Sarah Peake has noticed an increase in clients and potential clients looking at new homes in the country, or wanting to establish themselves full-time in an existing country house that had previously been a holiday bolt-hole - a trend that is likely to grow as working from home is normalised.Peake predicts that this will have an impact on the design of country houses: she is currently working on a converted stables where the client has requested a luxury gym with very high-spec equipment.
Practical considerations are coming to the fore too: “I always stress the importance of ‘back of house areas’ to support a fully functioning family home,” says Peake.“I can see it being more important than ever to have large pantries and storage, and I can.
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