Homebuilding & Renovating

Thinking outside the BOX

HOMEOWNERS Tim and Aisling Cooney

LOCATION East Dulwich, London

PROJECT Contemporary extension and loft conversion of Victorian terrace

SIZE 180m2

BUILD TIME Eight months (Sep 2018 - May 2019)

HOUSE COST £875,000

BUILD COST £405,800

£1.6million Tim and Aisling Cooney had been East Dulwich residents for over a decade and were living in a compact apartment block when Aisling fell pregnant. The couple knew it was time to find a suitable family home and decided to keep an eye out for any ‘For Sale’ signs that cropped up in the area.

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