Red Wynd features
(clockwise from right)
an extended kitchen,
galleried reception and
snooker room.
like ships in the night during the week.”
Unsurprisingly, the stunning gym is one of Gary’s
favourite rooms in the house. “I use it just about every day,”
he says. “I go straight in there when I get in from work in
the evening. I tend to do more weights than I do cardio,
while Hayley does it the other way around. We don’t have
personal trainers - we’re motivated, as we’re trying to keep
the old age at bay.”
Entering Red Wynd via the main entrance from the gated
grounds, you are greeted by an elegant galleried reception
hall with a shining chandelier hanging above solid oak
flooring. To the right is 600 sq ft of kitchen/diner featuring
a stunning range of bespoke hand-built solid walnut kitchen
units with solid granite work surfaces. Extended by Gary
and Hayley, the kitchen/diner now looks out across the
neighbouring golf course, while bi-fold doors and separate
French doors open onto the patio areas and a rear garden
featuring a summer house.
Back inside, a cosy TV room with wood burning stove
leads through to a snooker room featuring a three-quarters
length snooker table that came with the house.
“This room is lovely for entertaining,” says Gary. “If we’ve
got friends round, we’ll sit in here, put the music on and the
guys will play snooker while the girls chat.”
Is the businessman an amateur Ronnie O’Sullivan, we
ask? “Err, no, I’m not that good considering I’ve got a
snooker table. It is a great social thing when the lads are
round, but it has lost its novelty for me so I only tend to play
when people are here.”
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The room in which both Gary and Hayley spend more
time than anywhere else is less impressive but far more
important – a small office at the front of the house. “We
both regularly work from home and find ourselves sitting
across the desk from one another,” he says. “We own four
businesses between us so there’s always something going on
and it’s good to bounce things off one another if anyone gets
stuck. Hayley’s better at technology than I am so she’s my IT
support!”
Now, however, they think it may be time to move on from
their dream home for pastures new.
The house is up for sale with estate agents Michael Poole.
Gary explains: “We don’t really want to sell but if we got the
right price for it we’d sell it because it’s actually too big for
the two of us and a dog. Our children, Emily and Adam,
have grown up and moved out – though they’re often back
for family get-togethers.
“It is a forever house but it is just too big for us now.
Funnily enough, it has never felt too big as a home
because the rooms are a nice proportion without being too
impersonal, but now the kids have gone we’ve got more
rooms than we know what to do with. We’re in no hurry but
it’s time for a fresh start.”
WATCH: We chat with Gary and look
around his beautiful Wynyard home on film –
see it now in the online version of Tees Life at
tees-life.co.uk
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