CONTACTS/ SUPPLIERS
DESIGN & UPPER FLOOR
CONSTRUCTION Scandia-Hus
www.scandia-hus.co.uk
KITCHEN
Alexander (Horsham)
www.alexanderkitchens.co.uk
FLOORING
Supafit (Horsham)
www.supafitcarpets.co.uk
TILES
JW Ceramics (Worthing)
www.jwceramicsworthing.co.uk
BATHROOMS
Bradfords
www.bradfords.co.uk/kitchens- bathrooms
INSULATION
ACTIS - HYBRIS (via Scandia)
www.insulation-actis.com
WINDOWS/DOORS
Norrsken (via Scandia)
www.norrsken.co.uk
The design Scandia had initially come up with was costing far more than they had anticipated
when it came to smart home gadgets. “We wanted to try and keep it as simple as possible because the more clever you make it, the more things go wrong!” Ian explains. The final hurdle was to get the all-important landscaping sorted. After the second lockdown, their groundworker failed to return. “Strangely, after a while he stopped turning up,” says Ian. “I had four big bags of slate chippings, four big bags of gravel and six of topsoil to shift!” Luckily, the plumber recommended another one. The garden design was done by a friend of their project manager – a Chelsea Flower Show bronze medal winner. With some help from a local gardener they got two cubic metres of bark in place to form a path, and five of compost for the planting. There’s no lawn, but fruit trees at the front and with the back designed to resemble woodland. “It’s going to take some time to fill out,” Ian admits.
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www.sbhonline.co.uk
Ian and his wife are now comfortable in the finished house, though are still waiting for the battery storage for the solar panels. They’re also still awaiting the completion certification from Scandia which can’t be provided until the company that provided the staircase’s glass balustrade provides the evidence it meets the necessary safety requirements – they are waiting for Scandia to complete the final SIL safety certificate application!
Despite a few bumps in the road along the
way, Ian and his wife are very happy and settled in the house, although also adamant they wouldn’t do it again due to the stresses the project put on them. “If we’d had a flat site, it would have been up and finished well within a year.” Other than in hindsight thinking they perhaps should have located the plant room and heat pump at the rear of the house, Ian says there’s nothing they would change. “We’re happy,” he says, highlighting the very quiet interior as one of his favourite aspects of their home. “It’s given us a way of living that our other house didn’t.”
UNDERFLOOR HEATING & ROOM THERMOSTATS
Robbens (via Scandia)
www.underfloorheating.co.uk
AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP, WATER TANK & CONTROLS
Grant UK
www.grantuk.com
ROOF LIGHTS Velux
www.velux.co.uk
INTERNAL DOORS
Todd Doors
www.todd-doors.co.uk
STAIRCASE StairBox
www.stairbox.com
GARAGE DOOR
Hormann
www.hormann.co.uk EV CHARGER
Zappi (via Ramsbury Electrical)
myenergi.com/product/zappi
BALCONY SCREEN/
PATH FENCE Precision Glass
www.glassprecision.com
LIGHTING
Costco
www.costco.co.uk
Amazon
www.amazon.co.uk
nov/dec 2021
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