Casa Vita farmhouse at Chertsey Meads

Casa Vita

Chertsey Meads · River Thames · Surrey
A home for movement, food and connection
Welcome

A Mediterranean farmhouse
on the River Thames

Casa Vita is our home. A newly completed Mediterranean-style farmhouse sitting directly on the water at Chertsey Meads, built around the things we care about most — moving well, eating properly, and long mornings around a full table.

We open it up once a month for Casa Vita Saturdays, hosted by Coach Clem and Chef Sibs. The rest of the time it works as a location for filming, photoshoots and private hire. Everything served here is grown in our own kitchen garden or sourced from farms and suppliers within a few miles of the house. That is the whole ethos — farm to table, in the most literal sense we can manage.

The House

Rustic charm,
contemporary calm

At the heart of the house is a spectacular open-plan kitchen and living space, centred around a bespoke solid oak and granite island, antique limestone flooring and hand-aged Welsh oak beams. The kitchen opens seamlessly onto the riverside terrace, so inside and outside work as one continuous space.

Throughout, natural and reclaimed materials create depth, texture and warmth — Purbeck stone, reclaimed Croatian oak, French terracotta, antique limestone, Venetian plaster and Moroccan zellige tiles. Newly built, but with the feel of somewhere that has been here a very long time.

Outside, the private 0.33-acre grounds hold landscaped gardens, a greenhouse, the kitchen garden and direct river frontage.

Open-plan kitchen with oak and granite island
The farmhouse from the lawn
The Farmhouse
Riverside terrace
Riverside Terrace
Orangery
The Orangery
Principal suite
Principal Suite
Gardens running down to the Thames
River Frontage
Snug with stone fireplace
The Snug
The farmhouse from the drive
The Approach
Kitchen seen from the terrace
Inside Out
Kitchen under the vaulted beams
The Kitchen
The gym with its Black Box rig
The Gym
The library
The Library

60 sqm terrace

Directly over the Thames, with uninterrupted water views and a hand-aged Welsh oak pergola.

Outdoor kitchen

Historic oak dining table, grill kitchen and Gozney pizza oven.

Light-filled orangery

Five arched windows and reclaimed French terracotta flooring.

Three bedrooms

Including a principal suite with Venetian plaster, oak beams and a statement copper bath.

Fully equipped gym

Professional Black Box rig — an additional space for fitness and lifestyle content.

0.33-acre grounds

Landscaped gardens, greenhouse, kitchen garden and direct river frontage.

Training beside the river at Casa Vita

Casa Vita Saturdays

First Saturday of every month · 9am–12pm
Hosted by Coach Clem & Chef Sibs

One hour of training.
Then a very long brunch.

A morning of movement, good food, sunshine and plenty of time around the table.

Sessions are built for every level. The workout is genuinely fun and genuinely hard — scaled to whoever turns up. Afterwards, brunch is served on the terrace over the water. No need to change: stay in your gym kit and eat.

8.50am · Arrive

Settle in

Arrive from 8.50am so we can get everyone settled and ready to start at 9am sharp.

9.00am · Move

One hour hybrid training

A coached session with Coach Clem — full warm-up, then a hybrid workout suited to all levels. Finishes around 10am.

10.30am · Gather

Farm-to-table brunch

An exceptional brunch by Chef Sibs, served on the terrace overlooking the Thames. Grown here or sourced locally.

£65
Per person
14
Spaces only
3 hrs
9am – 12pm
1st Sat
Every month
Brunch laid out along the kitchen pass to the terrace Coached training session Shuttle runs beside the Thames Overhead lunges on the lawn Yoghurt, granola and berries Watermelon, feta and pomegranate Catching breath by the water Running by the river Overhead press beside the water Lunges on the lawn Bread fresh from the oven Chocolate loaf Between rounds Aubergine, tomato and feta Carrying plates out to the lawn Shuttle runs Catching breath Coach Clem by the river The Casa Vita group
About

Coach Clem & Chef Sibs

Casa Vita is our home, and the name says what we were after: casa for home, vita for life. We've been together eleven years and spent a lot of them travelling. Food, fitness and new places are our love languages, and food most of all.

Clementina's Italian heritage runs through everything here, and the Italian way of life is really the whole point of it. Eating well, eating together, and letting a meal take as long as it takes. Everybody around one table, nobody in a hurry, like a famiglia. The house was designed by Sibs around exactly that, long lunches, people staying late, a kitchen you can't get out of.

The rest follows on. Grow what we can in the garden, buy the rest from farmers and producers near us, cook it properly, and put it on a table that seats everybody. Opening it up on a Saturday morning was never really a business plan, it was wanting more people around that table.

Clem and Sibs
Coach Clem

Clem

Coach

Clem has spent over twenty years in the fitness industry, a Master Trainer at one of London's leading boutique studios, and coaching roles all over the world. Sessions here are hybrid and scaled to whoever's in front of her, built so the hardest hour of your week is also the most fun one. Her Italian heritage is where the name Casa Vita came from and, more to the point, where the belief that a workout should finish at a table comes from.

Chef Sibs

Sibs

Chef

Sibs is a self-taught chef, qualified in pizza, and cooks almost entirely from the places we've travelled. Every menu starts with whatever the kitchen garden is giving us that week and works backwards, filled in by farms and suppliers within a few miles. He also designed the house. The Purbeck stone, the reclaimed oak, the Gozney on the terrace were all drawn up around feeding a lot of people outdoors, which is what it now does once a month.

Farm to Table

Grown here.
Or grown nearby.

The menu is built around whatever the kitchen garden is giving us that week. Potatoes, tomatoes, courgettes, aubergines, beetroot, chillies, artichokes, herbs and salad are grown on site in our own raised beds and greenhouse, and picked the morning they are served. In late summer the blackberries come from the lanes around the Meads.

Everything else comes from local farms and suppliers we know by name — bread, dairy, eggs, meat and fish. Nothing travels further than it needs to. It is not a marketing line; it is simply how we cook at home, and it is why the food tastes the way it does.

Chef Sibs preparing brunch
Potatoes lifted from the kitchen garden
Potatoes, lifted this morning
Tomatoes ripening on the vine
Tomatoes on the vine
Aubergines growing in the kitchen garden
Aubergines
Chillies in the raised beds
Chillies in the beds
Blackberries foraged from the lanes
Blackberries, foraged
Tomatoes ripening
More tomatoes
Artichoke in the raised beds
Artichokes
Beetroot pulled from the beds
Beetroot
Reserve your place

Book a Casa Vita Saturday

Fourteen spaces per session. £65 per person, including training and brunch.

Total £65

One place per booking, so we have everyone's name, dietary requirements and any injuries. Booking for a friend? Please fill the form in again for them.

You'll be taken to our secure payment page to complete your booking.
Full refund if you cancel more than two weeks before the session.

Location Hire

A backdrop with
character built in

Casa Vita offers a rare blend of rustic Mediterranean charm and contemporary luxury. Just minutes from Shepperton and Longcross Studios and within easy reach of London, the property is a beautifully considered backdrop for filming, photoshoots, commercials, editorial and lifestyle productions.

The kitchen opens seamlessly onto the riverside terrace, allowing interior and exterior to work as one continuous space on camera. The 60 sqm terrace sits directly over the water — particularly suited to food, cooking, drinks and lifestyle shoots. Reclaimed materials throughout give a newly built property an established, characterful feel that photographs beautifully.

Location information and full photo pack available on request.

Film & TV Commercials Editorial Photoshoots Food & Drink Fitness & Lifestyle

We also consider bespoke private events. If you have something specific in mind, we'd love to hear about it.

Make an enquiry
Casa Vita as a filming location
Interior location Terrace location Grounds The orangery Principal suite The riverside terrace
Get in touch

Location & private hire enquiries

Tell us about your project and we'll send over location information, our photo pack and availability.

We aim to respond within 24 hours.

The Famiglia

Good food. Good people.
Good vibes.

What a session at Casa Vita! The perfect setting to be worked hard and to feel great, followed by an exceptional brunch. Can Saturdays be any better?

— Caz Mogg

Unreal experience from the start. The vibes were high, the food was next level and the workout hit every muscle in the body. 100% I’ll be returning and I already can’t wait for the next event.

— Nick Davies

Casa Vita is an absolute hidden gem. I’ve now been to two workout breakfast mornings and I’ll definitely be back for more. It’s really easy to book, and from the moment you arrive the whole experience feels special.

The riverside setting is incredible, Coach Clem gets the perfect balance between challenging and enjoyable, and then you sit down to an amazing feast from Chef Sibs, with homemade breads, salads, sweet treats and locally sourced ingredients.

I absolutely love the concept and what Casa Vita stands for. I’d encourage anyone to go and experience it, you won’t be disappointed.

— Ash Templeman
Questions

Good to know

Arrive from 8.50am so we can get everyone settled and start at 9am. The workout finishes around 10am, brunch is served from about 10.30am, and we usually wrap up by midday.

No. The workouts are suited to all levels and every movement can be scaled. They're built around having fun as much as giving you a good session — you'll be looked after whatever your starting point.

Just your gym kit, trainers and a water bottle. There's no need to change afterwards — you're very welcome to stay sweaty and enjoy brunch in your kit.

Yes, any dietary requirements and allergies can be accommodated. Add them to the booking form and Chef Sibs will sort everything ahead of the day.

Almost certainly. Note any injuries, niggles or conditions on the booking form and Coach Clem will adapt the session for you before you arrive.

Casa Vita, Hambleden, Chertsey Meads, Chertsey KT16 8LN. There is ample parking on site. If you're coming by train, Weybridge is the closest station — around 10 minutes by taxi or Uber.

Cancel more than two weeks before the session and you'll receive a full refund. Within two weeks of the session we're unable to offer a refund, as the food is ordered and places are held.

Fourteen. We keep it small deliberately — it's what makes the training properly coached and the table feel like a table.