required lots of steel!” In spite of the vastness of the room, it has
a warmth that the couple have created by introducing plenty of colours and textures into the mix, and this is a theme that they have extended throughout the build’s interior. However, sitting on the sofa in this central space is Astrid’s favourite place to be in the whole house. “From that position you are, in a way, hidden and seen by everyone at the same time – it sounds a bit strange, but it’s very secluded even though it’s in the middle of a huge open space. The architects were very clever in looking at how you can see from one end of the house to the other – there are lots of lines of sight that give you a lot of connection. So we can all be connected even if we’re in our own separate area.”
So how does this house compare to their
previous home? “The house we had previously, we had bought something that someone else had built, and it was as close as we could get to something we liked. But I think it’s an amazing opportunity to have a plot of land and start from
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The finished house is visually stunning, and broadly based over four terraced levels
scratch. This is our house and we made the decisions,” says Astrid. And while a self-build project is definitely something she would consider doing again, she finds the idea of moving from this house difficult to entertain. “I can’t imagine that we’d leave this house and go somewhere else in London. I can’t possibly see why we would ever do that,” she says. “This property has absolutely changed our quality of life. It’s bigger and it’s so much better built – I got everything I wanted,” she says simply.
HIGH POINT
“The second sampling trip, where in the space of a week we decided on almost all the windows, trimmings, all the floors and the bathrooms – we effectively painted the ‘base canvas.’ We couldn’t ‘see’ the house yet, but we could at least start to appreciate it and understand it. Building with Baufritz is interesting because you build in your head for such a long time even before work actually starts.”
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