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A bungalow that had ideas above itself

Mr & Mrs DePol

Mrs DePol explains: “More than anything else, we wanted a real family home. We foresee my parents coming to live with us in the not-too-distant future and now the grandchildren have come along we want to be able to welcome everybody here to stay with us whenever they want - a growing family all together in a space that has grown accordingly.

We wanted to feed light down through the roof to open up the rooms on the ground floor.

Now that we’ve banished the shadows those rooms feel like they flow into one another easily and more invitingly”.

An extra helping of kitchen

Mr & Mrs Brown

“What we really wanted was space to spread out around a bigger table and unwind with good chat and a nice bottle (or three!) of wine at the end of an evening. My husband Ian and I remortgaged and had a lovely extension added to the side of our existing kitchen which, in effect, created a completely new home for ourselves.”

A home is where the art is

Mr & Mrs Beaton

Rosemary Beaton and her family share their beautiful Renfrewshire home with the fruits of Rosemary's passion for painting.

“For me, the most important thing I need when I'm working is bright, natural light.” says Rosemary.

A cottage that became a stately home

Mr Wardle

Adam Wardle spent ten years training to be an architect whilst living in a sandstone cottage he had inherited in Staffordshire.

The more he learned about architecture, the more he came to realise that his little home had the potential to be much more than...little.