Homebuilding & Renovating

A bungalow transformed

HOMEOWNERS Shaun and Trudy Moulton

LOCATION West Cornwall

PROJECT Renovation and extension of mid-century bungalow

SIZE 185m²

BUILD ROUTE Main contractor

CONSTRUCTION Green oak frame

BUILD TIME 1 year (2018 - 2019)

HOUSE COST £330,000

BUILD COST £440,000

VALUE Unknown

After Shaun and Trudy Moulton bought their home in west Cornwall, they quickly discovered that the neighbouring property was an empty and unloved mid-century bungalow situated on a large plot of land. Sporting a bright yellow façade, a plastic conservatory and strewn with piles of rubbish, it was hardly the ideal neighbour. “It was a sad, gloomy building, and everything in it was falling apart,” says Shaun. “It shared

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