- EXCLUSIVE: Lucy Peck’s dwelling in Kent was slammed after a contemporary refurb
- She changed its conventional look with a imposing two-storey glazed porch
- Critics referred to as it ‘gross’ however Lucy ‘doesn’t care’ as a result of her household loves it
A mother-of-two has hit-back at critics who slammed her for remodeling her ‘stunning’ Nineteen Thirties interval dwelling right into a £1.4 million ‘chav’ home.
Lucy Peck, 43, accused trolls of getting a ‘unhappy lives’ after they referred to as the household dwelling in Chatham, Kent ‘gross’ and ‘ugly’ following its dramatic refurb.
The home, named ‘Peckingham Palace’ by Mrs Peck and her husband – has gone viral after its facelift was highlighted on an city planning web site on social media.
Its conventional look was changed with a double-storey rear extension and an imposing two storey glazed porch with a big driveway.
Mrs Peck and her husband additionally added an out of doors swimming pool and big triple storage.
Architects described it as a ‘giant, gentle, up to date dwelling’ however critics have been scathing after earlier than and after photos have been posted on X, previously generally known as Twitter.
However, Mrs Peck is unphased by the criticism and informed MailOnline: ‘I do not care what folks say. We are very pleased with it.
‘I like it. We like it and we’re pleased with it.’
Lucy Peck, 43, accused trolls of getting a ‘unhappy lives’ after they referred to as the household dwelling (pictured) in Chatham, Kent ‘gross’
The Pecks changed the home’s conventional look with a double rear extension and an imposing two storey glazed porch with a big driveway.
Mrs Peck mentioned whereas the home’s unique look (left) was ‘stunning’, its ‘fashionable’ refurb (proper) is extra her ‘fashion’
Hundreds of 1000’s of individuals considered the earlier than and after pictures on X, with the caption: ‘Happy f*****g vivid, shiny, stick-on, plastic, New Year everybody!’
One response mentioned: ‘Does this college of structure have a reputation but? Belle Epoxy. High Chav. Anteapocalypse.’
Another mentioned: ‘The lumpy concrete backyard is an aesthetic contact.’
Martin Sarker wrote: ‘Such an attractive previous home become a gross glass and plastic lump. I’m seeing it too typically. Buy some land and construct your carbunkle there as a substitute.’
Another mentioned: ‘That’s such an unsightly improve.’
But Mrs Peck mentioned she wished to present the home a recent improve.
The mum informed MailOnline: ‘We utilized for planning permission, received it, and turned it into what we wished.
‘We wished to maneuver with the instances. Don’t get me incorrect, it was an attractive home earlier than. But fashionable is our fashion.
‘It’s what we like and go for and that is what we’ve labored in direction of. And we’re very happy.
‘I do not care if persons are sad or what they’re saying on Twitter.
‘I want I had the time to take a seat there complaining about different folks’s properties on social media to be trustworthy however I do not.
‘If that is all they have to fret and touch upon then they have very unhappy lives.
‘It doesn’t trouble me in any respect.’
Mrs Peck (pictured, outdoors her dwelling) mentioned she ‘would not care’ what critics on social media consider her dwelling as a result of her household ‘loves it’
Mrs Peck and her husband additionally added an out of doors swimming pool and big triple storage
Mrs Peck and her household named their £1.4million dwelling ‘Peckingham Palace’
Critics slammed Mrs Peck’s home transformation when earlier than and after photos have been shared on an city planning account on X
Mrs Peck, who lives within the dwelling together with her husband and three youngsters, mentioned it was valued at £520,000 in 2019.
After the work was full, she mentioned it was price £1.4m.
She mentioned she didn’t know the way a lot the challenge itself had value.
The couple, who run a scaffolding enterprise, have labored ‘very exhausting’ on the challenge, she mentioned.
She added: ‘It’s our joyful household dwelling. We designed it. It’s our challenge and we have been concerned in each resolution.
‘The neighbours like it. We have by no means had any complaints from anyone.
‘I had no thought 1000’s of individuals have been it on Twitter and commenting.
‘That has taken me again. I can not imagine anyone would have such robust emotions about it.
‘But everybody can say what they like, it is as much as them.
‘We have labored very exhausting to have the ability to do it. And it has improved the worth of the home.’
One neighbour, who didn’t need to be recognized, mentioned: ‘I believe it is nice. I do not see what the issue with it will be in any respect.
‘It’s as much as them to do what they need on the finish of the day.’
The architects described the property, which was accomplished in 2019, as: ‘The design incorporates a big open deliberate rear extension to create a beneficiant kitchen/eating/dwelling space with an intensive collection of bi-fold doorways and glazing which makes the many of the relationship with the rear backyard and new exterior swimming pool.
Internal remodelling will remodel the home into an attractive 5-bed household dwelling enabling the shoppers to each chill out and entertain of their new dream dwelling. ‘