Garden
‘Since knocking the old garage down, we get the sun here all day in our outside kitchen area with its pizza oven. In the future we’d love to have a projector for watching movies and a hot tub.’
BUY THE KEY PIECES
Urban extendable dining table, £689, Inside Out Living, is similar. Milano 750 pizza oven kit, £840, Pizza Oven Supplies. Try Festoon Classic lights, £45, Garden Trading
When Kirsty and Stuart Haslam were expecting their first child in 2015, they felt it was time to sell their loft apartment in Manchester’s Northern Quarter and find a family home. Although they weren’t looking for a doer-upper, they noticed a three-bedroom house in Cheshire with potential but that needed full renovation. And, after researching the area, they realised that it would be the ideal place to start family life.
WHAT CHALLENGES DID YOU FACE?
‘With a leaking conservatory, an avocado bathroom and peeling wallpaper in the en suite, we had our work cut out for us. We made it liveable to start with, then re-plastered, fitted new carpets and replaced the bathrooms before our second son was born. We then saved enough to create a three-storey side and a single-storey rear extension. Unfortunately, Covid struck after the builders started. Delays combined with spiralling costs made the process incredibly stressful, especially as part way through the eight-month project I gave birth to our third child.’
HOW DID YOU CREATE YOUR FAMILY HOME?
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