The dream …
We have always dreamt of having the opportunity to build our own house. We found a site in the Thames Valley in early 2019 and completed the purchase in June 2019.
Planning approval for demolition and rebuild was granted in April 2020.
The Covid-19 pandemic delayed plans to start in 2020 but we are pressing ahead with our project in 2021 and hope to complete the rebuild over the course of the next year.
Out with the old …
… the dated 1950s bungalow disappeared into piles of recycling at the end of February 2021
In with the new …
… our new low energy 2-storey house started to rise from the ashes in May 2021
- The first steels have been installedThe steels for the basement/middle floor interface have been delayed for several […]
- Backfilling complete and the arrival of the first steelsThe backfilling took a good deal of time but was finally completed […]