Seaside sanctuary

Rob and Charlie Shaw embarked on a project that no tradesman would touch — renovating a 250-year-old cottage nestled at the bottom of a steep coastal valley

WORDS Heather Dixon

HOMEOWNERS Rob and Charlie Shaw LOCATION Staithes, North Yorkshire HOUSE SIZE 107m² BUILD ROUTE Self-managed renovation CONSTRUCTION Stone and render RENOVATION TIME 12 months HOUSE COST £120,000 in 2016 RENOVATION COST £25,000 VALUE circa £400,000 You can imagine the challenges of renovating a property that sits at the bottom of a steep coastal valley, reachable only by a road with a 12% incline or steep, narrow steps meandering between cottages nestled into the hillside. So when Rob and Charlie Shaw decided to renovate their 250-year-old former fisherman’s cottage in Staithes near Whitby, they quickly realised that the only way to accomplish the task was to undertake it themselves. Had they known then what they know now, they might never have embarked on this endeavour — given the challenges posed by…

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Homebuilding & Renovating (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2023

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