The Restoration Man - C4

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Easy build. Ground floor garage, first floor living accommodation. Easy.

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Inspection pit already there

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He'll have blinds fitted to those skylights above the bed pretty quickly, being woken up at 4am will soon get tired.

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Wow what a barn!

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Guide of £600 – £1,250 per m2 to convert a barn.

That's 4,000 sqft which is 371.6m2.

So it could cost between £222,960 and £464,500. And that is without unexpected costs. So she has probably based her £500k budget on a trouble free conversion.

I'm just waiting for the local planning officer to stick his nose in.

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That looks like the threshing machine they used on Dad's Army.

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Here comes the unexpected cost.

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Needs big features to break up the long view without taking away the character. Most barns I have seen have the kitchen central, not at one end, it creates a natural break.

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KP328 said:

It looked impressive but all that space cant be easy to heat? maybe that's why they were wearing coats.

No heating installed yet more like


Anyone found it yet? I used this list of Grade II* listed buildings in Essex and the google maps links and none of the barns looked like it - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_bui...

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Ah yes, that's it. i was wondering if it was near any main roads or railway lines, but it's right under the approach to Stanstead instead.