Cadhay

This is a complete new house on a lovely south west facing rural site 1 mile from Ottery St Mary town centre half a mile from Kings school (one of Devons top comprehensives) and 10 minutes from the M5 at Exeter. The house has been designed to provide fantastic esthetic space with an emphasis on longivity and enviromental considerations. It has supurb thermal performance, hot water and heating will be provided by ground source heat pump. We have used natural local materials as far as reasonably possible. 2,500 sq ft of accommodation will comprise a very spacious living room, kitchen diner, a utility and ground floor loo, four large bedrooms, a spectacular second floor family room / study, and three full bathrooms. Finished to a very high specification with underfloor heating and porcelain and oak floors throughout, oak doors, sweet chestnut and oak windows, hand made iron mongery, green oak beams, lintels and roof structure covered in fine French water reed thatch. This is the fourth new house we have created, and the fisrt three have all won awards: Lower Tricombe won the Daily Telegraph best converted home award 1995. Cobtun won the IRBA Best environmental house 2005, and Keppel gate has just won the LABC South West region best vernacular building.
Finished house

Finished house

Footings

Footings

Oversight

Oversight

Floor insulation

Floor insulation

100mm Polystyrene + 50mm PIR
Underfloor heating pipes

Underfloor heating pipes

Doing this at this time means oversight doubles as screed (only one layer of concrete).
Floor slab

Floor slab

Plinth wall

Plinth wall

Spiral stairs started in block work.
second lift

second lift

Main fire place

Main fire place

Early progress

Early progress

Beginning first floor

Beginning first floor

Cob stairs

Cob stairs

Underfloor heating shown.
First floor cob walls being built

First floor cob walls being built

Kevin standing on Stair pillar.
First floor

First floor

fifth lift of cob.
Second floor stairs

Second floor stairs

Second floor stairs

Second floor stairs

Showing temporary block support.
Kevin laying concrete Base pad

Kevin laying concrete Base pad

For chimney brick work.
Bottom cord going on

Bottom cord going on

First roof truss

First roof truss

Wall plate detail

Wall plate detail

All trusses on

All trusses on

Rafters starting.
Rafters Complete

Rafters Complete

Thatch going on

Thatch going on

On top of fire proof layer.
Finished Project

Finished Project

Sweet chestnut bespoke joinery, Yellow ochre lime wash on lime putty render.
House complete

House complete

Unique Oak airing cupboard door

Unique Oak airing cupboard door

Formed under second floor cob spiral stair case.
Finished kitchen

Finished kitchen

Finished living room

Finished living room

Main en suite

Main en suite

Landing

Landing

Spiral Stairs

Spiral Stairs

Top floor main room

Top floor main room

Top floor bedroom

Top floor bedroom