Design engineer Joe Stuart and service designer Lina Nilsson are taking on the London property market. Both in their twenties, they are fed up with renting but can’t afford to buy. So now they’re going to build their own house, for just £160k. Having already spent £73k on a miniscule 38 square metre plot in a run down part of East London, Joe has designed a split level, six half floor house that will cleverly maximise space. At 83 square meters it may be the smallest two double bedroom house that you’re allowed to build in the capital, but it’ll be theirs and not a landlords.
Despite their energy and enthusiasm Joe and Lina have never done anything like this before. Excavating their entire plot for a basement proves incredibly testing, running months behind and thousands over budget. But Joe, who’s project managing and building most of the house, galvanises himself. Adding more and more design flourishes as he goes along, his ambition for this tiny gem of a building becomes an obsession.
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Suppliers List
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Airtightness Tapes and Membranes
| Isocell | 0800 4334833 |
Architectural Design & Main Contractor
| Joe Stuart | 07789 221621 |
Artwork
| Mike Ballard | N/A |
ASUC Basement Contractor
| M J Rooney | 02088 500018 |
Basement Waterproofing
| Newton Waterproofing | 01732 360095 |
Bespoke Furniture and Lighting
| Head and Haft | 07803 178198 |
Carpentry/Joinery
| PJLC | 07495 970219 |
CNC Work
| Cut CNC | 01895 237668 02085 215533 |
Electrician
| Smart Ohms | 07939 481449 |
External Render | K-Rend | 02828 260766 020 8144 2255
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Fire Suppression
| iMist | 02079 657237 |
Floor and Wall Finish
| SEMCO | 07971 854349 |
Furniture
| Skandium | 020 7935 2077 |
Gas Plumbing
| Tracpipe | 01295 676670 |
Hob and Extract
| ABK – Innovent | +31(0)315-801940 |
Hot water/Heating
| Sunamp | 01875 610001 |
Ironmongery
| Simonswerk | 01215 222848 02072 281185 |
MEP Engineering
| Joe Stuart | 07789 226121 |
Mirror Glass
| Rays Glass and Frames | 020 7739 0580 |
MVHR
| Zehnder | 01276 605800 |
Paint
| Earthborn Paints | 01928 734171 |
Passivhaus Advisor
| Colin Potter | 01369 701988 |
Plants
| Ikea | 020 3645 0000 |
Plasterboard, Floors, Render Board, Resilient Bars, Plaster
| Knauf | 0800 521050 0208 526 8440 01634 372924 |
Plumbing Pipework and Sanitaryware
| Geberit | 01926 516800 |
Resurfacing
| R&S Contractors | 07957 169076 |
Roofing
| Holmes Roofing | 07966 593297 |
Safety Barriers
| CT Safety Barriers | 01977 666818 |
Sanitaryware
| Lusso stone | 02033 704057 |
SIPS Manufacturer
| JML Contracts | 01764 663271 |
Slanted Window (Opening onto roof)
| SunSquare | 01284 846551 |
Steelwork
| A&S Tooling | 01243 863618 |
Structural Engineer
| Edward Halford Limited | 01223 262531 |
Waste Pump
| Saniflo | 02088 421671 |
Weather Membranes
| Tyvek Dupont | 08444 068 722 |
White Resin Flooring
| Flowcrete | 01270 753000 01582 412310 |
Windows
| AtEco Windows and Doors | 01732 867043 |
Wood Veneer
| Woodlam UK | 01772 435522 |
Worktop
| CDUK | 01132 012240 |