CASE STUDY SHEFFIELD STEEL
Kitchen thieves, a collapsing roof, and then a pandemic would be enough to make anyone throw in the towel on a renovation project, but Suzanne and David Williamson are made of sterner stuff
TEXT & IMAGES HEATHER DIXON
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he Williamsons had been searching for years for the right house to renovate in the right area of Sheffield, so they could create a family home specifically to suit their busy lifestyles. When they found one that ticked all the boxes they were not prepared to back down – whatever challenges they faced. Suzanne, who is the founder of a yoga company, and David, who is in audio-visual sales, have two young daughters, and they needed to find a bigger house which would evolve along
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with their changing family needs. “We were living in a 1930s place which had been modernised by a developer, which gave us a good idea of what could be achieved, but we were really keen to find a property that we could renovate so we could put our own stamp on it,” says Suzanne.
After years of searching on and off, Suzanne and her mum eventually stumbled across a tired old 1930s bungalow for sale and went to have a look – as she says, “sneaking” around the back
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HIGH POINT
“Moving in and realising that the design and build had ticked all their boxes on every level”
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