HOMEOWNERS Stephen and Helen Surtees
LOCATION South Yorkshire
PROJECT Self-build bungalow
SIZE 289m ² (including garage)
BUILD ROUTE Built by main contractor
CONSTRUCTION SIPs panel system with masonry outer leaf
BUILD TIME 15 months
PLOT/HOUSE COST £285,000
BUILD COST £680,000
VALUE £1m
After searching for a house that met all their needs, Stephen and Helen Surtees decided that to get just what they wanted, they would have to build their ideal home from scratch. Their solution was to buy an outdated 1970s two-bed bungalow in the South Yorkshire town of Tickhill, with a view to demolishing it and replacing it with a sustainable new home that would sit sensitively in the
