My Barn Conversion

I’ve been giving some thought to the mooted change in planning policy that threatens a relaxation of planning laws in relation to building on green field sites. I posted a couple of weeks ago about the National Trust petition opposing the new planning policy framework and looking for more information came across the Daily Telegraph’sContinue reading Further reflections on the national planning policy framework

If you have an interest in vernacular architecture then you’ll find plenty here to while away an hour or two, but my feelings toward this book are ambivalent…

Update on building progress during July 2011…

After my post about lots of befores made up of pictures of locations before I started work on them here’s another after… The kitchen step BEFORE (during really) From Barn Conversion 2011 AFTER From Barn Conversion 2011 The step is an original from the farm that the barn is on that I bought from aContinue reading After #3… The kitchen step

Following on from my post about lots of befores that comprised of pictures of locations before I started work on them I’ve been getting on to some afters, here are some more… Land drains around the unpaved parts of the barn BEFORE From Barn Conversion 2011 From Barn Conversion 2011 From Barn Conversion 2011 FromContinue reading After #2… Land drains around the unpaved parts of the barn

There’s an amount of irony to the statement from Vince Cable in yesterdays Telegraph, that people who object to government plans to make building in the countryside easier are “semi-hysterical”. This is after all the same Vince Cable who has reportedly made such statements as “I have declared war on Rupert Murdoch and I believeContinue reading The National Trust petition opposing the new national planning policy framework