Molly and Dylan ever wonder if they had made a huge mistake and should have stuck to a more straightforward renovation? “It was quite daunting at fi rst, olly admits.  really felt for our neighbours at the time, there was huge scaffolding everywhere. But I think we were just quite excited, every time we visited the house, even if loads of progress wasn’t happening, we would see it evolving. And as soon as the internal walls are up, you can start to picture your furniture in place and living there.” All internal walls are of timber studwork. Molly loved becoming hands on, especially


sourcing materials. “For the kitchen I wanted Calcutta uart, with the brownycoloured veins to tie in with the lime plaster,” she explains. “Andreas gave me a fabulous contact, MGLW, a stone supplier in south London. You have to make an appointment, but they do the most amaing marble, uart, granite and limestone. The fabricators did a really good job. The shelf in the kitchen is four metres long!” “Our practice’s mission statement is “created by us, inspired by you”,” says Andreas. “It’s all about bringing the client on board and making them part of the team. We collaborate together. Our practice is not about imposing a certain ‘look’ on a client, or a house style. It’s a representation of a client’s ambitions, own taste and character.”


Molly says she “absolutely loves” coming home from holiday now and feels very comfortable in their new family home. “It works with a toddler, people are often surprised to fi nd, she adds. he top fl oor having the


“Escapism was on my mind,” says Molly. “I wanted lots of arches in the house, to have lots of curvature.”


bedroom layouts as they are, Otto’s got the whole space to himself. There’s a stairgate so it’s a safe space, his space, his toys. And the huge family kitchen and snug area – even having the kitchen island in the centre of the room – works too. Otto can run around, he’s got a racetrack!” he architect estimates a home of this sie  now 203m2


in total  to this specifi cation, would


currently cost in the region of £2,900 plus VAT per sqm to re-build. The Salamons’ investment of around half a million pounds – and a lot of courage – paid off. The house is now both a welcome haven and ideal entertaining space for Molly, Dylan and Otto and their now two miniature dachshunds. When we had fi nished, we asked the estate agent who sold us the house to come and have a look, says olly. She was amaed at what we had done with the space. Most houses that get renovated around here very much stick with a traditional fl oor plan, they don’t break the mould.”


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