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thought while m still fi t, want to move and fi nd a orever home etermined to not seluild again, she egan
searching or homes locally ut there was a douleedged sword with a house having stunning views and a sieale private garden, as fi nding somewhere which would e as good as what she had was proving difi cult ter months o searching, oppys daughter and soninlaw, who had uilt their own home, made a sugges tion we can otain planning consent, you can uild on the land net to our house reviously this wouldnt have crossed oppys mind, ut having visited many dreadul places, in her house hunt, it ecame a more appealing prospect he decision to seluild was really taen or me realised designing my own place was one o the only ways could get what want ed o, with some misgivings, she emared on seluild proect numer two
WISH LIST
s an eperienced seluilder and having learnt what she defi nitely didnt want rom her lengthy search, oppy went into the proect nowing eactly what she was looing or t the top o her list was living in a uture
prooed home a place that catered or her needs now, ut which would allow her to live there on her own or as long as possile want ed the acility to have easy rise stairs throughout
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as well as the option o installing a stairlit 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 cant see a thing ith the site practically on top o her daughters home, achieving privacy was a necessity oppy wanted to ensure that they were not overlooing, or overlooed y, the neary house rom the outset, oppy put a strong emphasis on sustainaility wanted a renewale heating system, and high thermal and energy efi ciency wherever possile ie windows, doors, insulation etc ducating hersel on the latest products and what was now availale, she visited local new uilds and seluilds with ecocredentials to inspire ideas, and help her fi nd locally sourced materials to reduce the overall caron ootprint
PLANNING ignifi cant in oppys decision to emar on a second seluild was the act that her sonin laws uncle, a retired architect who designed her daughters home, oered his services to wor alongside her throughout the process He was ale to sit down with us to draw up some initial plans that we too to preplanning advice his was an invaluale eercise as it gave us a eedac report o what was acceptale,
mar/apr 2022
HIGH POINT
periencing the wonderul constant heat system rom the ground source heat pump here were no cold corners
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