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    Greener by design

    Jun 02, 2022 3 minutes

    HOMEOWNERS Martin McCrae and Mhairi Grant

    LOCATION Kippen, Stirling

    SIZE 132m2

    BUILD ROUTE DIY

    CONSTRUCTION Stick-build timber frame

    BUILD TIME Six years (2014 - 2020)

    PLOT COST £135,000 (in 2012)

    BUILD COST £250,000

    VALUE £800,000 (estimated)

    WORDS Amy Reeves

    PHOTOGRAPHY David Barbour

    After working on a substantial renovation and extension for Mhairi’s parents, she and husband Martin, founders of Paper Igloo Architecture, looked to their own home — a renovated flat in Glasgow that they couldn’t get above 16ºC in winter. It was clear a new home was

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