Some properties stick in your mind – and for all the right reasons. Perhaps there’s something unusual about the location, or a clever piece of architecture. Sometimes it’s a house you wished you lived in.
I first visited this house on Cumberland Street South West Lane in Edinburgh’s Georgian New Town back in 2007. The owners at the time, Duncan and Fiona Porteous of Porteous Architecture, had previously been living in Aspen in Colorado and designing large scale houses of up to 20,000 sq/ft that were selling around the $20 million mark. Returning to Scotland during a booming property market – as it was nine years ago – the couple were faced with the challenge of finding something they could afford. Continue Reading…
