 ic ustwic hotography


 ic ustwic hotography  rigin


 rigin  rigin


thought while m still fi t,  want to move and fi nd a orever home etermined to not seluild again, she egan


searching or homes locally ut there was a douleedged sword with a house having stunning views and a sieale private garden, as fi nding somewhere which would e as good as what she had was proving difi cult ter months o searching, oppys daughter and soninlaw, who had uilt their own home, made a sugges tion   we can otain planning consent, you can uild on the land net to our house reviously this wouldnt have crossed oppys mind, ut having visited many dreadul places, in her house hunt, it ecame a more appealing prospect he decision to seluild was really taen or me  realised designing my own place was one o the only ways  could get what  want ed o, with some misgivings, she emared on seluild proect numer two


WISH LIST


s an eperienced seluilder and having learnt what she defi nitely didnt want rom her lengthy search, oppy went into the proect nowing eactly what she was looing or t the top o her list was living in a uture


prooed home  a place that catered or her needs now, ut which would allow her to live there on her own or as long as possile  want ed the acility to have easy rise stairs throughout


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as well as the option o installing a stairlit i need e, says oppy


nsuring the home is fi lled with natural light


throughout the day was another priority  wanted the uilding to ollow the sun as it rose in the east and set in the west ainly ecause as you get older, you cant see a thing ith the site practically on top o her daughters home, achieving privacy was a necessity oppy wanted to ensure that they were not overlooing, or overlooed y, the neary house rom the outset, oppy put a strong emphasis on sustainaility  wanted a renewale heating system, and high thermal and energy efi ciency wherever possile ie windows, doors, insulation etc ducating hersel on the latest products and what was now availale, she visited local new uilds and seluilds with ecocredentials to inspire ideas, and help her fi nd locally sourced materials to reduce the overall caron ootprint


PLANNING ignifi cant in oppys decision to emar on a second seluild was the act that her sonin laws uncle, a retired architect who designed her daughters home, oered his services to wor alongside her throughout the process He was ale to sit down with us to draw up some initial plans that we too to preplanning advice his was an invaluale eercise as it gave us a eedac report o what was acceptale,


mar/apr 2022


HIGH POINT


periencing the wonderul constant heat system rom the ground source heat pump here were no cold corners


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