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These aren’t the old-fashioned enclosed townhouses.
Here doorways open up far and wide.
What it comes down to, it’s selling the concept to my
client in the outset. It’s a house I want to live in, and I’m
happy to present it. I present a townhouse not so much
as a series of five in a row. I present them as homes,
individual homes, and each one has its attributes. The front
one and the end one both have these magnificent gardens.
Feeling connected to your work, believing in it is
clearly important.
That’s absolutely true. The middle townhouses for example
have their own character and their own courtyards.
I’m happy to present it that way. Each one is a home.
I looked at how to elaborate those in terms of their access
to the amenity that I’m talking about. So that’s sliding doors,
and not just one or two, but the whole expanse of the
terrace. It’s about coming home to something you