Welcome to our home
Caroline and Gustavo Ordonez-Sanz, a medical physicist and financial risk manager, live here with their three children.
THE PROPERTY
A five-bedroom Victorian villa in Stirling, Scotland
WHAT IT COST
Extension........£132,000
Landscaping.....£18,000
Central heating...£12,000
Rewiring..............£7,000
Window repair.....£16,500
Fireplaces...........£8,000
Damp proofing...£8,000
Other works......£54,720
TOTAL ..........£256,220
When Caroline and Gustavo Ordonez-Sanz decided to leave London after living and working there for seven years, they chose to return to Caroline’s hometown of Stirling in Scotland. ‘We yearned for a less busy lifestyle, less commuting and more space for our growing family,’ says Caroline. They were lucky enough to buy a handsome, Scottish category C listed, Victorian semi-detached villa in a conservation area of the city.
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PRUNING WISTERIA
IF YOU WANT WISTERIA TO BLOOM TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL IN SUMMER, NOW'S THE PERFECT TIME TO PRUNE IT BACK
happy home
HEATHER YOUNG ON HOW TO BOOST THE FEEL-GOOD FACTOR
50 FESTIVE FINISHING TOUCHES
EASY STYLE IDEAS TO HELP YOU GIVE YOUR HOME A GORGEOUS GLOW UP
STORING KITCHEN APPLIANCES
BANISH WORKTOP CLUTTER FOR GOOD HERE, THE EXPERTS ADVISE HOW TO STASH SMALL APPLIANCES IN A COMPACT SPACE
INSTALLING A DOWNSTAIRS LOO
TIRED OF QUEUEING FOR THE LOO? WE ASKED THE EXPERTS WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN INSTALLING THIS SMALL BUT HARDWORKING SPACE
Rustic glamour
A NEUTRAL PALETTE WITH LUXURIOUS BRASS AND MARBLE DETAILS CREATES THE PERFECT SPACE FOR NATALIE FORBES-JONES TO RELAX AND UNWIND
A sunny outlook
A SOUTH-FACING EXTENSION AND A VIVID YELLOW KITCHEN GIVES LAURA, JEREMY AND THEIR SON, RAIFE, THE PERFECT SPACE FOR FAMILY LIFE
COUNTRY blow up
USING CLEVER HACKS AND SHORT-TERM FIXES, HAYLEY AND LUKE BLYTHE HAVE CREATED A HOME FULL OF SOPHISTICATED NEUTRALS AND ELEGANT STYLING
IT'S COLD outside
DANIELLE TOLSON HAS CREATED A MODERN LIVING SPACE THAT'S FULL OF TRADITIONAL TOUCHES FIT FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON
HOME FOR the holidays
INSPIRED BY THE LOCATION, LOUISE CLARK AND ADAM GRAHAM HAVE GIVEN THEIR BUNGALOW A COSY TRADITIONAL FEEL
