{"id":128347,"date":"2022-07-29T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/let-there-be-light-a-radically-revamped-1980s-home\/"},"modified":"2022-07-29T12:09:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T05:09:07","slug":"let-there-be-light-a-radically-revamped-1980s-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/let-there-be-light-a-radically-revamped-1980s-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Let there be light: a radically revamped 1980s home"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOne Edinburgh couple have transformed a dark, brick-built 1980s house into a brighter, more open home. Here\u2019s howWhen John and Kate Cameron were looking to downsize from their Victorian family home in a suburb of Edinburgh after their children left home, they decided to go for a real change: a 1980s brutalist-style brick house in a suburb close to the city centre.The couple knew and loved the house \u2013 built in 1982 by Scottish architect Douglas Abrahams for his own family, and set within a walled garden in one of the city\u2019s most picturesque suburbs \u2013 as the previous owners were family members who had lived in it since the mid-80s. But for all its character and charm, it didn\u2019t suit the way they lived. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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