OWNERS Rob and Hannah Elkins
LOCATION Wiltshire
HOUSE TYPE Contemporary detached
SIZE 300m²
BUILD COST £390,000
SITE COST £200,000
TIMELINE
OCTOBER 2018
Moved in
FEBRUARY 2020
House completed
AUGUST 2022
We were firmly in love with life in Bristol,” says Rob Elkins, “but I was unhappy with my carbon footprint, from doing a lot of driving every day. Plus I wanted to cut out the commute and spend more time with my children.”
Now, Rob and his wife Hannah live just a few steps from Rob’s work as creative director at architectural practice Artel31 in Chippenham, Wiltshire. Their new home is a contemporary sustainable design close to the town centre, but which has the feel of a rural retreat.
The site is located on a quiet through road close to a park and had planning permission for multiple homes when the owner, a national housebuilder, agreed to sell it on to Rob, his parents and his business partner. Reducing the number of houses on the site to just three, each