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NAME Catja de Haas

LOCATION Hampshire

BUILD ROUTE Main contractor

BUILD METHOD CLT with oak cladding

BUILD PERIOD 18 months

SIZE 350m²

COST £1.5million

When Catja de Haas and her husband Philip decided to move out of London and provide some space and fresh air for their three children, West Sussex seemed to offer everything they were looking for. Catja found an ideal plot of 1.5 hectares, half of which

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