First Residents Move Into Award-Winning Development...

Jenny Brown and Paul Colebourne are the first residents to move into their new home at Wyndham Place, Tisbury built by independent developer C G Fry & Son well-renowned for their part over the last 20 years working with the Duchy of Cornwall on the prestigious Poundbury development.  Site manager Adrian White was recently awarded a Quality Award in the ‘Pride in the Job’ 2013 for the development organised by the National House Building Council (NHBC) for the South West region.  A ‘Pride in the Job award’ is the highest industry accolade a site manager can receive.

Jenny together with partner Paul own a house in London and are looking to make their new 3-bed detached house at Wyndham Place their primary residence going forward.  She says: “We are absolutely delighted with our new home and Adrian White Fry’s site manager and Joe Bond the Finishing Foreman couldn’t be more friendly and helpful.  Tisbury estate agent Arundell James have given an excellent service looking after our every need.  They introduced us to Annabel from the C G Fry sales team who gave us a guided tour of Poundbury so we could see first-hand the quality of their build before we visited Wyndham Place site.”

Tisbury was recommended as one of the top 25 places to live in Britain by The Sunday Times with great amenities and transport links.  As part of a green-scheme travel plan introduced by C G Fry & Son in conjunction with Wiltshire Council, the company is making finances available to install bike-racks around Tisbury and at the local railway station. Up to £800 is available to each household towards the costs of travel by means other than the private car.  This sum on offer is available to the first occupiers of each dwelling for one year from the date of occupancy.

C G Fry’s Wiltshire development on Hindon Lane offers a rare chance to acquire a new and charming home in one of the county’s most appealing rural areas whilst enjoying a contemporary, premier internal specification with private dwellings ranging from £250,000 - £675,000.  It will appeal to a broad range of people home-owners including retired couples; families and young professionals.  A mixed development Wyndham Place includes partnership housing; Guinness Trust affordable homes and 20 individual commercial units to support the small business community and help boost local economy with good road and rail links to the A303 and A30 trunk roads.

Jenny Brown comments: “Tisbury is a charming little town and we love the lifestyle with its delightful independent shops, cafes and restaurants.  We have used local suppliers for all our requirements including carpets, curtains and lighting. The town has everything we need including a Post Office, Bank and a wonderful church.  We can stroll into the centre or take longer walks in the stunning Nadder Valley. The rail and road links are excellent which means we can easily commute to London from Tisbury railway station and the city of Salisbury is just one-stop away. The local people are very friendly and we feel safe and comfortable here. The mixed development includes privately owned houses; affordable housing and commercial units which gives a real community feel, one of the main attractions for us.”

www.cgfry.co.uk

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‘Grand Designs’ can be a Piece of Cake!

The National ‘Tea with an Architect’, (TWAA) scheme founded by Gabrielle Omar, member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and a former contestant on BBC1’s ‘The Apprentice’, comes to Exeter.  TWAA seeks to give architects a ‘brand overhaul’ and the regular ‘tea sessions’ hope to integrate communities and address common misconceptions about the role of architects in a relaxed and friendly environment over a cup of tea and a slice of cake.

The RIBA and its members has backed Gabrielle Omar with the launch of this campaign and the first of a planned series of Exeter-based events was held at The Magdalen Chapter Hotel.  Members of the public had the opportunity to meet local RIBA architects and get free impartial advice and ideas for their build project.  The Exeter event held a charity raffle with all funds going to ShelterBox, the South West based disaster relief charity that provides emergency shelter and supplies for families around the world.

Exeter RIBA chair Kirsty Curnow Bayley says: “Making ourselves more accessible to the public is important to give them have a greater understanding of what we do as a profession and how we can help them achieve better designed homes.  We are going to hold regular events and this, our first, was a perfect opportunity for people to get some great free design advice.  Whether they are planning a new kitchen or a ‘Grand Design’ scheme, these events will help them get the process started in order to transform their dreams into a reality."

Gabrielle joined local architects at the Exeter launch to greet guests and give a presentation on the profile of modern architecture as part of the ‘Love Architecture’ campaign. 

Gabrielle Omar – Director Gabrielle Omar And Associates says: “Tea with an Architect’ attempts to produce a platform where members of the public can find their local ‘tea session’ whether it be a ‘Tea With An Architect’ organised event or an existing running session that local architects have formed themselves. Within these ‘tea sessions’, people are invited to bring along ideas, designs and questions for a free consultation with a local architect on topics relating from anything to personal home renovation to desired community aspirations.”

www.teawithanarchitect.com

Ground-Breaking Health Screening Company Launches in South-West

A newly formed local company is to provide a ground-breaking health screening service to clients across the South West.  Exeter-based business partners Terri Bainbridge and Lisa Portman have launched Thermalogica, providing revolutionary Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI).  A sophisticated camera is used to detect heat in order to measure the physiological activity, creating a map or thermal fingerprint of the infrared patterns of the body.

Still relatively new to the UK, DITI is widely established throughout America and some parts of Europe and is supported by 30 years of research and over 8000 published medical studies.  Thermal Imaging is used as an aid for diagnosis and prognosis for various health issues including strokes, heart disease and cancers.  The thermal scans also provide an insight for people who have incurred injuries and wish to monitor their rehabilitation.  This non-invasive procedure is painless and emits no radiation therefore it is even safe for use on children.

 

Two years ago Terri was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer at just 39.  Whilst undergoing chemotherapy her daughter Billie aged 4 was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour and the ‘Billie Butterfly fund’ was launched to fundraise for her treatment in America and research into the disease raising nearly £400,000.  Sadly, Billie passed away last summer shortly after her 5th birthday.

Following her operation Terri was advised that a large tumour found, which had not shown up on the mammogram, had probably started growing in her mid-twenties.  Her subsequent research into this disease led her to thermal imaging which specialises in early disease detection throughout the whole body and although not yet widely available in the UK it is extensively used in America for breast screening.

 Terri Bainbridge co-founder of Thermalogica says: “When I found a small lump in my breast and was diagnosed with cancer I was given the choice to have the whole breast removed or just the lump.  I chose to have the whole breast removed just to be sure and was shocked when told that this had probably been growing undetected for approximately 15 years. Lisa and I carried out extensive negotiating and training and set up Thermalogica Health Screening this year to enable people to take charge of their own health.  In particular, we wanted to give women concerned about breast cancer the opportunity to monitor this potential risk from a younger age to help catch disease at its earliest stage.”

Thermalogica offers a number of screening packages which can be tailored to individual clients, including upper or lower half body screening; full body screening; breast screening and regions of interest which work particularly well to help visualise pain and monitor injury rehabilitation.  Unlike X-rays, ultrasounds and mammography that show the structure of the body, Thermography detects subtle physiological changes and can identify how your body functions. 

Images are taken by Terri and Lisa; both fully trained clinical thermographers, before being sent via a secured server to a professional group of physicians trained in the protocols of reading thermal images. A full medical report is then produced by the dedicated team of doctors who are registered Thermologists. The images are archived in a secure data base and future scans are compared to the earlier images to monitor any changes over a period of time.

Lisa Portman co-founder of Thermalogica says “Thermal imaging is set apart from any other health screening tool and can show signs of disease such as diabetes before it would be detected from a blood test and potential cancer up to 8-10 years before it shows on a mammogram.  Having supported Terri over the past two years, we decided  to create a company that could  bring Harley Street technology to the South West without the London price tag. This technology is widely used in other countries for health screening, and what we can detect sometimes at its earliest stage is astounding – so why not have it available to everyone in the South West?’ Lisa says ‘We can help Men, women and children of any age to screen for unexplained pain or injury as well as early stage disease detection – especially cancer.’

www.thermalogica.co.uk