Using cork to clad an extension – inside and out – was a speedy, sustainable and affordable choice for this family home When Dan Barber and Hat Margolies bought a two-bed Victorian terrace house in 2013, the entire building needed an overhaul. It had leaky pipes, asbestos and rattling windows; and
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