HOMEOWNERS Faye Perkins and Matt Roe PROFESSIONS Marketing and ITPROJECT Extension and renovationHOUSE TYPE Semi-detached, four-bedroom houseSIZE 114m², extended to 184m²LOCATION NorthamptonshireBUILD ROUTE DIY, subcontractorsBUILD TIME Renovation 16 months, extension 30 monthsHOUSE COST £355,000 in 2017BUILD COST approx £215,000 (renovation £75,000, extension £140,000)CURRENT VALUE £750,000+
This house was found by sheer accident, after spending two years trying to buy a building plot in the same village,” says Faye Perkins, who was inspired after previously working for a timber frame company. “I’d been obsessed with wanting to build a house, but gaining access to the plot we were interested in was causing too many problems.
