{"id":97102,"date":"2018-09-02T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/epic-renovation-remaking-a-home-in-devon\/"},"modified":"2018-09-02T12:03:28","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T05:03:28","slug":"epic-renovation-remaking-a-home-in-devon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/epic-renovation-remaking-a-home-in-devon\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic renovation: remaking a home in Devon"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWith stalactites in the cellar, a lot of hard work was required to turn a rundown townhouse into a homeIt was while driving back from one of their frequent trips to Totnes, a medieval market town in one of South Devon\u2019s prettiest corners, that Hianta Cassam Chena\u00ef and her husband Matthias Peters first spotted the Regency townhouse they now call home. \u201cWe kept coming down to Devon for weekends to see his friends and family, then dreading going back to London,\u201d she says. \u201cThen we saw the \u2018For Sale\u2019 sign.\u201d Following their Provencal wedding in 2014, the couple traded their 1970s Hoxton flat for the handsome four-storey property first built for the Duke of Somerset (owner of the nearby Berry Pomeroy Castle) in 1830. Even on dull days the neighbouring River Dart beams in its watery light, lending the Grade II-listed house an airy, seaside quality. \u201cIt still feels like a holiday home,\u201d she says, to the sound of seagulls.Though the site had lain empty for a few years following its previous incarnation as offices, the couple were instantly attracted to its grand proportions and closeness to town. Smitten, they didn\u2019t realise how bad a state it was in. \u201cWe naively thought we would just give it a lick of paint,\u201d she says. Little did they know that they were embarking on an epic renovation that entailed replacing the stairwell, the roof and windows as well as reconfiguring the layout at the top and bottom. Continue reading…
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