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ven before Hugh Pizey and Karen eruson bouht a house to conert in the Conseration illae of uchlie near tirlin, cotland in  the had the foresiht to contact the local plannin department e lied the location and the arden, aren recalls, oweer, the house itself needed a lot of wor and we new that could be tric in a conseration area Fortunately, the planners advised that it would be possible to renoate but care would need to be taen around the heiht of an extensions ith the reen liht ien, the couple set about findin an architect and builder compan to tae their proect forward he cast their net around Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh and took on board soundings from friends who had experience with similar proects oader onteith was a practice that came hihl recommended, and uh and aren added them to their shortlist e met with four architects and our meetin with att oader was reat, with ideas and setches helpin us to shape possibilities hat was the decision made, uh remembers n terms of choosin a buildin compan, Hugh and Karen opted to go with Las Construction, a compan that had wored with oader onteith on preious proects his proect was a step up from our preious experiences of home improement, aren explains he option of oader onteith manain the proect was a er attractie one, especiall as the had wored with as before he couple briefed oader onteith that the wanted to connect the house to the arden and reener outside the liin space he wanted to bring in more natural light as the


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downstairs was very dark, and they also wanted a new heating system, sealed windows and a contemporar itchen with a natural feel he downstairs shower room needed modernising and a study area was required in the main liin space so that their children could do their homewor within a famil space he main aim of the renoations was to connect the house to the lare arden one of the windows or doors opened or looked out onto the arden t didnt feel lie it was part of the home, sas aren


ne tool that was particularl helpful in the briefin process was a cop of a brief that Loader Monteith had used with a previous client, aren explains t was a useful and detailed template, and to this we added images from arious interest boards which we shared with oader onteith atts first impression of the house was an


interestin one, he recalls he oriinal house was an absolute riot t was er cramped, and the propert didnt connect at all with the bac arden, which was incredible e adds he arden was absolutel beautiful, and reminded me of Alice in onderland t went on and on  often uite unexpectedl, with these beautiful mature trees interspersed with oral round coer


After their visit, Loader Monteith’s suggestion was not only to add an extension, but to re- oranise the oriinal round oor of the house so that it had a clear front door and bac door his plan also allowed the introduction of a small shower room, utilit space and an area for the heat pump and bin store at the side of the propert he new itchen would replace the oriinal, cramped dinin room in the centre of


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HIGH POINTS


riefins and meetins with Loader Monteith where designs were presented eein the building site with excaations and the gutted downstairs of the house which was a real sense of achieement he relationships between the proect architect and builder made the process enoable finall, it was moin in after Coid


LOW POINT


Coid ucil we moed into a rental at with a arden next to a rier


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