When I was 12 years old delivering newspapers I was astonished by what I saw in house designs presented to streets that had some sort of creativity to them. I remember a lot of houses like faces looking out onto the street with a front door in the middle, like a nose and then two windows, one on each side of the door and underneath a double garage door, the mouth.

I thought at the age of 12 I could design much better than that using the same materials and costs to build and still do today. I see the same designs happening today where the scope is driven by Government legislating for insulated houses that hold no bearing in good design.

How do you want to feel about your home?

How do you want to feel in your home?

Emotionality is the second most important in reality as it hinges from finance. If you are living in a house you are struggling to pay for, emotional surges can put you over the top but it is always better in a well designed house on a rainy day than a house that is poorly designed on a sunny day.