Featuring 27 stunning barn conversions in full colour with the story of each one and details of architects, suppliers and main contractors. Featuring more than 300 colour photographs and over 30 illustrations.
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
By Mulwharchar
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I work in conservation and wouldn't normally be seen dead with anything entitled 'Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine', but I see so many dreadful barn conversions through work that I was desperate to find any credible UK examples. So whilst it is an education to peer into a world where all men are 'consultants' and women use the word 'homemaker' as a job title without any apparent irony or embarrassment, I have to admit this book is actually more useful than I expected. Tucked away amongst all the chintzy horrors are a few more contemporary schemes which actually exploit the barns' spatial characteristics, and demonstrate the sort of things we try (and usually fail) to encourage people to do.
The text is very engaging, as befits its glossy magazine pedigree, and each project has an interview with the owners detailing their construction horror stories, with floor plans, a cost breakdown and contact details for agents and suppliers at the end. Naturally every other article has a dig at 'the planners' but that's OK, we have broad shoulders, and you should hear what we say about you punters ! But seriously, if you take away one message from this book, it should be 'use an architect'; whatever their style, all the best schemes here demonstrate the 'added value' that only a trained, three-dimensional imagination will bring to designing a building.
The text is very engaging, as befits its glossy magazine pedigree, and each project has an interview with the owners detailing their construction horror stories, with floor plans, a cost breakdown and contact details for agents and suppliers at the end. Naturally every other article has a dig at 'the planners' but that's OK, we have broad shoulders, and you should hear what we say about you punters ! But seriously, if you take away one message from this book, it should be 'use an architect'; whatever their style, all the best schemes here demonstrate the 'added value' that only a trained, three-dimensional imagination will bring to designing a building.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By A. Reeve
Brilliant, I haven't bought a book by homebuilding and renovating before and going by this they are well worth the money. Full of ideas, facts and something for everyone, from the very, very modern to the traditional. Whatever your style you can get tons of great ideas from this. Excellent!!!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Hazel Jones
good book plenty of information about conversions, some good tips about budgets ect,could do with some updates some of the barns are 2001 ect so the cost does not mean alot
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I am hoping to build a barn type converson and was hoping to get some good ideas and examples from the book, but only managed to pick out about three pages that were relelvent to what I was looking for. I felt the rest of the book was trying to do a 'Grand Design' job on barns, therefore making the interiors much too modern and minimalistic, leaving little of the original features and character of a barn. I was very disappointed.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Just got my copy and it's even better than I'd expected. Great looking barns. Fantastic pictures and great information about the builds as well. I'd be happy to live in almost all of them. Truly inspirational. I'm not writing more as my wife and I are going to look at it again right now!
By MrsB
The book is really well set out with examples of costs and current value of the conversions, it is great to see the before and after pictures. A lovely book, I can see that I will be dipping in and out of for a long time.
this book gives great details of projects done by other 'mear mortals' like ourselves and makes them look less daunting ! fantastic reference book.
By yewtree
Good book for anyone considering or doing a barn conversion.
Gives good ideas for kichens bathrooms lighting etc.I am always
refering to it to see what others have done.
Gives good ideas for kichens bathrooms lighting etc.I am always
refering to it to see what others have done.
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