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SPRINGHILL IS A DEVELOPMENT IN CAMBERWELL SE5 OF A PAIR OF NEW-BUILD HOUSES - SPRINGBANK AND PADDOCK HOUSE.

THIS BLOG DOCUMENTS THE BUILDING PROCESS FROM APRIL 2012 TO DECEMBER 2013

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Wednesday 31 July 2013

The glass balustrades.
The blue foam pads protect the glass in transit.

A view down the atrium.

Paddock House's atrium.

The glass balustrades are being fitted to Paddock House's staircase.
This is the view from the basement up to the atrium rooflight.

Tuesday 30 July 2013

Tom and Grzeszek mounting the hoarding graphics on the front wall.

The hoarding graphics have been printed.
They will be mounted on the brick front wall.

Roy fitting the oak nosing.

The first of the oak stair treads is being fitted.

Gascoigne limestone, stainless steel and iroko in the master bedroom's en-suite bathroom.

Roy Middleton marking up an iroko window lining.

The Grove Park gardens on a summer evening.


The galvanised steel and cedar slatted fence.
The slats are "hit-and-miss", to allow light through whilst maintaining privacy.


The bricks of the front wall.

The York stone coping for the retaining walls.

Friday 26 July 2013

The solid European oak for the stair treads in Roy Middleton's workshop.

One of Paddock House's garden retaining walls.


Paddock House's walk-in wardrobe.
Oak veneered birch plywood.

Paddock House's atrium is being decorated.
No more pink!

Paddock House's walk-in wardrobe is being fitted out.


Paddock House's electrically operated louvre windows open for ventilation. 

The Gascoigne limestone is being fitted in Paddock House's en-suite bathroom.

The front wall being infilled with concrete.

Marian building the blockwork container for Paddock House's bamboo bed.

The crushed stone base for Paddock House's terrace.


A roll of Ditra Mat.
This is laid under the stone floor tiles.

George the digger.
He's the same age as the new prince.

Tuesday 23 July 2013

The natural York stone for the gardens has arrived.

The inside of Paddock House's front wall.
This will be the entrance court.

Danny and Marian framed in brickwork.


The LED step lights.
Each one uses only 3 watts of power.

Testing colour samples for the hoarding graphics.

Danny laying the last of the brickwork of the front wall.
The wall will be infilled with concrete, which will help to form the lintols.



Waterproofing the capping beam outside Paddock House's living room doors.

Footprints on a protection sheet

Monday 22 July 2013


The wide-board oak flooring in Paddock House's bedrooms.

The light from one of the walk-on rooflights washes down the wall of a basement room.



A reflection in one of Paddock House's walk-on rooflights.

A view up through one of Paddock House's walk-on rooflights.
They will bring natural light down into the basement rooms.

The oak sleepers have arrived.
They will be used at changes in level in the garden.