Better by design

HOMEOWNERS Mark & Lorraine Crooks LOCATION Sheffield HOUSE 1950s brick-built detached EXTENSION size 12m² BUILD ROUTE Contractor BUILD COST £122,633 TIMELINE Planning enquiriesJUNE 2018 House purchasedSEPTEMBER 2018 Architect commissionedJANUARY 2019 Planning submittedSEPTEMBER 2019 Planning approvedOCTOBER 2019 Work startedSEPTEMBER 2020 Work completedMARCH 2021 Having recently retired, Mark and Lorraine Crooks were keen to put all their energy into building a new home, but their search for a suitable plot of land had proved fruitless. Eventually, however, they did find something that piqued their interest, in the form of a rundown 1950s detached house quite close to where they were already living, in Sheffield. “It was nothing like the project we originally had in mind but we could instantly see the potential of renovating and extending the property,” says Mark. “We did…