Natalia Shumakova, owner of the Bekhovo Estate Repair and revelopment The renovation took two years. At first, the Shumakovs were looking for a team to take on the job: the craftsmen convinc them that it was easier to demolish the house and rebuild it than to fix up the existing building.
Some of the logs had rott, rooms
In one room there was a gaping hole all the way to the ground. The future estate lack bathrooms and heating: there was a broken stove that was impossible to restore. The main question that the restorers fac was whether it was possible to save the old logs. The new owners consult with three construction teams to make sure that the logs could be sav: they only ne to be treat and repaint.
Natalia Shumakova believes
That this feeling gives the special spirit of the house, in which several generations liv. During the renovation, they tri to preserve the layout as skype database much as possible. Minor changes were made to accommodate four guest bathrooms instead of the old stove.
The builders laid the floors and made new ceilings
Install heating, and equipp the basement with a boiler room and utility room. My husband suggest expanding one of the rooms at the expense of the i prefer to lengthen a page with several veranda. At first, the designer and builders did not believe that it was possible to knock down a wall and create a single space, but it turn out fantastic. The former veranda turn into a kitchen-living room with huge windows, which smoothly flows into the living rooms and stairs.
The name “Byokhovo Estate”
Was born because of the layout: the house is divid into two halves by antique doors. They are clearly not from the same era – perhaps the first owner usa data brought them from somewhere. He was a musician, artist and builder, he design and decorat the building himself.