COMING home
A sojourn in Australia inspired Steven and Helen to build their own house when they returned home to their Warwickshire village — using a very British construction method: oak frame. Here, Steven talks us through their self-build journey.
“We saw Oakwrights’ showhome in Hereford and really loved the huge cathedral window and the big open-plan space on the ground floor”
What gave you the idea for self-building in your back garden?
We’d been living in Australia for three years where ‘battle axe’ plots, as they are known there,
