Fife Architects Coastal Project Featured in Selfbuilder and Homemaker

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Selfbuilders + Homemaker magazine has featured one of our coastal projects. It was a pleasure working with Suzanne and David to create their ideal home, and we’re delighted to hear they had a positive experience as well.

 

“The couple’s self-build adventures commenced in August 2021 when the couple purchased a bungalow in the coastal town of Anstruther in Fife. “Covid made us realise we could live somewhere other than London,” David recalls. The couple had been thinking about retiring and while they loved the sea, had already discounted Cornwall or Devon as being too touristy. “We have friends who live in Cellardyke, and we’d been coming up here a couple of times a year for about 10 years; we thought why not buy a house by the sea?” Nik Hunter

“The light has been a revelation! We’ve been up at 5 am, because it’s so light, and the light is different here; it’s lovely. The other great thing is jumping over the wall and going for a swim.” Susanne.

“We wanted to give Fermín a chance to design something with some scope, and that was what he wanted too. We didn’t push him, but he quickly realised what we liked.” Some of Fermín’s suggestions included the overhang over the deck, the sheltered outdoor space outside the bedroom and the Crittal-esque windows. “So many new builds along the coast have balconies and they never get used because it’s too windy. As Fermín lives locally, he was accustomed to the wind direction, and he knew precisely where to give us shelter.” David

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