TIMELINE
OWNERS Marion and Barry Cole
LOCATION Pudsey, Leeds
PROJECT Renovated and extended bungalow, creating a two-storey five-bedroom house
PURCHASED December 2015
BUILD ROUTE Self-managed with main contractor
CONSTRUCTION Block and render with cladding
INITIAL COST £252,500
TOTAL RENOVATION COST
£125,600
CURRENT VALUE £475,000
When architect Marion Cole was asked by a client to give her opinion on a tired old bungalow for refurbishment, it never crossed her mind that she might one day be living there herself. “I got planning permission for him to turn the bungalow into a family home, using the original footprint, and then he put it on the market,” she says.
“A year later
