Case Studies

An Extension

  • Owner: Wyn & Lesley Jones
  • Location: Powys
  • Property Size: 1870sqft
  • Build Time: 6 months

When Wyn and Lesley Jones saw the frame of their new extension rising out of the ground, it was a rewarding moment after two years of planning. But it was a surprising moment for local friends, says Lesley. “We were new to the area when we bought the house and people couldn’t understand why an extension was taking so long…more

A Cottage

  • Owner: Peter & Jennifer Trewren
  • Location: Warwickshire
  • Property Size: 2000sqft
  • Land Size: eighth of an acre
  • Land Cost: circa.£100,000
  • Build Time: 1 year
  • Total Cost: £275,000
  • Value: £425,000

“We couldn’t find a suitable house in the village and in the end we found what we were looking for right outside our window,” says Peter. “We lived in a six-bedroom house with a garden of around a quarter of an acre, so we decided to submit planning permission to build a house at the bottom.” Initially the…more

A Grand Adventure

  • Owner: David & Prue Furse Roberts
  • Location: Buckinghamshire
  • Property Size: 3000 sqft
  • Land Size: 1 acre
  • Build Time: 1 year

David and Prue Furse Roberts have been living in their oak frame house for four years and have no regrets about building in oak. In fact, they rather hope that in doing so, their house might have its own place in history one day. The Furse Roberts decided to build their own home back in the early 2000s.…more

A Sunroom

  • Owner: Colin Leech
  • Location: Warwickshire
  • Property Size: 6m-diameter
  • Build Time: 11 months
  • Total Cost: £52,000
  • Value: £650,000

More than twenty years ago, Colin Leech and his wife, Norma came across a photograph of a circular conservatory in a magazine. They really liked the idea and cut the picture out and stuck it on their fridge. Then in 2002 Norma’s parents passed away, bequeathing the Leechs a dilapidated house on two acres in Kent. The decision to…more

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