Homebuilding & Renovating

A lesson in style

HOMEOWNERS Katy and David Green

LOCATION Camborne, west Cornwall

PROJECT Conversion of an 1893 schoolhouse into a four-bed family home

BUILD TIME 18 months

HOUSE COST £150,000

WORDS Katie Treggiden

PHOTOGRAPHY Bruce Hemming

Looking back, it was a reckless move when Katy Green and her husband, David, bought an old school that had been converted into offices at auction, without planning permission, having sold their previous house and without anything to move into. They spotted the property in the local newspaper, went to have a look, and headed to the auction. “David was wearing a bobble hat

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