Surrey Homes | SH54 | April 2019 | Garden supplement inside

Previous pages & above: In order to create a better and more
open space for socialising Clare knocked down the walls of
the old entrance hall and sitting room, and connected the
conservatory with the old kitchen
Art director Clare Clarkson fell in love with the village
of Pett Level at first sight. So much so that she bought
the wrong house, and simply waited for the right
one to become available. Luckily for Clare she didn’t have to
wait long, as the house that she had been coveting for some
time eventually came on the market. “It was priced too high
at the beginning,” says Clare, “as it needed so much work,
so we had to play a waiting game. Luckily no-one else could
see past the problems, but I knew exactly what to do.”
Six years later Clare and her husband have refurbished
and extended the house almost beyond recognition. The half
timbered exterior has been painted a chic matt black, an old
balcony has been transformed into a new guest bedroom and
bathroom, the old kitchen has almost tripled in size with a
new dining room and the entrance hall and sitting room
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