Homebuilding & Renovating

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HOMEOWNERS Scott and Camilla Trindle

LOCATION East London

CONSTRUCTION Pre-cast concrete panels with a steel frame

SIZE 91m2

BUILD TIME Nine months (May 2018 - Jan 2019)

HOUSE COST £700,000

BUILD COST £150,000

VALUE £950,000

WORDS Caroline Ednie

David Barbour Sometimes chance plays its part in even the most carefully planned project. When Scott and Camilla Trindle, who were looking to modernise their Georgian terrace home, were introduced to another recent resident, Stuart Archer, by a neighbour, the chance encounter proved to be a game changer. Stuart, a principal at London-based Archer and Braun

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