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    Larch landmark

    Apr 07, 2022 3 minutes
    WORDS Alison Wall

    HOMEOWNER Mick Woolley

    LOCATION Warwickshire

    BUILD TIME March 2018 - Jan 2019

    SIZE 162.5m2

    PLOT COST £270,000 (2017)

    CURRENT VALUE £750,000 (2019)

    Cross laminated timber on raft foundation When first-time self-builder Mick Woolley set out to build an eco house, he was looking for a plot in the south-east, near his sons. But his plans changed when a cheaper plot of land came on the market in south Warwickshire with planning permission to build a single-storey timber-clad Passivhaus. With little interest from other buyers at the local auction, perhaps scared

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