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How to retrofit a house to cope with rising temperatures in a heatwave
Baeli, who works for 10 Design, and Prewett, who runs Prewett Bizley Architects, bought the rundown property in Sydenham in July 2014. “In a way, for us, it was absolutely perfect because the condition justified the magnitude of work that we wanted to do,” says Baeli. “I think we would have felt less happy to have a heavy intervention in a house that was in a good state.” There was a sitting tenant, ideal to give the couple time to get planning approved, a contractor lined up and decide what they wanted to do first in a staged renovation, which they planned to continue as budget allowed.
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