TIMELINE
HOMEOWNERS Sam and Hannah Russell
LOCATION Cheshire
BUILD TIME 16 months
SIZE 58m²
PLOT COST £140,000
YEAR OF PURCHASE 2020
BUILD COST £125,000
CURRENT VALUE £365,000
BUILD ROUTE Self project managed self-build
CONSTRUCTION Steel frame with timber panel infill
For Chris and Judi Russell, building a house at the bottom of their garden made sense on a number of fronts. Architect Chris wanted an office to work from that was more tailor made than a space in the kitchen, while the couple’s son Sam, a builder, needed somewhere to live when he wasn’t working away in the United States — all with a low budget in mind.
“Selling the plot to Sam and his wife Hannah was also another step towards Judi and I being mortgage free, looking ahead to
