Grand Designs will know, it’s a process that rarely goes smoothly. Such was the case for husband and wife Steve Ackhurst, a screenwriter, and Bronwen Malcolm, an artist, when they embarked on their own self-build project eight years ago.The property they found, after over a year of searching, was a small bungalow on two acres of land in the countryside near Hastings. ‘It’s such a magical, beautiful area,’ says Bronwen. ‘The views are magnificent.
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