Homebuilding & Renovating

A fresh start

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HOMEOWNERS Mark and Sarah Astall

LOCATION Louth, Lincolnshire

SIZE 325m²

BUILD TIME 8 months (April - December 2019)

PLOT COST £250,000

BUILD COST £889,043

VALUE Unknown

Mark and Sarah Astall had experience of self building and conservation work — when the couple first moved to Louth they had bought a home directly from a builder which was just a shell to be completed by themselves. Then, a few years later, a friend of theirs secured planning permission to construct three oak frame homes and two

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