“We self-built for £150K”
Homebuilding projects like Alan and Melanie’s don’t come around very often. Built to a staggering budget, the large, traditional home is stunning inside and out. Here Alan talks to AlisonWall about how they achieved their latest self-build.
How did you find the plot?
Where we live in Hampshire there are loads of ‘colonial bungalows’ – Government pre-fab houses – and we’d passed this one many times. The house was made of tin, with no insulation, and 4 x 2 timber on the inside and bitumen paper on the outside. It was well
