A Striking Contemporary Home on a Sloping Site

Built on a challenging steeply sloping site in a beautiful – if highly exposed – Highland loch-side location, Roz and William Wordie’s striking contemporary home is a feat of engineering.

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A Striking Contemporary Home on a Sloping Site

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House Size 160 sq m
Build Time 22 months
Land Cost £Already owned
Build Cost £250000
Current Value £450000
Cost /m2 £1563
Build route Package Build
Construction system Timber frame with concrete basement and elevated steel sub-base
Architectural features Basement
County Highlands
Region Scotland

The story of inaugural self-builds can often read more as warts and all accounts rather than smooth experiences, but Roz and William Wordie’s first foray into homebuilding is definitely one of the cheerier chapters. That’s not to say that there weren’t the inevitable hitches and hiccups – there were – but a close collaboration with their designer and a more laid-back approach to delays and deadlines eventually yielded a peach of a project

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Author
Caroline Ednie
Photographer
Andrew Lee
Issue date:
June 2010
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Useful links

Cromartie Timber
Decking
HighWater
Well and Heat Pump Design
Ikea
Kitchen
Lindab Building Products (UK) Ltd
Rainwater Goods
North Woods Design
Designer and Main Contractor
Russwood Ltd
Douglas Fir
Second Nature UK Ltd
Insulation
Thornbridge Sawmills
Framing
Treecraft Woodwork
Windows/doors
Wallace Stone
Structural Engineer

Cost breakdown

Foundations/retaining wall and basement
£32,775

Steel sun-base (material only)
£9,000

Flooring
£3,172

Douglas fir for post and beam joinery
£5,096

Larch cladding and decking
£4,497

Spruce framing and Panelvent sheathing
£5,453

Glazing and doors
£20,700

Roof
£2,340

Insulation
£7,806

Plumbing
£4,793

Electrics
£3,250

Sanitary, kitchen and built-in fittings
£4,052

Landscaping
£8,344

Demolition, access and site excavation
£19,560

Foul drainage system and soakaways
£3,515

Site labour of joiners and decorartor
£57,000

Heat pump with borehole
£14,670

Underfloor heating
£2,007

Stove and Flue
£1,660

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