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much more exciting.” With the old house now a shell, Michael’s building team started on the new timber and tile roof. Although they were not exceeding the original ridge height, they replaced the hip roof with gables and installed dormer windows at the back. All the external doors and windows were fitted to make the property watertight and secure again. At this point in the renovation Erica and Michael applied for planning permission to build a garage, which was approved providing they sunk it down into the ground to keep the roof height to the required minimum. It cost them £30,000 and took six months – mainly because they hit a major
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treated virtually like a new-build, with all new services, underfloor heating, specialist lighting, all new doors and windows, revised room layouts, new kitchen and bathrooms and the ‘wrap-around’ garden structurally landscaped to work in conjunction with the contemporary design of the house. “The garden was a challenge but with my ideas and visual skills and Michael’s attention to detail, we managed to create exactly what we wanted,” says Erica. “Over the years we’ve renovated a number of houses, but this is by far one of our favourites. It gets a lot of very favourable comments – especially from people who have watched the renovation with interest. For us it ticks all the boxes – and it’s not often you get to say that about a house.”
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