The design story behind our viral North Norfolk home – Leo
If you found us yesterday through our collaborative, high-performing reel with The Modern House, welcome, & thank you.
That single piece of content just hit over 50,000 views, accumulated almost five days of watch time in 24 hours & reached over 35,000 accounts. And it is still rising. We are truly overwhelmed by the engagement & interest.
Beyond the views: the architecture.
Looking past the spectacular drone shots, beautifully crafted images & slick b-roll edit provided for us by KAL Films, we want to share the design philosophy that makes Leo so exceptionally special, even in a region where there are some stunning architects, designers & builders doing wonderful things along the gloriously unspoilt North Norfolk coastline.
Leo isn't just a house; it’s a bold architect’s vision for an old flint & chalk cottage – a masterclass in modern, functional architecture & the masterful manipulation of light, form & functionality.
Think of Leo as the architectural Old Fashioned cocktail: trading the past's muddled simplicity & clutter for clean, balanced, spirit-forward purity & style. The owners stripped away the unnecessary bulk, transforming the structure into an elegant, potent design (or Golden age Old Fashioned cocktail) to be relished & enjoyed.
This compact, but spacious home is setting fresh trends across the region by focusing on core, high-value design principles:
Retro-Modernity Defined: This speaks to how the owners successfully fused 60s & 70s aesthetics with 21st-century sustainability, all while honouring the cottage’s deep historic roots.
Light & Flow: The design excels in this area through the strategic use of enlarged metal-framed glazing to optimize the soft Norfolk light. This deliberate strategy creates seamless indoor-outdoor living, especially at the rear, where the simple garden grasses flow naturally with the breeze.
Future-Proofing: Underfloor heating, sustainable building materials, & modern insulation are all wrapped beautifully in heritage. The home provides everything a modern owner wants in terms of comfort & efficiency, without compromising its original character. The “best of both worlds” old cliche, justified.
As The Modern House perfectly encapsulates in their listing, "Old & new are in total ease… unexpected volumes are revealed inside, with light, materials & details carefully considered.”
The lifestyle up here in the big sky county is enviable. The properties are eclectic & exciting. It is, as they say in these parts, not slow living, but "Slow you down."
If you’re tempted by the North Norfolk life, we encourage you to see the property & design details on The Modern House website. And their incredible sister brand, Inigo. Their show-sopping houses are only rivalled & matched by their refreshingly slick, modern & paradigm-shifting approach to estate agency – driven by quality, image & relaxed professionalism (just like us!).
And for buyers who need expert, local knowledge & support, Flint Homes is here to provide straight-forward, dialled-in, boots-on-the-ground advice.
It all starts with a DM.
Or a good Old Fashioned call.
As it’s so darn lovely & Kristian’s images are too, here’s a few more pics than we usually do in a blog post, in a nice gallery. Enjoy!
