HOMEOWNER Craig Foster
LOCATION Derbyshire
PROJECT New build
HOUSE TYPE Two-storey, five-bedroom detached house
SIZE 407m ²
BUILD ROUTE Architect and building company
BUILD TIME 21 months
PLOT COST £627,500 in 2016
BUILD COST £1.2 million
TIMELINE
Purchased
2016
Planning approved
SEPTEMBER 2018
Foundations completed
NOVEMBER 2018
House completed
JULY 2020
Standing on an ordinary suburban street in the heart of a Derbyshire village, surrounded by rolling countryside but with close neighbours on three sides, Derwent Valley Villa is described by its architects, Blee Halligan, as “possibly one of the more emotional projects we’ve been involved