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Ideal Home
Ideal Home
Ruth Corbett

This bungalow was 'a mishmash of styles' - now it's the winner in Ideal Home's reader home awards

White living room with yellow sofas, warm wood flooring and sliding doors looking out onto an exotic garden.

After 15 years in their south London terrace, Susanne and Jeremy Hewson decided to move to a house that offered more space, and scope to take on a creative remodelling project. ‘Jeremy began searching online and discovered this interesting-looking detached property,' says Susanne. The pictures were unintelligible, and the house looked very weird, but we were intrigued.’

The couple booked a viewing and fell for the place immediately. The property itself was something they knew could be fabulous eventually, but it was the spectacular garden that came with it that nailed the deal.

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