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Over the years we've built up quite a movie collection, including lots of self-build case studies. Click on the images below to take a look at the stunning self-builds and renovations taken on by our readers. We'll be updating this page regularly so look out for new videos soon...

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The Black House
Shortlisted for the Best Ecological House in the 2003 Homebuilding & Renovating Awards.

Meredith Bowles and Jill Dawson have built a dramatic eco house with far stretching views over the Fens in Cambridgeshire on a plot they bought with outline planning permission for just £30,000.

The Light House

Highly Commended Contemporary House; The Daily Telegraph Homebuilding & Renovating Awards 2003.

James and Kirsten Crinan have built a remarkable new contemporary style four storey home on the south coast.

Warehouse Wonder
Shortlisted Best Conversion at the 2003 Homebuilding & Renovating Awards

By converting a former die cast works in Lancashire, designer Shaun Beverley has successfully created a contemporary style, three storey, four bedroom, four bathroom, 253m² house with a totally unique character.

Austin case study
David and Ellie Austin’s 290m2, three bedroom, split level family home , built partially into a deep hillside site overlooking the Cotswold town of Nailsworth, is in many ways the ideal ‘green’ project.

Designed along ecological principles using green building materials such as natural stone, slate and local timber, the home was designed with most of its glazing facing south to maximise passive solar gain. High levels of insulation help to store heat within the building’s mass.

Transparent Approach
Winner of Best Renovation at The Daily Telegraph Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine Awards 2003:

Andrew and Nichola Herring have created an inspired contemporary style family home by remodelling and extending an old stone cottage.

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Digging Deep
Winner of Best New Basement in The Daily Telegraph Homebuilding & Renovating
Magazine Awards 2003.

Gillie and Robin Towers have made the most of their small infill site by incorporating a basement into a new three storey home.
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Thompson Home
Winner of Best Value for Money. The Daily Telegraph Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine Awards 2003.

Dave and Liz Thompson have converted a former workshop into a beautiful country home on an incredible budget of just £65,000.
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Light Industrial
Overall Winner and Best Contemporary House Winner - The Daily Telegraph Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine Awards 2003

Julian and Dinah Powell-Tuck have built a new light-filled family home on a former commercial site in busy West London on a combined live-work basis.
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Home Grown
Winner - Best Conversion and Best Timber Frame, The Daily Telegraph Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine Awards 2003.

Tom and Sally Beevor have built a beautiful timber frame home designed to have minimum impact on the environment and its parkland surroundings.
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All Their Own Work.
Winner of the Best Conversion Award at the Daily Telegraph Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine Awards 2003.

Doug and Suzy Palmer have spent eight years and just £135,000 converting their Victorian brick and flint barn, using reclaimed materials and tackling all of the work themselves. Read the full article.

Terrace Transformed
Shortlisted for the Best Renovation and Basement awards at the Daily Telegraph Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine Awards 2003.

Looking down the quiet West London street upon which Jonathon and Melissa Dho's late Victorian, three stroey terraced house stands, there is little to tell it apart from its neighbours. Inside, however, the extension they have created has turned their home - which they bought from a developer as little more than a shell - into something rather special.

A New Tradition
Shortlisted for the Best Traditional House award at the Daily Telegraph Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine Awards 2003.

Peter and Katrina Mansfield have built a 265m² Georgian style home in York - now valued at £375,000 - for just £150,000. They had lived across the road from the site for several years - it was formerly occupied by a 1920s bungalow and when the couple who lived there moved into an old peoples' home, Peter saw it as the perfect opportunity to build a new six bedroom family home

An Elegant Georgian Home
Winner of the Best Traditional House in the Daily Telegraph Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine Awards 2003.

Bob and Carey Curteis have created an elegant Georgian style home in a beautiful mature garden plot once occupied by a pair of derelict cottages. Read the full article.

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