REAL PROJECTFUTUREPROOFED NEW BUILD
TIMELINE
HOMEOWNER Sally Robinson
LOCATION Northamptonshire
PROJECT New build
HOUSE TYPE Detached, two-storey, five-bedroom house
SIZE 298m²
BUILD ROUTE Builder and subcontractors
BUILD TIME 20 months
BUILD COST £820,000
VALUE £1.35 million +
After Sally Robinson’s husband Paul was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in 2015, the couple were suddenly presented with new and enormous challenges, one of which was that their historic family home was highly unsuitable for someone who would inevitably become increasingly disabled. “As a listed 16th-century thatched cottage, with many different levels and narrow doorways, it simply wasn’t possible to make all the adaptations we needed,” says Sally Although they were reluctant
