A room with a view

We wanted to create a wow factor in the dining room and Chris at KPP architects decided that the best way to do that would be to create a double height space by  removing the 1st floor. We would then build in a staircase and gallery to the bedrooms which would...

Decisions decisions………..

  An F type Jag…. or an ETA biomass boiler? Truth be told we can’t afford either, but for the long term we cannot afford not to have a biomass boiler system. We got the images above slightly wrong; the plan was to have two images of...

Progress

The site is now changing every day its very exciting and also rather scary. If you’ve ever watched any of the building make over shows on the TV you often see huge pieces of steel being manhandled through exterior walls just to get them in….well we...

All quiet on the Western Front?

Winter (what winter) has been kind to us but has had us kicking our heels while preparing planning and listed building consent for the National Park. The great news is that the first listed building consent has come in, which allows us to start making changes in...

Too many fluffy kittens

We have been accused of showing far too many things to do around here and not things we are doing! (you know who you are). So while we are waiting for builders to take down our gable wall we have been trying to get the house draught proof etc. The sash windows have...