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SIPs TEK new home Julie and David Clements wanted their new home in Yorkshire to be eco friendly, energy efficient and easy to manage in their retirement.
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e wanted to make the best use of the site to create an attractive and practical family home. Our vision was a saltbox design with a blend of traditional stone, slate and contemporary windows,” explains Julie Clements, describing her new home in NorthYorkhire. After semi-retiring, Julie and her husband, David, wanted to build a new modern, low-maintenance lifetime home on a 0.6 acre plot in the grounds of their original 1903 stone house. Although downsizing, they didn’t want to downgrade, so with architect Vic Craven from Craven Design, they drew up plans for an energy-efficient SIPs home which was small enough for the couple to manage in retirement, yet flexible enough to welcome family. Inspired by the traditional saltbox homes of New England, Raikes Corner sits perfectly within the Skipton Conservation Area and complements the traditional stone and slate homes found in the Gateway to the Dales.
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