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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.
Now we need to start work on the barn!!
Auction purchase
We couldn’t resist buying a mini dumper/muck truck at a local auction. Quite easy to manoeuvre forwards and backwards but not very good on turning, which should be fun when it’s full of heavy stones!
Tools of the Trade
Having decided to purchase a mini digger from a friend in Surrey, there was the slightly complicated task of getting it back to Devon. Firstly, it took 2 hours to load onto our trailer (by Pete who is an experienced … Continue reading
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