New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 74

REBOUND
REBUILD
When a fire destroyed their longtime
home, a Bedford couple and their
design-build team met the challenge
to create anew.
F
OR MANY PEOPLE, a brand-new home is
a dream come true. So it was for Surrinder and
Michael Sandhu of Bedford, but the circumstances
resulting in their new residence were no less than a
nightmare. An electrical fire in the attic burned the
couple's former house to the ground shortly after Thanksgiving
in 2015, leaving them and their three children to live
in temporary quarters for two and a half years while various
insurance and construction issues were sorted out. " One
day we woke up, and at the end of the day we didn't have
a house, " says Michael.
Eventually, however, with the community rallying around
them and a thoughtfully selected design-build team in place,
their former home was replaced, and they were able to move
forward with their lives, grateful for both the local support that
kept their spirits buoyed through a difficult time and the expert
professionals who worked with them to construct a new home,
one that responded to their needs even better than their former
one had. The new house was built on the same footprint as the
old one, but that's where the similarities end. A core team made
up of Jason Aselin of JAD Design Group, interior designer Emily
Shakra and Legacy Homes collaborated on a plan for a grand
yet cozy house that literally rose like a phoenix from the ashes.
Where they would rebuild was never an issue. " We originally
chose this location because of its convenient proximity to the
highway and schools and its beautiful perch on top of a small
hill in a quiet neighborhood, " shares Surrinder, who was also
happy with their former home's brick exterior, which matched
the other homes in the neighborhood. Her husband, however,
favored a more New-England look for the rebuild.
In the end, says Aselin, the Sandhus and he settled on a style
he calls New England Craftsman colonial, which, in this case,
BY JANICE RANDALL ROHLF
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN W. HESSION
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