FACT FILE

NAMES Chris & Margaret Swales OCCUPATIONS Semi-retired architect & retired medical administrator LOCATION Essex

TYPE OF PROJECT

Self-build

STYLE Contemporary CONSTRUCTION METHOD

Stick-built timber frame

PROJECT ROUTE

Self-designed & project managed PLOT SIZE 300m2

LAND COST Part of main property BOUGHT 2015

HOUSE SIZE 83m2

PROJECT COST £155,000

PROJECT COST PER M2

£1,867

BUILDING WORK COMMENCED April 2016

BUILDING WORK TOOK

35 weeks