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Sophie Law

Family's modern architect house on Scotland's Home of the Year has viewers 'speechless'

A family's incredible modern property in the running to be Scotland's Home of the Year has left viewers 'blown away'.

The Garden House, in St Andrews, appeared in the latest episode of the BBC property show, and is a stunning home built around a pond and greenery.

Married couple Helen and Ben Gray, who live with their son Zach, 15, and three-year old spaniel Soda, worked with an architect to design the family home with the garden at the heart of it.

In the episode, Helen said: "For me, the key thing was connection with the garden. I love gardening, I love growing food, I love plants.

The Garden House, in St Andrews, appeared in the latest episode of the BBC property show (BBC)

"I wanted it to be very easy to go outside. In fact, all the rooms you can basically step through a window and you're outside in the garden.

"This house makes it very easy to live the way we want to live, and I love that about it."

Scotland's Home of the Year viewers were stunned by the both the exterior and interior of the incredible home, with one person calling it a 'clear winner'.

Married couple Helen and Ben Gray live with their son Zach, 15, and three-year old spaniel Soda (BBC)

Taking to social media, one fan said: "That last house in St.Andrews. Wow. Simply wow. A no brainer. So looking forward to the next episode. 'St.Andrews' has set a very high bar! #SHOTY ".

Another wrote: "That’s an absolute stunner #SHOT Y".

"That Modernist house is sublime #SHOTY," one person commented while another wrote: "Love this one! #shoty #house3 architect's wet dream!"

Meanwhile, another wrote: "The garden house. A sanctuary. Love it #SHOTY ", to which one replied: "It has me speechless #shoty #house3 ".

Scotland's Home of the Year viewers were stunned by the both the exterior and interior (BBC)

Judges architect Michael Angus, interior designer Anna Campbell-Jones and lifestyle blogger Kate Spiers were seriously impressed with the house.

Stepping through the front door, Michael had to refrain from swearing in shock as he saw the stunning interior and garden.

He said "From the moment of seeing this home I fell in love with it."

The modernist house in St Andrews (BBC)

The property ended up getting the highest score of 10 from all three of the judges, putting it through to the final with the chance to be crowned the winner.

The successful BBC Scotland ten-part series will see them choosing a finalist in each of nine regions across the country, before picking an overall winner later in the year.

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