This has been a tough one, we’ve changed our minds plenty of times! At present we love a combination of concrete and wood. We are thinking precast concrete stairs with a wooden tread… We just can’t decide whether to go with wood covering all of the concrete steps or just the treads… Note that theContinue reading “Moodboard – The Stairs”
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The numbers..financing the build…
We’ve taken some inspiration from building the dream and put together some costs….I always love when they do that on the show and especially the estimated value! Also the houses nearly always come in at much higher value at the end…here’s hoping that happens with our house The Land The land consists of a cottageContinue reading “The numbers..financing the build…”
Plans, Plans, Plans….
The above plans were passed before we became involved in the project, the builder wanted 2 3 storey houses but this was refused so asked the architect to design 1 4 bed house, this was granted planning straight away. When we were made aware of this opportunity we liked the plans straight away, the layoutContinue reading “Plans, Plans, Plans….”
First Blog / Story so far
Firstly, hello! And welcome to our very first blog post! Very exciting…well for us… As I write this post we are about to start with our first self build! We will be living in a 300 year old cottage on site whilst all this is going on…it isn’t as glam as it sounds..but we haveContinue reading “First Blog / Story so far”
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