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LOCATION Portobello near Edinburgh

HOUSE TYPEExtension to Victorian terraced cottage

EXTENSION SIZE12.5m²

BUILD ROUTEMain contractor with client project managing

CONSTRUCTION METHOD Masonry outer leaf and timber kit

BUILD TIMEFive months

PLOT/HOUSE COST£155,00 (April 2010)

BUILD/RENOVATION COST£61,000

CURRENT VALUE£420,000

Since 2010, Hayley Gooding and her husband Neil have been actively renovating their 19th-century terraced bungalow in the Edinburgh coastal suburb of Portobello. Prior to moving in, they added a new kitchen, bedroom, and a box room, but in

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