Around an ongoing barn conversion project, this website draws together advice, information and references to aid all would-be and current barn and non-residential building converters and renovators.

Our approach takes on board 'healthy house', sustainable, ecological & environmental concepts to as great a degree as timescales and budgets allow.

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That's a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' question miss dee ennis and obviously depends on location, the approach you take to the project (architect / main contractor / self-managed with sub-contractors etc.

On Where have all the builders gone? by miss dee ennis on April 28th, 2008
I am thinking of buying a barn for myself and would be gratfull if someone could give me a ballpark figure as to how much this is likly to cost .

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Pears ~ help needed!

July 6th, 2007 by mbc

We have a few fruit trees just behind the barn. I ate the sole surviving plum the other night, so can’t share that with anyone, however, there are still some lovely young pears growing.

Anyone have any idea what variety they may be?

All assistance in pear identification will be gratefully received!

small pears - click for zoom

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No Stalling on May 6th, 2007
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