"Planning permission went through fairly quickly,
even though the couple had to apply to two
councils due to the location of the home."
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loved the look of Keylite’s Roof Lanterns, she felt that the
roof windows worked much better in this setting due to the
sloping roof of the extension.
Alison and Phil settled on the Keylite triple glazed, centre
pivot PVC roof window, installing four into their pitched roof.
Alison said: “My vision was always for a large open-plan
kitchen and living area that had a clean and contemporary
feel, while also being really cosy and a great place for the
family to spend most of our time.
“Sadly, Graham passed away during the course of the build,
but Phil and various friends of ours continued to work
tirelessly to finish the job – laying the bricks, building the
roof, fitting the windows, doors and kitchen, and undertaking
all rendering and plastering themselves.”
Due to his contacts from his work as a joiner, Graham
specified the best building products for the project, ordering
Keylite Roof Windows from his builders’ merchants Huws
Gray in St Helens.
Graham recommended Keylite’s Roof Windows as the ideal
solution to complement the style of the extension and to
let light and air into the space, and although Alison also
The project took the best part of three years in total, and
just recently the couple fitted decking to the outside patio
and tidied up the garden, so that they can use the outside
space as an extension of the indoor living area.
Reflecting on their self-build journey, Alison said: “The sheer
scale of the building process was quite daunting but well
worth the upheaval in the end. My only advice to anyone
who wants to undertake a similar project is to perhaps
commission a local builder to do the work if you wanted it
completed in a shorter timescale.
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