REAL PROJECTEXTENSION
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NAMES Elaine Paterson Gordon and Alan Gordon
LOCATION Luss, Argyll & Bute
BUILD TIME August 2014 – October 2017
SIZE OF COMPLETED HOUSE 120m2
HOUSE COST £245,000 (August 2012)
BUILD COST £150,000
BUILD ROUTE DIY self-build
CURRENT VALUE £500,000
CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM Steel frame with timber infill
“We did all the excavations ourselves, hauling out rocks which we later used in landscaping”
If you’re looking to buy and extend an historic property in a national park, you may find yourself constrained by strict planning restrictions — but as Elaine Paterson Gordon and her husband Alan found, there are ways to win over the planners and achieve
