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    A HAPPY compromise

    Jun 27, 2019 3 minutes
    WORDS Juliet Bawden
    PHOTOGRAPHY
    Darren Chung

    PROJECT NOTES

    HOMEOWNERS Melvin Starling and Sandy Garfield

    PROJECT Contemporary self-build

    LOCATION Surrey

    CONSTRUCTION Timber frame

    SIZE 300m2

    BUILD TIME January to October 2016

    LAND/HOUSE COST £845,000

    BUILD COST £600,000

    VALUE Estimated £1.8million

    Relationships can strain under the weight of a self-build, but for Sandy Garfield and Melvin Starling, building their new home together had been part of the plan from the beginning. After a trial period renting together, the pair sold their individual London flats and set about searching for suitable properties to demolish and

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