Homebuilding & Renovating

Bright ideas

HOMEOWNER Rosie Rockel

LOCATION Brixton, south London

PROJECT Side return extension to three-bedroom basement flat in a Victorian house

BUILD COST £120,000

Not all of us fall in love with our homes on the first viewing, but that doesn’t mean a property can’t become ours over time. That was certainly the case for Rosie, who bought her south London flat from her dad — “and honestly, I didn’t love it immediately,” she says. Based

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