Homebuilding & Renovating

Built for £265k!

THE HOMEOWNERS Wendy and Steve Hunter

PROJECT Oak framed self-build

LOCATION Herefordshire

BUILD TIME March 2017 – March 2018

SIZE 185m2

PLOT COST £135,000

BUILD COST £265,000

VALUE £600,000

Having built one oak framed home using Border Oak for the design and construction of the frame, Wendy and Steve decided it was time to move on to the next. “We had recovered from our last self-build and got the ‘itch’ again,” explains Wendy. “I was pregnant with our second child and we had outgrown the house.

“We began to put out the feelers for land and the stars just

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