“I realised designing my own place was one of the only ways I could get what I wanted”


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 ic ustwic hotography  rigin  ic ustwic hotography


o marrying dierent styles and ages o urniture together  overcame this y paying particular attention to the open plan areas which  did not want to ecome a umle o styles s the team had to demolish the old miling parlour, an important design aim was to give a nod to it in the new design nternal eamples are the red ceramic tiles, and the downstairs toi let which includes a small round marle washa sin sitting on an original mil churn


EXTERIORS & HOME COMFORTS ternally, the home has een fi nished with red stoc ric  again re ecting the appearance o the old parlour  as well as larch cladding, and incolnshire pantiles on the roo eeing the eternal materials gradually eing uilt up was ehilarating, and confi rmed that  had made the right choices he ground source heat pump provides constant, pleasant heat throughout the house he system is controlled in si ones, with the water coming into the house at varying tem peratures throughout the year he home also


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has high levels o thermal efi ciency, with airtight windows and doors


oppy has now een living in her new home or a couple o years, and is overoyed with the fi nal result, ater raving the seluild challenge a second time  always loo orward to coming home and enoying the wonderul views that the home has given me, she says he says the three vertical windows in the lounge are one o her avourite eatures ts lie having three changing landscapes throughout the year emonstrating the uniueness and uality o the design, the proect was runner up in the idlands region at the mall House o the Year ward  ould she e een to do it all again nly i the same support system could e in place, says oppy, alluding to the amily help she had, as well as the rest o her team, adding  am not sure that would e possile However, she concludes optimistically t certainly hasnt put me o it was a great learning curve that  could draw on nd  would lie to have a go at a assivhaus


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