THE ADVICE CENTRE
Julia Kendell Interior Design Expert
Marianne Suhr MRICS, SPAB Lethaby Scholar
Thursday and Friday Only
With over 30 years’ experience as an interior design professional, property renovator, and kitchen specialist, Julia specialises in interior transformations that uplift and energise wellbeing. Julia is best known as the interior designer on BBC1’ s DIY SOS and is also a regular on ITV1’ s 60 Minute Makeover and ITV’ s‘ Rebuild Our Home’. She has contributed to‘ GMTV’,‘ This Morning’,‘ Live with Gabby’,‘ BBC Breakfast’ and the‘ Alan Titchmarsh Show’.
Marianne is a Chartered Building Surveyor, writer and broadcaster specialising in the repair and retrofit of historic buildings. Her practice focuses on domestic projects, sensitively repairing and adapting houses in the Oxfordshire area and focussing on timber frames, lime mortars and plasters, and energy efficiency, and she lectures extensively on building repair and runs courses for builders, homeowners and professionals.
MarieAnne Messenger Garden Designer
Award-winning designer MarieAnne is the founder of Studio MA. Offering a distinctive approach to spatial transformation, this unique design service specialises in both interior and landscape design, creating a seamless connection between indoor and outdoor living. With a holistic vision and a passion for thoughtful, functional aesthetics, the team brings together creativity and expertise to craft beautifully integrated environments.
Mark Stevenson Self-Build Expert
Mark Stevenson is one of the UK’ s premier self-build experts. Vice Chair of the Structural Timber Association, he has built several houses for himself and has many years of experience working on housing developments.
Michael Holmes Director of Content, Homebuilding & Renovating
Michael is Director of Content at Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine( Print, Digital and Live), Chair of the National Custom and Self-Build Association( NaCSBA), presenter of multiple property TV shows and author of Renovating for Profit( Ebury). Michael is one of the country’ s leading property experts. He was presenter of Channel 5’ s‘ I Own Britain’ s Best Home’ and previously presented ITV’ s‘ Don’ t Move Improve’ and‘ Good Bid Good Buy’.
Richard Hawkes Architect
Saturday and Sunday Only
Richard established Hawkes Architecture in 2008 following the building of his own pioneering Passive House which featured on Grand Designs in 2009. Since then Hawkes Architecture has become the preeminent national specialist in achieving planning consent for exceptional new“ paragraph 80” dwellings in the open countryside. Hawkes Architecture is firmly on the map as being a leader in designing some of the most advanced and inspirational sustainable low energy homes in the country.
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