House of the week

WITH four decades of building high-end houses under his tool-belt, Tim Lawton is still producing top-end houses - albeit slowly, one at a time.

“It’s like therapy for me, I could be off living abroad or out all the time on a golf course, but I just love building. Here, I’ve given it my best shot, I couldn’t do any better. Even in recessionary times, I couldn’t hold back, I got the best of tradespeople available to me, we all got on superbly. Everyone pulled together: in fact, when you get good people, it’s all very easy. I defy anyone to build better quality,” Lawton proudly asserts.

In most builders’ mouths, those words could ring hollow, but he’s preceded by his reputation.