Converting a Golf Clubhouse into a Dream Home

Stuart and Pat Smith have totally reinvented a former 1930s golf clubhouse on a magnificent elevated site overlooking the River Dart in Devon.

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Converting a Golf Clubhouse into a Dream Home

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Name Patricia and Stuart Smith
Profession Directors of IT training company
House Type Five bedroom detached converted golf clubhouse
House Size 300 sq m
Finance Stage-payment mortgage
Build Time Oct '04 - Nov '05
Land Cost £575000
Build Cost £748000
Total Cost £1323000
Current Value £2750000
Cost /m2 £2493
Cost Saving 52 %
Build route Main contractor
Construction system Rendered blockwork, timber framed elements, slate roof
Architectural features Balcony
County Devon
Difficulties overcome Sloping
Region South West England

"We would have bought The Golf House even without stepping inside,” says Stuart Smith. “After years of searching for a house in the area, we just knew that it was perfect.” Looking at pictures of the 1930s former golf clubhouse, taken back in 2002 when Stuart and Pat first bought it, the appeal is initially hard to fathom.

The flat roof, brown PVCu windows and dark, slate-hung façade created the impression of nothing more exciting than a drab university campus building. A visit to the site, however, with its location high above the River Dart in Devon, explains precisely why the couple fell so head over heels in love with the place.

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Author
Debbie Jeffery
Photographer
Nigel Rigden
Issue date:
June 2009
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Cost breakdown

Building contract
£478,000
Fees
£45,000
Kitchen, sanitaryware, underfloor heating, oak and travertine flooring
£80,000
Joinery
£63,000
External oak framing
£13,000
Tiles
£12,000
Audiovisual system
£13,000
Electrical fittings
£13,000
Gravity-feed boilers
£8,000
Glazing
£11,000
Fireplace
£3,000
Internal doors and door furniture
£9,000

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