An Abingdon couple's nightmare bungalow project was, literally, going to kill them... but they turned it into into a dream home
Brigid and Hardy Sundaram bought their bungalow in Abingdon intending to extend it, but wound up building a new house. The couple spotted the t930s property on the internet, tauted for sale a second time because the original sale had fallen through. lt was far from ideal — a vacant possession, which needed a full interior renovation — but with the couple’s dream of heading towards a more self- sufficient lifestyle, its large garden ticked a major box.
It was only after moving in and spending six weeks solid on the decorating that they realized what they'd bought. The bungalow didn’t have cavity walls and was cold and damp. Within the year, and with a young family, they'd decided something had to change and that'something' rapidly began to look like a brand new house. "We quickly changed our minds about extending it, and also decided we wanted a more 'passive' house — one with much less impact an the environment. We quickly realized that a new 'tlat-pack' home was the way to go," said Brigid.
With the idea of replacing the bungalow with a two-storey house, planning permission was always a potential pittall; "The key issue was not to have too tall a house," continued Brigid. "But we began by talking to both our neighbours about our plans, to make sure they had no concerns."
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