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Choosing to add another storey and treating an unloved 1970s bungalow as a blank canvas has allowed Rob and Emma Pollard to transform the property into a contemporary light-filled home for their young family

WORDS Amy Maynard

HOMEOWNERS Rob and Emma Pollard and their daughters LOCATION East Sussex PROJECT Renovation and addition of upper storey BUILD ROUTE Self project-managed by Rob (RX Architects) BUILD TIME Just under 10 months (Nov 2018 - Aug 2019) PROJECT COST £220,000 +VAT Architect Rob Pollard and wife Emma were on the hunt for a project when they found a three-bedroom 1970s home in a village near Rye in East Sussex. Rob had ambitious plans to transform the dormer bungalow into a sleek four-bedroom timber-clad home. After buying the property in 2016, shortly before their first daughter Olivia was born, the couple lived in it for two years to develop ideas before embarking on their radical revamp. “The original building was a series of quite a few rooms, but they were all…

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Homebuilding & Renovating (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2022

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