About this home:

It was designed very carefully around our lives and the furniture and things we wanted to downsize with, as well as responding to the light and views. The result is a new home that is full of character. It's not at all big, with only two proper bedrooms, but it fits us and the way we choose to live perfectly.

Planning Insights:

3 months at planning

The site is in a conservation area and right on the edge of the settlement boundary, so both from client choice and planning sense the design route chosen is a low key contemporary vernacular, taking strong cues from surrounding houses. Landscaping was a crucial part of setting it within its context. It's a warm, dry, country cottage.