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Replacement Dwelling, UPLYME, EAST DEVON

The proposal relates to the demolition and replacement of the existing dwelling and an extension to the existing garage to provide additional space for storage and bicycles

The residence is constructed to suit the sloping site topography and has been designed specifically to read as one coherent form, providing a four-bedroom dwelling, with respective living areas.

The client has chosen the main living areas, e.g. kitchen, lounge and dining area to be raised in the design from a traditional ground-floor approach to the first floor.  

This provides the following benefits:  

· Enjoyment of the garden that will be directly accessible from the bedroom areas and main entrance lounge/dining area.

· Appreciation of the distant views over Lyme Bay

· The heart of the home is celebrated by a double-height void within the ground floor and first floor kitchen/dining area, which creates a welcome entrance to the house and allows for a general visual and social interconnectedness between both floors.

All of the above provides a design far more suitable for modern family life and their growing needs as a family. The provision of a self-build dwelling will provide a long-term home, which also incorporates a much-needed workspace for our client, enabling them to build upon existing social networks with the local community..The development represents design excellence that will deliver a high-quality dwelling, which responds to its context, surrounding built form, and landscape qualities of the area. The proposed palette of materials is sympathetic to the site’s natural and built surroundings whilst its architecture is influenced by the special qualities of the area. The proposal will provide a modernized and improved lifetime family home for our clients.