Surrey Homes | SH33 | July 2017 | Interiors supplement inside

This page: On both floors there are hints to the building’s former use as an ambulance station in
the form of medical and industrial inspired pieces of furniture – a steel and glass cabinet housing
towels on the landing, and stripped back metal chairs in the master bedroom
and the company’s ethos. “I want DOM to be the go-to
site for people wanting to rent unusual and contemporary
spaces to live in or holiday in, or even to buy.” She has a
tagline that sums up the service: ‘DOM stay and live.’
“It can take ages to trawl through Airbnb to find the
right place. DOM will cut through all that. There will be
a range of spaces to suit everyone – small and cosy, big
and industrial, by the sea, in the city… I want it to be the
go-to platform for people wanting to live in a beautiful
place in England or abroad.” As the website grows she
plans to take on other properties around the globe –
already there’s a fabulous place in Warsaw signed up.
It takes determination, creative vision and a huge amount
of steely pragmatism to achieve such a breathtaking
transformation in a building. Constructing a family
home from a tired old industrial or municipal space is
no easy feat. Marta has achieved it by celebrating the raw
materials of its construction – the bricks, concrete,
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