Don and Lorna have built a contemporary style eco home in suburban Glasgow that is an impressive mix of modern design and sustainable construction principles. The couple bought a run-down timber frame bungalow with a view to replacing it with something more suited to the elevated site, which enj...
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Architect Zoran has pushed the capacity of a 1930s bungalow to its limits through a programme of extension and remodelling that renders the original house barely recognisable. Zoran and Sandra, keen to stay in their leafy suburb that was handily close to family, have increased the floor area of ...
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Gail and David formed a separate plot in the garden of their former home in an exclusive part of Cornwall and have built a light-filled, contemporary energy-efficient home with great views and which suits their needs perfectly. The site posed many difficulties for the owners, not least having to...
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Irena took on a poorly-converted former cartshed and, through a programme of remodelling, refurbishment and extension has created a charming, unique home that is packed full of light. Most important to the scheme was a single storey extension that has created an L-shaped floorplan. This has open...
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Jayne Blakeman and Tim Morrison have climbed the property ladder in extra-quick time through renovating and improving previous homes. They have just completed the completed transformation of a 1960s three bedroom bungalow into a unique five bedroom contemporary home. The property benefited from a...
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Sometimes unloved homes just need someone with a bit of vision – and it was Shaun Beverley who could see the potential in a 1970s detached home on a secluded plot that no-one seemed to be interested in buying. Shaun understood that the design of homes in the 1970s has many parallels with th...
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Katie Froud – with a little help from RDA Architects – has transformed her South-East London semi-detached home with a huge basement extension and remodelling scheme. The basement now forms the heart of the family home, hosting an informal living area and generous kitchen/dining spac...
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“A real DIY self-build” is how John Price describes his and Jill’s four year project to build a traditional style home on the site of a former Colt bungalow in a pretty Cambridgeshire village. John took on 95% of the project himself on a DIY basis, including demolishing the exi...
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Cathie Curran has extended and remodelled a run-down terraced house in West London to create a spacious, stylish and sunny home for her family. The project involved a single storey extension to open up the rear of the house, which is now used as an informal dining space, kitchen and separate TV ...
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David and Carol took on the conversion of a completed dilapidated grist mill in a pretty village in South Cornwall and have turned it into a character-packed home. The couple managed to retain the charm of the existing building – there is just one new window opening and the original granite...
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John and Janet’s new oak framed home – built across the lane from the house in which they had lived for the best part of 30 years – is an embodiment of their aspirations for a character-packed, energy-efficient retirement home. One of John and Janet’s key aims was for a f...
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Ian Scott Watson has designed a remarkable one-off home for private clients in the Scottish Highlands. The home, which sits on the site of a country house demolished in the 1970s, uses the surviving tower as inspiration for its Baronial style. The new home makes the most of the views and is buil...
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