Adding space to your home can be the answer to many issues such as working from home, or a new addition to the family. Adding a new kitchen to your house can add 4% to the value and adding a new bathroom up to 5%. Planning permission isn’t needed for many proposed extensions and if it is required can be quite straitforward to obtain.
We at Hollytree Design can advise on what type of building can enhance your house, create the right amount of space and make the most of any extension. It’s important to add a usable extension and two stories may not cost much more than a single storey
We are able to advise on whether planning permission is necessary, and, if it is, we can obtain all necessary permissions so your new building can go ahead smoothly and quickly.
When you’re tired of the badly fitting doors and curled plastic edges it really is time to move on and commission a NEW kitchen. And you can have one from about £3000. The other end of the scale is infinite so before you decide how much you’ve got to invest, ask me for a consultation…
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Decorating trend 2012 Continuing this year – vivid colours to brighten up a room and pull a scheme together. This way any style can be used to create an eclectic mix so any furniture you have plus bargain finds can mix and be happy together. Now budget need not dictate style or lack of money…
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‘I had a friend round today – she raved about the kitchen!’ Ms D Oxford
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Last Saturday at the Silverstone Classic celebrity drivers raced Morgan Roadsters lent by very trusting owners in aid of the Bobby Moore fund for Cancer Research UK. After some very competitive action in the lead Rick Parfitt Jnr, Brendan Cole and Heston Blumenthal gained podium places, the rest of the field including Luther Blisset, who…
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On Sunday 12th June about 1200 people got very wet and cold cycling 55, 35, or15 miles for WheelPower. I finished the 35 mile route having no choice but to keep going although it took nearly 5 hours to complete the ride. But about £200.00 was raised by me and about £35000 raised by all…
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Interior design in Buckinghamshire Hollytree design is located in Thame not far from the towns and villages of the Chilterns. Thame is surrounded by Buckinghamshire due to the course of the River Thame which forms the boundary between the counties. The rich environment of the Chilterns which forms a large part of Buckinghamshire has always…
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It’s been some time in the making but here’s our new Hollytree Design website. It’s been worth the wait and I’m very happy to have a web presence again. I’m even more delighted that I’ll be able to write about what’s new in Design in interiors, building and products. I’m very grateful to Kate at…
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Passionate about bathrooms and kitchens? The most important design exhibition for new design, eco-design and technical innovation is opening on May 15th at Excel London. I’ll be going on the 17th to hear Oliver Heath talk about sustainability in design.
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Join me on the Tour de Vale 2011. This year I’m cycling 35 miles for the WheelPower charity on Sunday 12th June from Stoke Mandeville Stadium. My route will take me through some pretty and possibly quite hilly Chiltern villages but I’ll be in very good company. Last year over 1200 riders raised £40,000 for…
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