Homebuilding & Renovating

Rural gem

HOMEOWNER Patsy Parr

LOCATION Kinver

PROJECT ROUTE Project managed by owner

BUILD TIME 22 weeks

BUILD SIZE 130m2

BUILD COST £191,000

VALUE Unknown

Tucked away in the village of Kinver in Staffordshire is an award-winning timber-clad house that any self-builder would be proud to call home.

What you can’t tell from the contemporary exterior is the determination, passion and drive that led local 28-year-old Patsy Parr to take on this project and see it through many months of planning before being built during a pandemic lockdown, in less

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