Mike Hardwick
Ruth Butler (of Ruth Butler Architects) and Julian Sutherland (from Cundall) are the owners of this self-build Passivhaus, which was certified in September 2015. The couple had a good working relationship with their builder Nicholas Coppin contractors, whose team attended Passivhaus Trust masterclasses to ensure they had a thorough understanding of the challenging build. The project cost £4,000 per m2
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I often meet self-builders and renovators who expect to be given a ready-made template showing how to project manage their scheme. They look disappointed when I tell them it doesn’t exist. If only it were that simple! If it were, I’d have put one together and be living quite comfortably off of the proceeds because everyone would want one.