Houses on Sandbanks Road, Lilliput, Poole

Standing out from the unremarkable houses around them, this little pair are a breath of fresh air in the very suburban suburb of Lilliput. They share a basic outline look, but one is more curves and one is more angles. They also share a driveway, so I imagine have a common origin and architect. Round the corner (or on the corner) is another '30s house I couldn't photograph when I first visited the area, because it was swathed in scaffolding. This was, I only later discovered, because it was being extended - upward - and completely refurbished inside. The project was featured on Channel Four TV's programme Property Ladder and you can find out all about it by clicking here. The outside work and new colour scheme is very much in keeping and even the roof extension looks pretty good - but I can't say I find the interior refurb particularly appropriate. Anyway, from the outside it looks splendid.

Not  very far away in Lagoon Road are a couple of interesting modernist houses, and if you venture round into Salterns Way you'll find about half-a-dozen of them, largely '30s, with curving walls, bold bands of colour, and glazed staircase 'towers', but also a little square white 1990s block to being us completely up to date.