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HOMEOWNERS Alison and Colin Fayle
LOCATION Fife, Scotland
PROJECT Oak-framed extension
HOUSE TYPE Detached three-bedroom 1990s house
SIZE 220m²
BUILD ROUTE Architect and oak framing company
BUILD TIME Nine months
HOUSE COST £299,000 in 2007
BUILD COST £114,000
VALUE £450,000+
Alison and Colin Fayle considered 17 different properties when they planned to relocate to Scotland from London with their two children, but the only house which Colin refused to go and see was the one they ended up buying.
“It was a very
