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inding out that getting a connection to services was going to e dificult and epensive.


Callum, as he lived directly across the road rom us e was very well placed to keep an eye on the uild. ollowing their rie, artin came up with something that we oth liked. e was great to work with.


PLANNING PROBLEMS taining planning permission was slightly more sticky than they had anticipated. The local authority were concerned the proposed design overlooked the Trails old ungalow, and were very firm aout not allowing that to happen. As this meant revising the original designs, it cost time and money. To prevent any more hitches, before the second set o plans were sumitted the couple organised a site meeting with artin and the planning oficial to collaorate on the redesign. n the new plans the house was moved around y  degrees and the edrooms were switched to the ront, leaving us with a southacing living space, overlooking the garden.” Their case was ased on the act that the house is net door to the regional ofice o er- deen Council, which may e closed at some time in the uture, when the site could e given over to housing. Calum eplained to the planning o- ficial that i the home was orientated in the direc- tion the planners wanted, they could potentially overlook the whole new development. e took that on board, and after that meeting, the plan- ning department approved our new plans.


BUILDING AROUND OBSTACLES After appointing local contractor Michael Duncan uilders, who had worked with Scotrame eore, the team broke ground on 5 November 2019. The Trails assert that the uilders did a super


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o o coordinating everything and making sure that the right people and materials were on hand when needed. eith uncan, who handled the uild, showed them around homes that he had worked on, pointing out eatures and making suggestions aout what they could do. t really helped us to get an idea o how we wanted our home to look. ut when Covid hit in arch , all work stopped  resuming in Septemer. ortunately, ecause o the incredile speed in which a Scotframe kit goes up, says Calum, by the time lockdown came around the home was already wind and watertight, meaning the structure wasnt aected y having to sit in limo.  was heading to work in the morning when the kit turned up on the back of a lorry, and by the time  got ack at . pm the walls were up and the roo trusses were on


On top of Covid, connecting to the utilities was another unoreseen ostacle. We thought it would e easy to connect to services as we already had a house on site, ut it wasnt that simple. In the end, they had to tunnel under the road to get us connected.” As this involved putting temporary trafic lights in the street or a week, it was a significant cost which ended up pushing them over their planned budget. Despite these challenges, Calum says the rest o the process was reasonaly smooth, and that the level o service that we got rom the uilders was eceptional. The Trails moved into the new home eactly one year ater starting onsite, on 5 November.


DESIGN ELEMENTS espite the threeedroom ungalow eing constructed using a timer rame, the eterior


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