Homebuilding & Renovating

Into the blue

HOMEOWNERS Daniela and Duncan Forbes

LOCATION West Edinburgh

PROJECT Remodelled and extended 1950s villa

SIZE 150m2

BUILD ROUTE Main contractor

CONSTRUCTION Timber frame for roof and inner leaf of walls, blockwork outer leaf of walls, aluminium mesh cladding

BUILD TIME Six months (Jun 19 - Nov 19)

BUILD COST £104,500

VALUE Undisclosed

WORDS Caroline Ednie

David Barbour When Daniela and Duncan Forbes bought an unusual 1950s two-storey detached villa in a village near Edinburgh, they

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