Cathy and Pat’s farmouse renovation
This has been one of our most challenging jobs to date . It has involved the complete renovation of a beautiful farm house situated in a very exposed position. We have replaced the roof, removed all external pointing , re pointed and rendered with lime then clad it in warm shell boards and rendered...
Bindle and Rues
Bindle and Rue are a lovely couple originally from Cornwall that acquired an old ruined farm house in Spain. I got a call early 2009 asking if i was in a position to help then renovate the place. I agreed to help and found myself on a plane flying to Santiago de Compostela. The place was a bit of a state with some walls leaning up to 11 inches out...
Openings in granite
This is an opening undertaken during a barn conversion . The walls where quite shaky and required plenty of acro props . But all went well and the client was happy to create ground floor access . Making the layout of the new home complete.
Restoration
We have managed the restoration of barns, pig sheds and ruins to bespoke beautiful dwellings with many happy clients willing to show previous work done.
Lime Plastering
Over the years we have worked to perfect our lime plastering. We are now competent lime plasterers and are happy working over lime render,insulation boards or on plaster boards. We have been asked to sort out a few botched jobs and have many happy clients happy to give references.
Cob Mill
This was a lovely little project. Using lime render and Ragging. We had to remove a fig growing in part of the wall.
Stone Work
All aspects of stone work undertaken, Granite/ local stone and imported stone. New build, renovation/restoration, repairs, stone facing, openings, quoin and lintel work.