Grand designs

Drawn by the peaceful setting and history of the property, Alison Elliott and her husband, James Sampson, have lovingly improved their elegant Victorian townhouse

I knew we were taking on a project when we bought this place, but I didn’t realise quite how much work was needed until we moved in! It was riddled with damp and all the plaster was blown. But our dre

Visiting her grandparents’ imposing Victorian house as a child, Kirsty Grieve never imagined that one day she would live there herself. ‘We used to spend our Christmases here and the house was just am

When Michelle Lunt and her husband Andy first viewed their 1850s stone cottage, they weren’t entirely convinced. ‘It’s positioned right next to a graveyard, which did give me pause for thought,’ says

When Laura and David Michlek first stepped inside their Victorian semi in Galston, Scotland, it felt like walking back in time. Built in 1901, the house hadn’t been touched in over 50 years. ‘David to

For one young family, renovating this space transformed it into an all-day hangout