Barn Conversions

[TheFaQQer]

Bet it's not as nice as my church was

[Support Monkey]

It's not listed, no. I have to say that'd be a deal breaker for me I think.

Is it possible to retrofit underfloor heating in that sort of place or is that crazy talk?

It's actually not that big, mind.

My LV handbag is slightly bigger than the main bathroom.

It most certainly is possible to retrofit underfloor heating, I have just fitted this system in my house gives a floor height increase of only 15mm (or 25 if you put down insulation first) just depends on door ways and the like if you have the height to do it, well worth considering for the future

Radiators run at around 70 degrees, underfloor runs at around 30-40 degrees so more cost effective and the spread of heat is far better

Retrofit underfloor heating - Nu-Heat - Underfloor heating and renewables

[Lightwave]

I looked at a barn conversion.
I loved the building but binned it due to:
Noise/hassle from neighbouring agro-cultural and horse-bothering activity
A lot of money for a place with neighbours very close, shard access, parking etc.
Rooms upstairs were all a bit compromised.
Although the main rooms were stunning, the light from one side being 200 yrs old and having no windows made it hard imagine actually living with.
Also concerns about heating, maintenance of ancient building etc.
Not versatile, you can't just slap on an extension or conservatory etc.
Would have had to buy all new (old) furniture, ours would have looked very silly.

A lot of plus points though, which made it a tough decision.
HTH.

[DimPrawn]

Nowadays, the typical denizens of such properties are smug, downshifting hipsters from London with their eco-friendly under floor heating and no end of artefacts that advertise their trendy right-on credentials but who sadly make little attempt to integrate with us mere mortals asides from issuing po-faced admonishments to anyone who dares admit that they once enjoyed the Black and White Minstrels.

^ This.

Apart from the Black and White Minstrels bit obviously.

[suityou01]

I looked at a barn conversion.
I loved the building but binned it due to:
Noise/hassle from neighbouring agro-cultural and horse-bothering activity
A lot of money for a place with neighbours very close, shard access, parking etc.
Rooms upstairs were all a bit compromised.
Although the main rooms were stunning, the light from one side being 200 yrs old and having no windows made it hard imagine actually living with.
Also concerns about heating, maintenance of ancient building etc.
Not versatile, you can't just slap on an extension or conservatory etc.
Would have had to buy all new (old) furniture, ours would have looked very silly.

A lot of plus points though, which made it a tough decision.
HTH.

Access to the Shard?
200 year old light source?

This is a very special building.

[Lightwave]

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Not always compatible with 300yr old flagstone floor that runs under the partition walls in a converted pigsty though..

[suityou01]

I miss the days when ramshackle old barns and farm buildings dotted the countryside around here.

As a boy I would spend endless summer days playing on the old rusting farm machinery that lay within, building dens among the hay bales, marvelling at the wildlife that would make its home in such places; a bat here and there, perhaps, maybe a family of barn owls, one of the local stable girls beam end up with the farmer's son.

Nowadays, the typical denizens of such properties are smug, downshifting hipsters from London with their eco-friendly under floor heating and no end of artefacts that advertise their trendy right-on credentials but who sadly make little attempt to integrate with us mere mortals asides from issuing po-faced admonishments to anyone who dares admit that they once enjoyed the Black and White Minstrels.

Unixman, what is your read on this. Harsh or fair?

[Bacchus]

But it's very pretty indeed and I'm in love.

This, surely, is the main consideration.

Pretty much everything else can be fixed with cash as long as the location is good (ie not next to an airfield or a showground, unless you like that sort of thing)

But getting back to a home that you love is priceless whatever the other inconveniences

[suityou01]

This, surely, is the main consideration.

Pretty much everything else can be fixed with cash as long as the location is good (ie not next to an airfield or a showground, unless you like that sort of thing)

But getting back to a home that you love is priceless whatever the other inconveniences

I shed a tear whenever I get back home.

[MaryPoppins]

Yes rural Stropshire can be very cold and snowy.

It's a good point, since a barn I looked at last week had quite a bad approach road. This one has a 'proper' road which I'd pay toward for maintenance.