RIGHT & FACING PAGE
The bespoke kitchen was
crafted in Cornwall and the
island features hand-carved
walnut drawers and a granite
work surface
BELOW RIGHT
The kitchen table has been set
before a four-metre high
feature window overlooking
woodlandHIGH POINT
“The incredibly fast three-
day assembly of the
shell of the house, which
we captured as a short
time-lapse film.”
–David Jones
DAVID’S
ADVICE
“Think ahead. Employing
a lighting designer early
on was one of our best
decisions.”Baufritz offers a turnkey service that covers all
aspects of the housebuilding process except for
groundworks – therefore it includes architectural
design, planning, manufacture and onsite
construction, carried out by experienced teams
of specialist German tradesmen.
Oliver Rehm worked with the couple on the
design of their new house, and the sloping
nature of the site proved ideal for
accommodating an extensive basement level.
This contains a games room, plant room, pantry
and boot room, as well as providing the perfect
environment for the wine cellar.
Part of the Jones’ motivation to build was to
create a home which they could share with
others, and a one-bedroom basement flat was
therefore incorporated into the design which
may be used independently of the main house.
On the ground floor, the family room/kitchen,
sitting and dining rooms all open onto a balcony
and are seaward facing. The utility, snug, shower
and cloakroom are located to the rear of the
plan, and upstairs are four bedrooms, a study,
bathroom and master ensuite.“It was an interesting process working out the
look and layout of the new house, and although
the location and roofline remain the same as the
old building on the site, the overall floor area
was increased,” explains David.
The couple had lived in Connecticut for
several years, where timber-clad homes are
commonplace, and were influenced by New
England architecture as well as colourful
Scandinavian houses seen on holidays.
Inspiration also came from books and
magazines, as well as several Baufritz houses
they visited both in Germany and the UK.
“I really liked the Falun red colour of
cladding I’d seen in Norway, which was
originally made using waste products from a
copper mine,” says David. A similar red colour
was therefore chosen for the timber cladding
on the family’s new home, together with ivory
white render and a basement level clad with
golden limestone, which visually anchors the
building into the ground.
“It’s a contemporary interpretation of a New
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