Jonathan's solution was to remodel the top two floors by carving out a double-height space to one side of the house, creating an open living area holding a sitting room and kitchen with a dining table. The greatest challenge laid in the low ceiling heights, which were 1.9 metres high at best. Ladder-like wooden stairways connect the different levels of the house but without landings and corridors, so that each living space flows directly into the next.
The house is arranged over four levels, with a timber-frame structure sitting on a stone base. Architect Jonathan Tuckey found this timber panelled chalet in the Swiss Alps on a family ski holiday in 2008.
