Inside the factory-made home which took just one day to build
GRANDPARENTS were left homeless and forced out of retirement after it took them two years to finally move in to their dream home on Grand Designs: The Street.
Pauline, a former journalist, said: "We still have to think about the future and a modular system completed in a factory really suits us." Their factory-made home was compromised of three large steel segments which were bolted together on siteAlthough they originally planned to finance the build by selling their home in Southampton, the couple fell short of their £220,000 asking price and found themselves renting nearby.
Alongside this, Pauline returned to full-time work at a university in Oxford while Godfrey volunteered as a local theatre director.Godfrey said: "If we don't get the mortgage, we'll have to consider selling the plot.Fortunately, the couple did eventually get a mortgage.
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