Holding our nerve: a renovation that grew and grew

A stunning conversation of a home that began with a lick of paintWhen your surveyor tells you midway through your build that your house is now worth a third less than what you paid for it, you either lose the motivation to keep going, or carry on and hope for the best. Ann Marie Cousins was a litigator when she and her husband, David, bought their home in Yorkshire and, although, she’d extended kitchens and bathrooms before, renovating a house that’s of architectural interest and in