Steve was keen to build us a property based on a design he had used at a site nearby, but I had different ideas! He rolled his eyes to Heaven when I showed him a layout I had drawn of how I wanted the house to look. However, I stuck to my guns and working with one of his architects, Yemisi Idicula, who listened to our brief, we came up with the finished plan. Yemisi was brilliant. I’m not architect trained, but had a clear idea of what we wanted to achieve from the house and she translated my hand drawn efforts into reality. Paul is extremely supportive and since we both share the same taste in all matters property, he was happy to leave the design up to me.
Steve and his business partner, Andy, liked what we came up with so much that they decided to use the groundfloor plan for their house, instead of what they were originally intending to build! They’ve adapted it slightly, adding a conservatory area to the kitchen (our budget wouldn’t stretch) and have done a different plan for the upstairs rooms.
