s important we share the knowledge we have. The insulation is great, the ease and speed of building is fantastic. It’s structurally strong and has design flexibility.”
While Dheeraj’s relationship with the contractor went sour, his enthusiasm for ICF is undimmed
companies’ employees himself to finish the job. However, while his relationship with the contractor went sour, his enthusiasm for ICF is undimmed. So much so that he joined forces with a friend to set up his own business constructing ‘turnkey’ ICF houses, and at present has contracts to build four homes at Graven Hill.
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That design flexibility helped the Maliks achieve the Indian-inspired higher ceilings that they wanted inside. While average UK ceiling height is 2.4 metres, their home has a 3.2 metre ceiling height on the ground floor, with the exception of two elevated areas of 6.2 metre height – one of which is the spectacular entrance hall. All the rooms on the first floor boast 3 metre-high ceilings. Those dimensions did mean extra was spent on doors that were taller than the usual 1.98 metre size: “As soon as you go above standard, it’s bespoke and that costs triple,” says Dheeraj. Although his architectural designer was “brilliant” in advising him on costs, Dheeraj was comfortable with overspend where he decided he didn’t want to compromise on design and quality of finish. He says: “My experience in finance means I’m pretty hot at sticking to budgets, but we have gone overboard here and there. However, it was always calculated. I knew we could afford it and it didn’t happen by accident – it was a conscious decision.” Topping the Maliks’ new home is a roof on two levels – one part is pitched, the other is flat. “I didn’t want a traditional full-pitched roof or something completely flat, which looks boxy, so I went with a hybrid,” Dheeraj explains. “The
CONTACTS/ SUPPLIERS
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER
DP Architecture
dparchitecture.co.uk
TILES Roccia
www.roccia.com
HOME AUTOMATION
Home Automate
home-automate.co.uk
april/may 2020
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