REAL PROJECT CONTEMPORARY SELF-BUILD
TIMELINE
RESIDENTSSteve and Emma Boyd
LOCATION Banchory, Aberdeenshire
SIZE 198m2 excluding garage
BUILD ROUTE Main contractor
PROJECT TIME Two years, 5 months
BUILD COST £365,000
When Steve and Emma Boyd were looking to embark on their first self-build, they had in mind a family home with “a Scandinavian feel — something a bit out of the ordinary without being too radical”. Three years later, their new-build home in rural Aberdeenshire, designed and built in collaboration with local architects Eoghain Fiddes and Finlay Conner of Fiddes Architects, stands as a testament to their original ‘out of the ordinary’ concept.
Although this is the first new-build project that Steve and Emma have taken on, they had renovated their previous Victorian house nearby, which introduced them to
