FACT FILE

NAMES Liberty & Hamish Martin OCCUPATIONS Owners of a herb nursery, shop & cafe

LOCATION Edinburgh

TYPE OF PROJECT Self-build STYLE Contemporary vernacular CONSTRUCTION METHOD Timber frame

PROJECT ROUTE

Owner-designed and managed alongside architect and contractor PLOT SIZE One acre

LAND COST £50,000

BOUGHT November 2012

HOUSE SIZE 235m2

PROJECT COST £372,995 PROJECT COST PER M2 £1,587 TOTAL COST £422,995

BUILDING WORK COMMENCED November 2014

BUILDING WORK TOOK

51 weeks