REAL PROJECT ECO RETROFIT
TIMELINE
HOMEOWNER Aline Knowles
LOCATION Southwest London
PROJECT EnerPHit retrofit renovation
HOUSE TYPE Detached, three-storey, four-bedroom 1960s house
SIZE 180m²
BUILD ROUTE Builder and subcontractors
BUILD TIME 12 months
HOUSE COST £1.7 million
BUILD COST £498,000
VALUE £2.2 million+
This house is one of a kind, there’s absolutely nothing else like it in the area,” says Aline Knowles of the southwest London home she shares with her partner, Ross. “I love the blocky 1960s Brutalist style, the front balcony and reverse-level layout, but living with aluminium single-glazing for five years meant we froze in the winter months and the windows rattled whenever a
