Seaview
Holidays
DETERMINED TO RETIRE TO THE ISL AND
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fter thirty years of Seaview holidays Michael and Josephine Smith were determined to
retire to the island. And a family home for children and grandchildren was very much the
order of the day. Now the Commodore of the Seaview Yacht Club, Michael looks more
than at home in the beautiful house that he and Josephine have created with the professional help
of Architect Lindsay Mattinson. Originally a tired looking 1920’s art deco style brick house, a new
contemporary edge has been given to what is now a striking home with views across the Solent.
They wanted the house to be family friendly as they knew they would have grandchildren and had
thought of having a white box house like the kind both Michael and Josephine had seen on holidays in
Portugal. But Lindsay convinced them both that the house would have far more impact blending into
the woods behind the building using colours and textures which would complement the surroundings
and so they used cedar cladding to merge with the trees. For them, the great thing about using
Mattinson Associates is that they came up with a good selection of conceptual ideas that as a client
one could take forward and explore further ending up with a final agreed plan which in many ways
was very different from their own original thoughts.
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