Georgian properties behind it, has not only been the place or showing ashions or Srens com- pany since the days o Swinging London, ut others such as scar acosen o Sweden. Over the years, parts of the showroom were re- designed to accommodate Srens needs, which led to the property being adapted for occasional residential use. We had already made some ad- aptations to allow us to spend a night i needed. However, the property was still in need of uite an overhaul, says Sren. The structure was in poor condition and internally, there were “a warren of partitions, side rooms and storage areas. n adacent hotel and church over- shadowed the primary facade, restricting the amount of natural light, leaving the rooms dark and gloomy. dditionally, as a way o otaining privacy rom the hotel, the first oor windows were at high level, urther compromising daylight. Sren knew that i they were going to turn this uilding into their home, this was one o the first things they would need to address.


DESIGN & PLANNING With Sren having grown up in enmark, hed developed a fascination for how the Danish approach contemporary design, and wanted to ring this into the proect.  wanted the home to have a sense of tranquillity, with clean lines, and a mix of warm natural materials,” explains Sren. s well as inesen timer ooring a must have and underoor heating or comort in colder months, a wood burning stove and a Martin Moore handmade kitchen were high on their wishlist. To make all this happen, the couple needed to find an architect who was accepting o their ideas but also brought their own creativity to the proect. Through a riends recommendation, they discovered eil usheiko rchitects.  visited


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their studios and later Neil himself came out to the site to discuss how we could merge our design sensibilities to create a home that was eciting and spectacular, eplains Sren. e adds: “Neil and his project architect Pamela were antastic to work with. They had a very creative partnership, and we all worked extremely well together.


espite the uilding sitting in the ayswater Conservation rea, the team had a airly straight- forward experience with the planning depart- ment. We anticipated there would e some conditions applied during the detailed design phase as the architectural team worked through the drawings. The team saw it as essential to get constructive feedback and support from the council before submitting a full application, so the architects worked closely with a planning con- sultant to develop what Sren says was a very roust preapplication sumission. “They suggested a few minor adjustments to the scheme which we felt were completely ac- ceptale and took on oard, says Sren. The process was extremely well managed and we received approval or everything we applied or. While not taking an active role in proect management, the couple visited the site every weekend to keep an eye on progress, as well as ensuring the neighours werent eing distured. We always let our design team know we were there, and would often send them photos of the amazing progress achieved week on week. Work started in  and continued throughout the pandemic, “while taking every precaution,” assures Sren. C were the chosen contractors to turn these designs into a reality. We intro- duced C to our architects who checked out their credentials or us, says Sren. The couple were happy to discover they were a team of “enthusiastic craftsmen” who helped manifest the


LOW POINT


 rememer when the pandemic started to set in, and supply chains were going haywire. t was hard not to be a little nervous, so d say that was a low point.


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