Wealden Times | WT265 | June 2024 | Education Supplement inside

Top: The garden blends into the hillside on several
terraced levels, with naturalistic planting. The stone walls
have been created from York stone paving salvaged from
the original house patio. The stone was painstakingly
cleaned, categorised, cut and fashioned into beautiful
walls by the skilful stonemason at Austin Landscapes
of ways it’s almost a new build,” Angela
tells me. “But it was really important
to me to put Edwardian cornicing
back in… spindles on the staircase and
the handrail, things like architraves,
full depth door bars on the doors.”
By this time my condition is peaking,
but the moment my ailing jaw really
hits the floor is when Angela tells me
how long this all took. “We were back
in the house exactly 11 and a half
months later.” How was this achieved?
“I’m a project manager professionally,
so I’m very used to doing things
according to the critical path. I think
I made it quite an exhausting project
for Hurstmore because there were no
fallow periods at all! We worked well
together to stick to the deadline. If the
weather got in the way, I would always
be ready with something else that could
be done, and we were fortunate in that
Hurstmore always happily obliged.”
I’m not sure a credit card is going to fix
it this time, unless I can buy an Angela.
Address Book:
Angela is now able to help others realise
their dream homes as she has set up her
own self-build, renovation and extension
consultancy service. From getting projects
off the ground and finding the right
contractors and professional partners,
through to full project management,
design input and help with sourcing, she
can be contacted at angela@gatefield.co.uk
To speak to Hurstmore about a
project, visit hurstmore.co.uk
Austin Landscapes austinlandscapes.co.uk
Designed by Sam
designedbysam@icloud.com
Nicholas Morton nicholasmorton.co.uk
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