Author Archives: Doug
Bats – but not in the belfry
Before we can start work on the main barn which will house our living area, we have to “mitigate” the bats. As many will know, bats are a European Protected Species and in 2008, when the ecological survey was done, … Continue reading
The first of the cabins arrive
The first arrived today We have bought two portable buildings to use for a site office and storage.
Dennis the digger arrives
At last we are able to do something – Dennis (the digger) arrives to clear the remains and rubbish of the cubicle barn behind the Milking Parlour (South Barn) so we will be able to put temporary secure storage on … Continue reading
We found it – Coombe Barn
Although “The Great Barn” was sold, there was another barn at the same farm. On the 21st January, it was getting dark when we arrived at Coombe Farm to see Coombe Barn. Now we had to weigh up the pros … Continue reading
A possibility?
Then Rachel saw this barn in Wembury, but when we asked about it, we found it was sold subject to contract 🙁
Then we saw this mill
Sadly the barn we saw was already under offer, so we looked around and saw this mill:
Rachel sees an interesting barn
Rachel was browsing the internet looking at barns to convert. She saw this one for £37K… …and this one for 74k€ But then Doug read the book “Bon Courage” by Richard Wiles and we realised that converting an historic barn … Continue reading
Build a house or live in a converted barn?
During 2009 we thought it would be nice to live somewhere that we had created or transformed such as a converted barn, perhaps in France. So we started looking