LOW POINT


“Not so much a low point, but we regret not getting all the amazing people who worked on the project to pose for a photo to frame and hang on a wall as a reminder.”


BEST BUY


“Our Centor bifold doors. Like our windows, they are aluminium clad but what you see on the inside is wood. They have both an internal blind and  screen n the summer when these are opened up the house extends out into the garden.”


itself. When the couple initially moved in, they met with an architect who drew up plans, but Sarah admits, “we really didn’t like them,” and it put them off the idea for a while. ast forward a decade, and the met with Ivybridge-based architect Tim Offer. “We really liked his approach and his ideas,” says Sarah. “He sat and listened to us about how we lived our lives and how we interacted with our home.”


The family moved out of the house for a year while the major work was carried out in stages and there’s still a list for further work. The exterior work took about a year, with another year to complete the interior work. Work continues as budget allows, with plans to install solar panels, as well as landscape the large garden they can now see from the house. “We ran out of budget for solar panels but that is the next thing on our list!” or the owners and the architect of utterburn, sitting on the edge of a conservation area and working with a traditional centuries-old building meant that extensive discussions were required with the planners and neighbours to et support for the proect or the couple, the back and forth between planners meant an opportunit to finetune the desin  althouh the lack of feedback from the local planning department was a major headache. “It would have been easier if they had just told us what it was they wanted us to do,” says Sarah. “At the heart of the brief was the requirement to bring natural light into the property,”says architect Tim. The original property was


nov/dec 2023


Barn conversions have long been popular self-build project type – their configuration allows for high ceilings, open-plan living and haylofts to convert into mezzanine floors for bedrooms


organised around a hallway and stair in the centre of the plan, the layout was dark and disconnected from its garden.


“The brief called for much-needed additional space and a re-think of the layout to provide improved access and circulation. We needed to connect the house to the garden and create a light and relaxed home.” With the project now complete, the Dales have almost doubled the size of the old 80-square metre house they bought in 2006. The project has seen the renovation of the


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