Driving through the stunning Afan Valley north of Port Talbot on her motorbike on a regular basis was the foundation that led to a dramatic development in the life of Sharon Zagorski. On those enjoyable journeys she could never have imagined that one of the wooded hillsides would, eventually and after a lot of drama, be the site of her self-build dream home.
Sharon says: "It was the views, it was beautiful, and when a plot of land became available we went to have a look. It was just a field with outline planning for three plots to be built, 1.2 acres in total.
"I fell in love with it because although it was farmland and overgrown, you could see right down the valley, it was beautiful, so we thought let's go for it and bought the whole 1.2 acres so no-one could build in front of us."
