Homebuilding & Renovating

A sense of seclusıon

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

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