Building our own Home
on our new Equestrian Property

Finished Home

We bought a 12.66 acre arable field in 1988, and then designed and constructed our home in 1989 and lived in it for 32 years until 2021. In the large vegetable garden you will see the greenhouse and, to its right, the kerosene tank. You will see the electrical fencing around the main growing area to deter herbivores. To the right you will see the 20m by 60m dressage arena. To the left of our drive is our small orchard.


The property we had purchased

Aerial View
Our Stable Yard is shown at the foot of the field most of which we also purchased
Please compare the lack of trees depicted round our boundary with how it looked 30 years later.

Aerial View

Mary planted hundreds of saplings which grew to trees more than 30 ft high


Tasks carried out by we ourselves on a DIY basis:

Tasks carried out by directly contracted labour:

Milestones

Overview

A few of the Photos showing the home at different stages of its construction

Groundwork and foundations

Raising it from ground level to roof level

The supporting infrastructure outside of the house

Fitting out the rooms

Finished!

The gardens and dressage arena

The stable yard


A selection of the Design Drawings

Design Drawings.



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