Homebuilding & Renovating

Built out of ruin

HOMEOWNER George Bannister

LOCATION Taunton

SIZE 185m2 (Otterhead house) plus 50m2 (Chicken house)

BUILD TIME Three years July 2017 - July 2020

PLOT COST £386,000

BUILD COST £386,504

VALUE £1.5million

WORDS Amy Reeves

“I decided to only focus on what I could control and to stay positive no matter what the situation”

Tina Downham, Rachel Bragg and Stuart Cox After selling his business creating luxury shepherd huts, George Bannister was looking for a new adventure. Having worked in the trade and on two personal renovations previously, he began

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