Country Life

Home, sweet home

BY the end of this year, the first Huf House to be built on the Isle of Man will be complete. Designed in conjunction with architect Peter Huf, this reinterpretation of clean mid-20th-century structures, which is set in the hills and enjoys expansive views of the mountains and the Irish Sea, is made of concrete and timber, with a sleek flat roof inspired

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