"Since all the houses are now sold, details below, I am concentrating on the Charities to whom I have given the money. I am closely involved in the projects they are running and am in regular contact with them. It is very rewarding to actaully meet the children who are taking delivery of their new motorised wheelchairs, to see the young Polka Theatre group taking shape, to know that the Fairbridge youngsters are out there taking part in projetcs and learning how to trade and make money. Being a Patron of "Yes 2 Life" will be a new experience for me and I intend to work closely with them and others in their marketing and future planning.
The last 2 years has been an enormous learing curve for me and I have been priviledged to have been given access to so much information and have received such kindness from the Charities I am involved with. I hope after my year end in September to take a break and then think how to earn that £300,000 to make my Give Away a total of £1million! The project was more successful that I could ever have imagined and some needy and disadvantaged lives have already been changed as a result."
Charlotte Grobien
Managing Director August 2007
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| The Final Result! |
February 2007 : 11 and 12 Akehurst street from the outside are both sold!
The 29ft kitchen dining room opens onto a wooden deck which leads to the garden - 92ft and west facing it is mature and secluded |
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| Sold! |
 This lovely little house has been SOLD!!
Dolly's House to be re-named The Coach House has been sold by an article in the Sunday Times and the new owners have renamed it
THE COACH HOUSE!
Our first sale was very exciting and the new owners have moved in and are delighted with their new house.
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| Give It Away Appointed The Following Suppliers For Akehurst St and to Dryburgh Rd |
Burge and Gunson from Colliers Wood will be supplying bathrooms to this project. Here is the master bathroom in no 11 Akehurst St.
Burge and Gunson are London's largest independent bathroom specialists and cover London and the South East of England.
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The kitchens were supplied by David Moore, Moore By Design from Walton-on-Thames and this was the finished result in no 12. Akehurst St - high gloss vanilla units wth black granite work tops, appliances from Neff and tiles by Saloni. Moore by Design is a family run, independent kitchen specialist offering the highest standards to their discerning customers.
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Saloni Tiles from Castellon in Spain will be supplying tiles for this project. Their UK office is run by James Crawley who will be supplying flooring and tiles for bathrooms and living areas.
Saloni is a leading company with over 30 years experience in the tile industry and has been awarded numerous prizes that guarantee the quality of its products. This is the claokroom in No 11. Akehurst St with Brian Yates signature wallpaper.
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| Contact details for all our suppliers and supporters can be found on our supporters page ... |
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| As of June 17th, Give it Away now owns development number 2! |
The second project was a plot of land in Dryburgh Rd, Putney, where we had permission to build a highly desirable, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom freehold coach house, with its own garden, parking area, and open plan downstairs living. The building work began in January 2006 and we finished it in September 2006. We sold it ahead of its completion!
Another amazing basement provides an excellent space for use as a study, playroom, games area or leisure plasma room.
Outline plans of both properties are below.
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Posted 17th June 05 |
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| Demolition Day! |
These are some of the pictures we took - it was an exciting process to watch!
The site was soon cleared and excavated ready for the basement installation. As both houses were a timber frame constuction, progress was rapid.
20th August 2005
 This property in Akehurst Street, a lovely, quiet cul-de-sac in the Putney Heath/Roehampton area, was demolished at the beginning of July and was Give it Away’s first project. we created two new luxury, four bedroom, three bathroom houses with a full basement including, a utility room, cloakroom and play/study/recreation area with natural light. The kitchen is a delightful open plan design with full lenght sliding folding glass doors leading out onto a deck overlooking the garden.
The garden is a delight – it is a mature, woodland garden more associated with country, than town living. There are numerous flowering trees, shrubs, climbers and roses providing a safe and private haven. There is also off street parking for one car.
 On the first floor there are two bedrooms with bathrooms en suite and the second floor has a further two bedrooms and one bathroom. It is an ideal family home or a spacious house for young professionals looking for extra rooms for guests and entertaining.
We installed all the latest extras which are part of today’s luxury living standards, with elegant bathrooms, state of the art kitchens, underfloor heating, all around sound, modern security systems, outdoor lighting and so on!
To see the full photo gallery, CLICK HERE.
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The basement installed at Akehurst Street offers an amazing habitable space with light, windows and doors to the garden and an impressive storage facility. 
