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REAL PROJECT NEW BUILD
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HOMEOWNERS Clive Barrett and Sue Prytherch
LOCATION Cambridgeshire
PROJECT New build
HOUSE TYPE Detached 1.5-storey, four-bedroom house
SIZE 375m ² house; 55m ² garage
BUILD ROUTE Builder, subcontractors, DIY
BUILD TIME 16 months
PLOT COST £450,000
BUILD COST £590,000
VALUE £2 million+
Forty years ago, I bought nine acres of land and some run-down farm buildings, purely as somewhere to keep my daughter’s horse,” says Clive Barrett. “Back then there was absolutely no chance of building in the open countryside, but years later the planning rules changed, which allowed us to convert our Victorian stable block and cowshed