REAL PROJECT EXTENSION AND REMODEL
TIMELINE
HOMEOWNERS Mike and Jane Cuva
HOUSE TYPE Detached two-storey five-bedroom house
HOUSE SIZE 375m ²
LOCATION Woking, Surrey
PROJECT Extensive remodel and extension
BUILD ROUTE Self-managed subcontractors and DIY
BUILD TIME Four years
PLOT/HOUSE COST £937,000 in 2015
BUILD COST £1.2 million
CURRENT VALUE £3 million+
Sleek Mediterranean and West Coast architecture were the inspiration for Mike and Jane Cuva’s contemporary flat-roofed home. Their new home is unrecognisable from the small pitch-roofed building that previously inhabited the site, and which still stands at the core of the new house.
“In 2015, we bought a property that was marketed as a cottage on two acres, but in reality it was more like a dark
