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| 25 Beautiful Homes Magazine Nov 2015 |
White House
Despite the challenges of building a business through a recession, Stacey and Lisa built the family home of their dreams.
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When Lisa and
Stacey, who run their own successful company Pro-fit
Windows and Doors in Somerset, were already enjoying living in a house they had built themselves
and were not looking for another home building project. However one day on a
family day trip, they found themselves drawn to a new village location and by
chance, discovered a plot of land with a vast garden. Lisa recalls her first
visit to the property: “ Although the existing house was very run down and
would need demolishing, our minds were made up as soon as we saw the location
and garden,’ The couple both shared the same vision to create a beautiful,
stylish and contemporary home from scratch for their young family. The new
build was underway!
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| A contemporary and light filled space. |
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| Pool table from £1000, Mercury Leisure |
The existing
house was knocked down and having paid a considerable amount money to remove
soil from the site, they had to pay for it to be returned to raise the
foundations due to the water level. We faced many challenges recalls Lisa: ‘It was
not good timing as the recession was hitting hard and whilst Stacey was working
hard building up their business, he project managed and worked along side contractors late into the evening
in order to keep costs down.’ This became family life for quiet a considerable
amount of time. Nevertheless the timber framed house, constructed partly from
Blue Lias stone, cedar wood cladding and vast sliding double glazed windows and
doors under a slate roof started to come together. ‘We fitted our own windows
from our company which has given the property a unique feel,’ says Lisa.
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| Two way Sliding Aluminium doors by ranging from £7000, Pro-fit Windows ad Doors. |
Inspired by
American homes, a centrally placed impressive glass stairway divides a large entrance
hallway and landing. Stacey wanted the children to have large ensuite bedrooms
and Lisa wanted dressing rooms.
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This room is a princesses dream bedroom where Honaya can
enjoy the space and relax.
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This fun and bright personalised football style room
with bespoke built in wardrobes for lots of storage
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‘Our children had an input into the their new
home and helped choose their bathroom floors and wardrobes’, say Lisa, ‘it has
made them appreciate the house more by being part of the process and seeing all
the hard work that has gone into it.’ The stunning light filled kitchen/dining/family
room with its extensive stylish Rot Punkt fitted kitchen and quartz work
surfaces provides the family with open plan living, loads of storage and a
white pool table adds a sense of fun.
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Large floor to ceiling sliding doors lead
out onto a fully equipped terrace where their family and friends can relax and
enjoy another outside room. Stacey
ensured that A rated energy efficient tinted glass windows were fitted through
out. Tinted for privacy and sun protection which keeps heat in and reflects the
sun out,creating a cool environment and warmer environment in the winter. The vast
open garden has been newly planted with trees and hedges for much privacy.
During the
build, Lisa enjoyed putting together a mood board full of decorating and
furnishing ideas. One of the key
features of the design was to create a white canvas, so they painted the entire
house in Dulux Diamond white. Adding pops of colour here and there, such as the
painting in the kitchen, help to lift and enhance the rooms. Despite the
challenges they faced throughout the build, continually being able to tweak the
plans and personalise the spaces was a definite on going benefit which they took
advantage of. For example, they built a gym instead of a dark patio at the back
of the house. A polished concrete floor with under floor heating covers most of
the ground floor area and ‘although it isn’t cheap,’ says Lisa,’ it is durable,
practical and stylish.’ She spent hours and hours on the internet sourcing
furniture, lighting flooring furnishings etc’
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Clever
use of accent lighting and a purple sofa have introduced warm tones to the
white walls.
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This
is a simple and bright bathroom with its high quality sanitary ware has a
therapeutic and relaxing feel to it.
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| Chrome Towel rail, £300, Plumbase. |
Three years on
despite moments of despondency, frustration and sheer exhaustion the couple
worked on until the day they could finally move into their newly built dream
home in May 2013. ‘It was definitely worth it,’ says Lisa and referring to an
inspirational word plaque in the downstairs cloakroom, ’some people want it to
happen, some wish it , others make it happen!’
Stockist
List
Profit-Fit
Windows and Doors 01935 474550 profitwindowsanddoors.co.uk
Lazenby
01935 700306 lazenby.co.uk
BoonBrown
Architects 01935 420803 boonbrown.com
Debenhams 0344 800 8877 debenhams.com
Azest
01935 420200 azest.co.uk
Amazon uk amazon.co.uk
Wells Reclammation Yard 01749 677087
wellsreclammation.com
Home Living 01753 553319 homeliving.co.uk
Dulux 0333 222 7676 dulux.co.uk
Trendy 0845
299 4211 trendy-products.co.uk
The
Alternative Bathroom Company 0203 375 9001 alternativebathrooms.com
Denilli 01908 216200 denilli.co.uk
Stanford
Furniture stanfordfurniture.com
