Going coastal
HOMEOWNERS Ash and Jess Alken, with their sons Ernie and Miles
LOCATION Cornwall
PROJECT Five bedroom New England-style self-build
SIZE 400m2 with 50m2 garage and store room
CONSTRUCTION Brick and block
BUILD TIME 14 months (Sept 2018-Nov 2019)
PLOT COST £840,000
BUILD COST £650,000
£2,500,000 Self-builders are a keen tribe, none more so than young couple Ash and Jess Alken, who even wove plans for their future dream home into their wedding vows. Remarkably, Ash had already self-built two houses while still in his thirties,
