Surrey Homes | SH111 | April 2024 | Garden Supplement inside

on prestige appliances; a sleek induction
hob and extractor and finishing it all
off with a seamless Corian worktop.
“The worktop goes well with the
concrete look of the floor,” she says.
Except that the floor isn’t concrete,
it is resin – made and installed by a
company called Sphere8 – and runs
through the whole house, helping
to unite the disparate ends of the
building. It feels gloriously smooth to
the touch and, thanks to underfloor
heating, lovely and warm too.
“The floor was the very last thing
to go in,” explains Jeremy. “They had
to make sure that there was no dust,
nothing that would cause an issue. They
wanted all the lights on too, so that any
unevenness could be dealt with – the
tiniest of bumps in the floor that might
show up under the lights and make
shadows – and then they patch up any
cracks in the concrete screed and paint
the floor with several layers of the resin,
so you could incorporate a colour at any
time, or even change the colour. They
use it a lot in art galleries, so that the
floor can just be repainted whenever.”
The seamless finish continues
throughout the modern side; a shadow
gap is used where the walls meet the
foot, which means that there’s no need
to interrupt the space with traditional
skirting boards or architrave.
A large room like this needs warmth
though, and Victoria has managed to
bring in colour, while maintaining an
This page: The family bathroom’s double-ended bath is positioned right
in front of the window for an ultimate bath with a view. At either end
of the landing, spacious bedrooms feature lovely high ceilings
open airiness. The main wall colour
throughout is Farrow & Ball’s Great
White with F&B’s Peignoir used on
some feature walls – both feature soft
pinky undertones. “Modern buildings
can be austere and too cold – they
can look very sterile,” says Dominic.
The pink touch is picked up in
some of the interior details too – in
the sofa, rug and artwork, while
tan leather chairs keep the warmth
and help to tie the look together.
A feature electric fireplace – the
focal point at this end of the room
– brings cosiness without the mess
or the flue of a traditional fire. It is
surprisingly realistic and the flickering
of the faux flames (to my simple brain)
are as mesmerising as real ones.
“The view is the star here,” she
says, “and so we changed the original
architect’s design – which had cut
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