Homebuilding & Renovating

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HOMEOWNERS Tim and Su Davison

LOCATION North Yorkshire

PROJECT Extending and remodelling a bungalow

SIZE 350m² in six acres of land

BUILD ROUTE Main contractor

CONSTRUCTION Brick and block

BUILD TIME 11 months

HOUSE COST £510,000

BUILD COST £278,700

VALUE £900,000

WORDS Alexandra Pratt

PHOTOGRAPHY Jeremy Phillips

It’s always fun to imagine what it would be like to live somewhere exotic,” says Tim Davison, who spends his life travelling in his role as a ship’s captain. “But after looking at Mallorca and New Zealand, my wife Su and I decided North Yorkshire was

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