Homebuilding & Renovating

Small space, big impact

HOMEOWNERS Oliver Wilding and Holly Caplin with their daughter Harper

LOCATION Bath

SIZE 50m2

BUILD TIME 13 months (Nov 2018 - Dec 2019)

HOUSE COST £200,000

BUILD COST £80,000

VALUE £420,000

When renovating a small cottage in a charming Somerset village, one might easily envision an inglenook fireplace, original hardwood flooring and other such unloved quirks waiting to be restored by the right owner. However, when Oliver Wilding bought his 18th-century cottage, there was no such character to speak of.

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