WORDS JANE CRITTENDEN
PHOTOS ALISTAIR NICHOLLS
Ian and Sue Richardson were thrown in at the deep end when their renovation project unexpectedly turned into a self build. As they grappled to get to grips with the mysteries of house building, they turned to Build It. “It wasn’t as though we’d been planning this type of project, so the thought of creating our own abode was really daunting,” says Sue. “We knew nothing about the process, so when we found Build It, the readers’ homes were great – they were real projects by real people with real budgets. In many ways, those stories gave us courage to do this. We began thinking, what would our dream house look like?”