CONTACTS/ SUPPLIERS


ARCHITECTS In Ex Design www.inexdesign.co.uk


KITCHEN Sapphire Spaces www.sapphirespaces.co.uk


UTILITY & OFFICE Ikea www.ikea.co.uk


BESPOKE DOORS & HANDLES Super Front www.superfront.com


BATHROOM Lusso www.lussostone.com Sapphire Spaces www.sapphirespaces.co.uk


UNDERFLOOR HEATING Outsourced Energy www.outsourcedenergy.co.uk


INTERIOR & LANDSCAPE DESIGN


In Ex Design www.inexdesign.co.uk


LANDSCAPING SUPPLIERS Urban and Rural


urbanandruralplants.co.uk Knoll www.knollgardens.co.uk


EXTERIOR PORCELAIN & INTERIOR TILES Solus Ceramics www.solusceramics.com


TIMBER FRAME West Structure www.westructure.co.uk


“It’s the little things that people don’t necessarily think about. That’s why you employ a professional.”


The exterior of the house is created from


render board – a breathable cement board. It allows the movement of the timber frame behind it. Part of the exterior of the house is covered in porcelain tiles. “They are the sort of thing you might expect to see in the bathroom,” adds Julie.


The oy of self-build proects and bespoke designs is the wish list you can fulfil. longside the tiled exterior, the house has a bespoke staircase that combines steel and poured concrete. It also has an aperture in the roof, which is there for aesthetic reasons, and sits over the entrance. Julie-Ann says: “People ask us: ‘What’s that there for?’ and I can say, ‘Because it’s cool’. The hole creates an amazing shadow line that changes throughout the day.” The house also has a wall that conceals the practical


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part of the house, including the washing line and potting shed.


The biggest constraint for the couple was the financial aspects of the proect, when Julie regularly works on proects with budgets in the millions. “Clients generally have much more money than we have,” she says. A lot of time was spent getting the most for their money. This meant shopping around for bargains and doing around 80% of the work themselves.” In labour costs alone, the couple estimate they saved over £600,000. “It was relentless. We worked every single day in all weather conditions, regardless of whether we felt like it. We ust worked all the time  eery weekend and work holiday and after work. “People will visit and say, ‘It’s really modern,


but it’s really calming and relaxing at the same time. ”Ultimately,” she concludes, she it’s not about what a house looks like, it is what it feels like and how we experience it.” 


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