THE GALLERY: BRITISH HOME DESIGN ACA excellence in practice
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BRITISH HOME DESIGN The Gables is a 16th Century Cottage in the heart of a charming Suffolk village. Marketed by Savills as a property requiring modernisation and with great potential, required a design eye to bring the property which had been unsympathetically extended over the years - into the 2I st century and back to life. The property purchasers - our amazing lients Mike & Liz - were keen to find an architect who could bring passion to their project and British Home Design was instructed to formulate a series of contemporary extensions to both contrast with and www.britishhomedesign.com enhance the existing property.
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In their 5* review left on Google, our delighted clients wrote "Sami, our architect, met with us and displayed an enthusiasm for the project that matched our own. With a difficult brief, Sami took time to understand our requirements, our ambitions for the project, and our design ideas and mixed them all together to come up with a clever design that utilises as much of the existing building as possible whilst infusing it with a modern and contemporary design." We worked closely with our clients for weeks perfecting the design and exploring all possible options before moving forwards to the finalised design, which is currently under construction.
The Local Planning Authority case officer is equally as delighted with the result and was cited to say in her delegated report that "The proposed additions to the dwelling are contemporary, purposefully contrasting with the original form and appearance of the dwelling. and went on to say: “The contemporary design approach to the dwelling extensions is welcomed given the well-considered way In which the additions harmonise with the existing built form”. We agree with the LPA that "The proposal successfully incorporates modern additions into the traditionally designed dwelling, whilst preserving and enhancing local built character”.
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