This run-down property located in an amazing position on the banks of the river Dart was in need of some serious work. Access was by river or by a very narrow single lane road – not suitable for most vans and definitely not for lorries. Its transformation required strategic planning and logistics to enable the work to take place and for materials to get to site. It is now a newly constructed beautiful building, with its contemporary staircase winding up through all floors and providing an atrium of natural light. The layout has been redistributed throughout with a ground floor of amenities and a garden studio opening out onto the stone terrace and the river; the first floor has the main living, dining rooms and kitchen; the second floor has the master ensuite bedroom and takes advantage of the full width of the house and its panoramic river view; the top floor incorporates the main entrance and the other ensuite bedrooms.