REAL PROJECT CLASS Q CONVERSION
TIMELINE
HOMEOWNERS Teresa Townsend and Keith Hayes
LOCATION Devon
PROJECT Class Q barn conversion
HOUSE TYPE Detached four-bedroom house
SIZE 492m2
BUILD ROUTE Architect and building company
BUILD TIME 16 months
PLOT COST £600,000
BUILD COST £1.2 million
VALUE £3.25 million+
Buying a plot of land unseen is not usually advised as the best route to follow when building your own home, but that’s exactly what Teresa Townsend and Keith Hayes chose to do. “A piece of land with some timber barns suddenly came onto the market in a great location near our home in Devon while we were on holiday,’ says Teresa. “Luckily, we trusted our builder friend Tim
