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HOMEOWNERS Rob and Emma Pollard and their daughters

LOCATION East Sussex

PROJECT Renovation and addition of upper storey

BUILD ROUTE Self project-managed by Rob (RX Architects)

BUILD TIME Just under 10 months (Nov 2018 - Aug 2019)

PROJECT COST £220,000 +VAT

Architect Rob Pollard and wife Emma were on the hunt for a project when they found a three-bedroom 1970s home in a village near Rye in East Sussex. Rob had ambitious plans to transform the dormer bungalow into a sleek four-bedroom timber-clad home.

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