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| David & Dawn |
David is a freelance construction consultant who has worked on The Wintles development from the beginning, and now lives there with his family. His wife, Dawn, works in hospital management.
They used to live in the north Midlands, but wanted to live in a wilder, more beautiful and less populated area. Dawn has two teenage children, and they wanted a better quality of life for them. They decided to buy a house on The Wintles.
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‘I’ve built four or five thousand houses in my time,’ says David, ‘but I’m not that keen on new houses and I’ve never wanted to live in one before, which says a lot. But these don’t feel like new houses - with all the natural materials there’s a lovely soft feel to them. This is the most beautiful house I’ve ever lived in. You can sit up on the top floor and watch the play of the light as it comes in from all the way round; it’s magic, truly beautiful.’
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‘The kids love it here, too,’ David continues. ‘It’s much warmer and more comfortable throughout the house - there are no draughts like in old houses.’
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David always used to have a big garden, and he dabbled in organic farming - but he has no regrets.
‘Now I’m looking after the landscaping of the entire site, which is about eighteen acres of land. Nine or ten acres of woodland have been planted with mature planting, and it looks like it’s been there for years. I get a lot of pleasure out of it.’
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