Plot Twist

It’s one of the biggest decisions facing any self-builder: do you renovate an ugly or badly extended property that’s on a site you like, or do you demolish it and start again? That was exactly the dilemma facing Peter and Pauline Williams, who’d been plot hunting for years before finding their perfect spot in north Shropshire.

“I found this house and I immediately loved the position,” remembers Peter, who was already an experienced renovator. “The minute I came here I thought: this is it! However, Pauline hated it.”