A super modern, five-bed country home is for sale, but there’s a catch… You have to build it yourself.
The plush property is known as Serpentine House and is situated in picturesque countryside.
It was designed by the internationally renowned architect, Jerry Tate, and landscape architect Will Sandy.
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The intention is that it will be a self-sufficient property with solar and battery storage, ground source heating/cooling, and a water borehole pump and filtration system alongside mains connections.
The site is in Woodbridge, Suffolk.
The design was given rare, special planning permission because it was of such a high standard, as reported by Luxury Property News.
Its listing says: “This is a rare Paragraph 84 permission to construct a new two-storey residential dwelling.
“It was granted approval by East Suffolk Council under reference DC/23/1450/FUL on 14th May 2024.
“Paragraph 84 is the current exemption clause within the National Planning Policy Framework and is only granted when there is an exceptional design of the highest architectural quality for a new isolated home in the countryside.
“Since the introduction of the policy in 1997, there have been, on average, fewer than five such houses per year granted.
“Serpentine House will be set within the natural contours of the site, minimising aesthetic and environmental impacts on the surrounding landscape.
“The primary living areas are arranged around a central ‘great hall’, which will create a double height space at the heart of the house with open aspect vistas over the terrace and formal southern lawn and landscape beyond.
“The ancillary spaces sit within an earth bund on the northern side of the building and are visually concealed.
“These spaces will contain the utilities, larder, wine cellar and plant room.
“There will be an outside kitchen and sunken firepit with seating on the western terrace with access to a productive garden (kitchen garden/potager), greenhouse and potting shed to the north.
“In addition to the double garage, there is a concealed parking area offset from the driveway and main entrance.
“The sweeping curves of the building, which deploy in sinuous three-dimensional form, create a highly distinctive design.
“The roof becomes the building and, where it is parted from the ground, reveals its interior that engages directly with elevated views of the immediate landscape and beyond.
“The first floor living spaces are contained where the timber leaf’ structure reaches a point with a central ridge as the spine.
“The west wing provides a master suite comprised of a bedroom, en-suite bathroom, walk-in dressing room and access to a private west-facing exterior balcony.
“The east wing provides two additional bedrooms, each shared by a Jack and Jill family bathroom.”
It has been listed with Savills with a guide price of £750,000.
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