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    Home forlife

    Mar 02, 2023 4 minutes

    TIMELINE

    RESIDENTS John and Patsy Greene

    LOCATION Herefordshire

    BUILD TIME 14 months

    SIZE 270m²

    CONSTRUCTION SIPs and oak frame

    BUILD ROUTE Custom build via Border Oak

    BUILD COST £650, 000

    WORDS Amy Reeves

    PHOTOGRAPHY Jeremy Phillips

    Having once lived in the oldest house in the village, John and Patsy Greene now live in the newest. “The oldest house ended up being pretty much a self-build,” says John. “It was a tumbling down two-bay medieval cottage — where we discovered incredible oak frame trusses and inherited a mud floor.” Following that epic restoration effort and inspired by his love of oak framing and architecture, John then founded design and build company Border Oak in 1980 in the orchard of that

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