Framing the view

Seventeen years after first moving into their Scottish home, Alison and Colin Fayle fulfilled their wish to build a glazed oak frame extension from which to enjoy the view

WORDS Debbie Jeffery

TIMELINE HOMEOWNERS Alison and Colin Fayle LOCATION Fife, Scotland PROJECT Oak-framed extension HOUSE TYPE Detached three-bedroom 1990s house SIZE 220m² BUILD ROUTE Architect and oak framing company BUILD TIME Nine months HOUSE COST £299,000 in 2007 BUILD COST £114,000 VALUE £450,000+ Alison and Colin Fayle considered 17 different properties when they planned to relocate to Scotland from London with their two children, but the only house which Colin refused to go and see was the one they ended up buying. “It was a very ordinary looking building from the outside, smothered in pebbledash and with concrete roof tiles,” recalls Alison. “Colin wasn’t keen at first when we spotted it online, but then we saw the hilltop setting surrounded by beautiful trees and countryside. And the fact that the village is…

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Homebuilding & Renovating (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2024

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