Homebuilding & Renovating

Building the good life

Zoë and Norman Carter are no strangers to building sites, so when they decided to relocate to be closer to their grandchildren, they knew they would be looking for another project. “We self-built our last house in Cornwall and lived there for 10 years,” begins Zoë. “We knew that we were going to have to build again because we wouldn’t be satisfied living with other people’s decisions!

“We love the Cotswolds so began looking for plots of land and buildings that could be refurbished,” she adds. In many ways, the project Zoë and

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