Stone Cottage: Extension and retrofit of a brick and flint cottage

Elizabeth Miller
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Elizabeth Miller: Haysom Ward Miller Architects, UK

Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation, 2023, vol. 12, issue 3, 260-279

Abstract: In this paper, Liz Miller writes about her personal experience, with her husband Tom, of retrofitting and extending a brick and flint cottage to form a family home. As an architect, it is the realisation of a dream to work on one’s own house, and the paper explores the aims, design process, choices, experience of building and the final result. Taking this traditional Suffolk cottage, the paper describes the approach to both retrofit and new build, the materials that were used, the construction method, the relationship with the contractor, difficulties that were overcome through the process and the experience of living in the house. The project is an example of the power of good, simple, environmentally responsible design. The paper describes the decisions made to achieve a low-budget, comfortable, delightful home, carefully crafted for its inhabitants.

Keywords: retrofit; extension; sustainable; design; house (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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