Property News · April 5, 2017

Bulldozy: the dream homes that got demolished


An Arts and Crafts cottage in Surrey that mutated into a mansion has paid the ultimate price for being built without planning permission – and it’s not the only oneIt’s Trigger’s broom for the overheating property market: when is a house a new house?Craig and Gaynor Arnold will likely have much time to ponder questions of authenticity while they get ready for work in their next Airbnb. The couple had an Arts and Crafts cottage just outside Guilford, but by the time they had added a side extension, a conservatory and detached garage, another single-storey rear extension and a two-sided extension, they had, well, more of a classic Surrey mansion, having bulked an extra 70% on to the original floorspace. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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