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Faced with renovating their period detached home, Dave and Lucy combined modern looks with Arts and Crafts vision

HOMEOWNERS Dave Rawlinson and Lucy Wesson

LOCATION Ranmoor, South Yorkshire

PROPERTY COST £724,000

BUILD COST £1,900sq m

EXTENSION SIZE 60sq m

PROJECT Extending a 1930s detached house

CONSTRUCTION Masonry with steel and timber frame

BUILD ROUTE Mainly self-employed tradespeople, self project managed

WORDS Cheryl Galsworthy

PHOTOGRAPHY Dug Wilders

TIMELINE

Planning granted JUNE 2020

Construction began AUGUST 2020

Glazing installed MARCH 2021

Made weathertight JANUARY 2022

Project completed MAY 2023

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fter spotting an estate agent’s advert for a three-bedroom 1930s Arts and Crafts-style detached dormer bungalow, requiring some general updating, Dave Rawlinson and Lucy Wesson went to view it and felt confident it could be a ‘doer upper’. The couple were particularly drawn to the size and private aspect of the plot in the leafy suburb of Ranmoor in Sheffield, but there were practical problems to solve. ‘The home was typically laid out but had odd-shaped rooms,’ says Dave. ‘Upstairs was disjointed and unusable due to the layout, with sloping roofs and features like chimneys and built-in wardrobes. The downstairs, although a good size, had a small kitchen that felt dark and cut off from the rest of the rooms.’