A sense of seclusıon

HOMEOWNER Craig Foster LOCATION Derbyshire PROJECT New build HOUSE TYPE Two-storey, five-bedroom detached house SIZE 407m ² BUILD ROUTE Architect and building company BUILD TIME 21 months PLOT COST £627,500 in 2016 BUILD COST £1.2 million TIMELINE Purchased 2016 Planning approved SEPTEMBER 2018 Foundations completed NOVEMBER 2018 House completed JULY 2020 Standing on an ordinary suburban street in the heart of a Derbyshire village, surrounded by rolling countryside but with close neighbours on three sides, Derwent Valley Villa is described by its architects, Blee Halligan, as “possibly one of the more emotional projects we’ve been involved in.” After considering renovating the existing large bungalow, which they’d owned since 2006, Craig and Lisa Foster decided to replace it with a highly contemporary new home, devised as four connecting blocks, but when…