Homebuilding & Renovating

Finding the light

HOMEOWNERS Russell and Madalina Woolley

LOCATION Southeast London

SIZE 221m²

BUILD TIME Nine months

PROPERTY COST £1.1 million

BUILD COST £102,467

VALUE £1.3 million

Russell and Madalina Woolley’s home in southeast London sits on an interesting plot of land. It’s positioned on a tight corner and when approached by foot, your immediate introduction is an elongated triangular – but quite large – front garden. It’s inside a hedged-in yard, but the formal sitting room at the front elevation offers surprisingly leafy views for an urban environment.

The house’s location means that it doesn’t have a traditional countryside back garden. Instead, the rooms that Russell and Madalina renovated and remodelled

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