Following on from planning permission, Hesketh Hayden developed the detailed design and specification of the EcoBungalow ready for costing by the builder, Alex Burn of 4Site Engineering & Construction. With spiralling inflation, the costs came back significantly over budget. We got together for a strategy meeting: how could we get this project back on track? I said at the meeting: ‘This is not Grand Designs. I’m not going over budget. And I’m NOT having a baby’ (For the unini