The Daily Telegraph and Homebuilding & Renovating have been working together for over 30 years to showcase the very best individual homes in the UK. From innovative self-builds to eye-catching extensions and cutting-edge conversions, the awards celebrate the hard work, determination and imagination of the homeowners, as well as the design and build teams and friends and family behind them.
Every year the judges are blown away by the quality of projects submitted and the fascinating stories which accompany each one — and this year is no different. Our shortlisted projects include custom and collective self-builds which push the boundaries of well-designed and well-built homes, super-eco barn conversions and awe-inspiring extension designs.
The appetite for creative, flexible and efficient homes that reflect homeowners’ personalities and lifestyles is clearly not going anywhere, even when national lockdowns, long lead-in times and materials shortages stand in the way.
An inspirational example of this is our Home of the Year, Emily and Aaron Radford’s impressive DIY renovation. Once a farm, then an isolation hospital for patients suffering from scarlet fever before being turned into two houses, their new family home is imaginative and stylish. A testament to their tenacity and future thinking, they took the run-down houses back to brick and reconfigured the layout.
Working with family and friends they have b
