The barn came with planning permission, subject to a set of pre-conditions (of which more anon) but we didn’t like the plans. We appointed an architect who submitted a revised planning application in May 2010. We imagined it would take a couple of months to sort out the revised planning application so we’d be ready to start the build some time in August - September or October at the latest.
Interviewed contractors and sub-contractors, intending to do much of the project management and purchasing ourselves. And spent a fair bit of time at the property pottering about and even had the odd picnic.
We had bought a field adjacent to the barn at the same time and leased it to a farmer to grow hay. That way we didn't have to worry about looking after it. Which makes us absentee landlords. Not sure how that sits with working class roots and leftie tendencies.
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