REAL PROJECT RENOVATION AND EXTENSION
RESIDENTS Amanda and Eric Goddard
LOCATION Littleover, Derbyshire
HOUSE TYPE 1930s semi-detached
HOUSE SIZE approx 300 m2
BUILD ROUTE Self-managed renovation
CONSTRUCTION Brick and block
RENOVATION TIME 10 months
HOUSE COST £235,000 in 2018
RENOVATION COST £113,000
CURRENT VALUE Circa £460,000
Amanda Goddard and her husband Eric had never renovated a house before. But they knew that the semidetached property in Amanda’s favourite part of the idyllic Derbyshire village of Littleover would need both updating and extending to achieve the perfect light and open living spaces of which they’d dreamed.
“We’re both from the village and have always loved the area,” says Amanda. “This was only the third property we’d looked at and the location was perfect — but it needed a
