WRECK to wow!

IMPRESSIVE DESIGN FEATURES AND OPEN-PLAN LIVING WERE TOP OF THE BRIEF FOR PUTRI AND BEN MACKERETH’S SELF-BUILD FAMILY HOME

-  JO DYSON

HOME NOTES

WHO LIVES HERE? Putri Mackereth, an interior designer, lives here with her husband Ben, founder of Mac Building Solutions, and their children Bodhi, five, and twins Freddy and Jack, two.

THE PROPERTY A five-bedroom detached self-build in Streatham, south London, completed in 2020.

THE VALUE Bought in 2019 for £875,000. Build cost, around £900,000. Current value, £2,100,000.

Putri and Ben are serial renovators. It started after they moved from New Zealand nearly 12 years ago, with the renovation of a small flat in Clapham, south London. Since arriving in the UK they have both set up companies: Ben’s building firm, Mac Building Solutions (@mac_building), and Putri’s interior design consultancy, Mae House Design (maehousedesign.com). Combining their skills, this dream team have completed 11 of their own renovations and more than 100 for clients. In 2019 they were ready for the next challenge: their first self-build.