SEEING double

Architect Rob Pollard and wife Emma were on the hunt for a project when they found a three-bedroom 1970s home in a village near Rye in East Sussex. Rob had ambitious plans for totally transforming the chalet bungalow into a sleek and boxy four-bedroom timber-clad property. After buying in 2016, shortly before their daughter, Olivia, was born, they lived in it for two years before starting work. This allowed time for them to develop and tweak ideas for this radical revamp. The project began in 2018, and they rented locally while work went on – even staying with Rob’s