CLIENT

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Private Client

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LOCATION

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Balham, London, UK

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APPOINTMENT

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2020

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PLANNING GRANTED 

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2022

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COMPLETED

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2025

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SIZE

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250

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DESCRIPTION

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Three unique new build houses located off Rose Hip Lane where once lay an old storage yard.
 

The gable ended and faceted green zinc roofs of the houses mimic the old yard and the four metre vaulted ceilings beneath these roofs create airy and spacious volumes, leading to a sense of openness.

The three houses look onto lushly planted gardens with a private gate that opens directly onto Tooting Common.

Large solar controlled glazing draws in huge amounts of daylight whilst the carefully designed greenery provides privacy between each dwelling.
 

Beautiful brick walls wrap the exterior of the development and the garden facing walls are clad in a softer European larch, completed with moss green window frames. 

The structure of each house is constructed from timber. This locks in carbon dioxide and creates highly insulated and airtight dwellings which are thermally efficient, helping to reduce the carbon footprint, which is vital to sustainable living.

Exhaust Air Heat Pumps heat the buildings by reusing energy from waste air providing heating, ventilation, heat recovery and hot water efficiently, simply and economically.

I have lost count of the hours I have spent designing this since 2020. Thank you to everyone who has helped drive this project forward. I am so grateful and very excited to see it completed!