Having lived in three different new-build homes, we’re now firmly in the “old and characterful” camp,’ says Derya. ‘We bought an Edwardian house in Nottingham and it wasn’t so much a conscious decision but in this part of Nottingham most houses tend to be old.
We were relocating from Leicestershire for Reshid’s job and with two young children, having three good-sized bedrooms on one floor was a priority, along with a garden and open-plan kitchen-diner. When we saw this place, I was really impressed by the beautiful front door, as well as the big entrance hall and stained glass interior doors.
Getting to work
We moved in just before Christmas 2020 and building work began the following spring on a top-down renovation. In the first few months, we could quickly see which spaces weren’t working – for example, there was only one small dated bathroom with no shower, so we knew we wanted to add
