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“The Curious Incident of the Bide in the Daytime!” ** If you happen to have spent your ‘exercise hours’, like many others during these lockdown months, walking along Mill Drove in Bourne, you will perhaps have seen a young couple beavering away at a curious structure, taking shape on the drive of one of the houses there.
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houghts might have included: What on earth is that going to be? Is it an extension to the house? Why is it on a metal frame with wheels? Just how big will it actually get? Could you perhaps live in it?
Well, the “Magnificent Mill Drove Mystery” is about to be resolved, following a most enlightening guided tour I was fortunate enough to have been granted recently by said couple, Scott and Caroline. In brief, it will be, (when completed, hopefully, in September) a “Contemporary Tiny House Holiday Retreat”, called “The Bide Cabin”. Caroline and Scott take up the story: “We were on a visit to the Bauhaus Museum in Berlin, where a number of young designers and architects had designed and built a series of ‘Tiny Houses’, each one constructed on a 2.5m x 6m trailer base. We were totally inspired by how each designer had approached the parameters of the challenge and made unique practical homes/ workshops. After a year of planning in London, we moved to Caroline’s parents’ home in Bourne and commenced the build in April 2020. Scott is a qualified architect and Caroline has a background in furniture design and interiors; together, we designed the cabin. It has been constructed on a flatbed trailer from Holland, designed especially for ‘Tiny Houses’. With no building experience, we have built the cabin together, learning as we go. The cabin will feature a super-king size bed, wood burning stove, curated library, home cinema and outdoor pizza oven. We are trying to use new technologies and alternative materials to showcase sustainable and low-energy design, incorporating features such as sheep’s wool insulated walls, a water-less toilet, a mist shower and mechanical heat recovery. We will move the cabin from Bourne to Dorset in September, where it will be let out for holidays on a vineyard.” For further information: E-mail hello@thebide.com Web thebide.com Social @thebidecabin (** - with apologies to Mark Haddon – Ed.)
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