The house from the south-west on a summer evening, looking into the corner of the L, with a low sun from the west, a meadow of long grass and cow parsley in front and gritstone edges on the skyline. Two steep dark slate roofs of one ridge height meet in a valley, over walls of vertical larch boards weathered silver-honey with slim dark corner trims. One roof window sits in the main wing's slope facing the yard, near the valley, and a slim black flue rises behind. In the corner, a flagged yard with an old oak table and mismatched chairs, two timber raised beds of herbs and lavender, and the glazed back door standing open onto a lit room with shelves of books. A neat stack of split logs at the west gable, small anthracite-framed windows in both wings, and an old broad tree, dry stone walls, a field gate and sheep beyond.

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Phase 0 · site and services

Permissions, one building regulations approval for the whole house, drains, ducts and the utility connections.

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Phase 0 · site and services

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Get the permissions and one building regulations approval for the whole house. Lay drains and ducts for everything, and get the utility connections made.

Claim the Community Infrastructure Levy self-build exemption before any work starts.

Rough cost: £16k to £35k.