Modern timber home
Amber and Lee Wilmot jumped at the chance to build their dream property in the back garden of Amber’s childhood home
Location: West Sussex Style: Contemporary vernacular House size: 215m2 Project cost: £391,984 Construction method: Timber frame Project route: Package design and shell build, then self-project managed Timber frame supplier: Scandia-Hus
Having recently completed a renovation project, Amber and Lee Wilmot had no plans to self build their own home. But when they heard Amber’s father was considering selling his garden plot in West Sussex to a local developer, they decided it was too good an opportunity to miss. “We had just got our house exactly as we wanted. It was in the perfect location close to the train station and friends,” says Lee. “But this was a chance to create something from scratch, so we sold our property to fund the project and moved into rented accommodation.”