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A syndicate of well-known local property professionals is pressing the city council to alter course over the future of the Central Winchester Regeneration, also known as Saxongate but best known as Silver Hill.
The group includes former city councillor Kim Gottlieb whose legal action against the first Silver Hill scheme derailed the project back in 2016 and owns St Clements Surgery in the heart of the area.
The group has recently met council officers to outline its alternative vision. It also includes Hugh Petter (ADAM Architecture), Andy Smith (Andrew Smith & Sons), Rob Carter (Millgate (Winchester) Ltd) and Chris Rees (Alfred Homes). Here Mr Gottlieb outlines their ideas.
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When it comes to building new country houses, much of the focus is on substantial properties with 10,000sq ft or more. Arabella Youens examines the options for buildings that are more modest in scale.
Not all those with the budget necessary want (or need) to live in a 10,000sq ft house. Something half that size is generous enough to check off all the standard must-haves: enough space for entertaining, a large eat-in kitchen, a boot room, utility room and five bedrooms with their own bathrooms.
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