It took Poppy “almost fi ve years” to recover from the stress of her fi rst build


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he constant minutiae o decision maing was ehausting  rememer spending a lot o time woring out where  needed plug socets in the house  and at the same time trying to e economical ecause  was always conscious o cost


and what needed revision, says oppy ollowing this eedac, it was clear the plan ning application needed urther consideration, and architects incolnshire esign onsultancy  in neary outh, were recommended to oppy hey were a pleasure to wor with, she says, listening to our needs and reuirements, and coming up with innovative designs or us to loo at


s the site ormerly held a wellestalished


armhouse, it included a set o outuildings that piued the teams interest riginally the team earmared the old miling parlour  a single storey red ric and incolnshire pantile structure  or conversion t fi rst  wanted to live in the miling parlour,  would have een very happy in there, says oppy


ut a challenge was raised y the act the site ell into a one  high ris  ooding area, meaning any haitale  oors had to e at least  metre aove ground level e havent had a  ood here since , so fi nding this out was difi cult to comprehend ut you have to go with the planning departments  ood maps, you cant get around it


ooperating with the planners, the team re igged their whole thought process, and realised that demolishing the outuildings and uilding new was their only option nowing o its sustainale enefi ts and shorter uild time, oppy was eager to uild with a


mar/apr 2022


 ic ustwic hotography


timer rame rom the start  thought d never done a timer rame eore, lets go or it However the  ood regulations also meant they


were restricted in terms o where they could use timer o solve this prolem, the ase o the home has een constructed using traditional concrete lintels up until ground oor level meet ing the  metre reuirement, and a timer rame then sits on top o this he whole uilding has een put on a rat, i you lie, says oppy nother ump in the road came when the team discovered that there was a planning constraint with developing a residential uilding outside the authoritys ocal lan ut with s planning epertise, they wored out that i they met certain reuirements, they could sumit the proect as an annee


nder the guidelines at the time, designing an annee reuired the neighouring property to have shared acilities hereore their plan was to incorporate shared amenities such as electricity, water, and garaging ot only did this help meet specifi cations, ut also ticed the o in terms o supporting multigenerational living


CONSTRUCTION ctively taing on the role o proect manager once more, oppy was determined to avoid the pitalls o her fi rst seluild, and so needed to appoint a trustworthy and competent team  wanted a local contractor who was reliale,


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