REAL PROJECTSELF-BUILD
HOMEOWNERS Beth and Oly Perkin
LOCATION Bath
PROJECT New-build four-bedroom home
CONSTRUCTION Timber frame, with larch cladding and aluminium double glazing
BUILD ROUTE Main contractor, project managed by John Turner from Bath Heritage Building, with help from Oly
BUILD TIME 15 months (including garage and front garden landscaping)
BUILD COST £2,153sq m (including landscaping)
Beth and Oly Perkin viewed over 40 properties and made offers on eight, but they had always missed out — that is, until they saw a semi-detached bungalow on a large plot. As a deceased estate, the building needed attention, but it was under budget and the semi-rural, wooded setting won the young couple over immediately.
“It was very tucked away, very hidden,” says Beth. “Yet the bungalow was just a 15-minute walk from the centre of Bath. We knew it
