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Update time. So we have started to do the 1st half of the floor. C30 concrete will be poured tomorrow which will allow me to move machines into the 40% which will be sorted and then we can do the strengthening and remainder of the floor later. I also received a quote from SSE for 3 Phase...

How would that actually be enforced?

Indeed. Thanks.

We exchanged on the property yesterday, it almost didn't happen but that's an 'over a beer' story. We complete on the 1st and will have the architect and builder there to help make some decisions.

Thanks.

Just looked on streetview - you can just seen the side of the 'barn' - dating to July 2009, that will be helpful. Not quite 12 years but not far off ....

Thanks. Sadly this is adjacent to a private road (both sides actually) so no street view however there will be overhead shots - Ill try and see what I Can find there.

So, will call this either a garage / workshop but entirely for hobby (non commercial) use.

Thanks. I think the main farm is long gone now - one of the houses is called 'something farm'. Not sure how friendly they will be, they tried to block access to the current owners using their private road however there is covenant in the house ownership that allows right of way. That said, we...

Thanks. Ive got an architect lined up to look at the loft and he is aware of the 'barn'. Any suggestion as to what this should be called then instead? The loft should be under permitted development but will need Building Control. The 'barn' is probably the most interesting of the two.

Thanks all. When I talk to the planning people, do I talk about 'restoring' the barn or do I talk about conversion to workshop?

A few more pics of what's there. In the one pic Ive put a blue line, that looks like an upright that's collapsed or moved off its base. Ugly? This is what is seen from outside. And two images showing the property, the house and a mockup of a workshop done in Fusion 360. This is a vid...

Perhaps if I ask about construction method / options. Im not a builder, I happen to be a qualified Electrician, trade tested in South Africa, working on the largest open cast mine in the World and know a small bit about the UK laws regarding home wiring, but certainly not enough. I work in...

Thanks. Finding the 'right' property can be tricky, so many options and we can get more for our money going further out but then you have to balance other challenges like distance from office / weather (Wales was an option). Sometimes I think this is the best thing we could have done then other...

Indeed. No idea how its survived considering the weather we have had over the last decade, or more, to say the least.

Thanks to all the responses. No, I don't believe agricultural in terms of actual status but was part of a farm when it was built in the 1950s. There are pics of the property over the years (we should get them when we complete at the end of the month) that I have seen which shows some form of...

That's one option - planning / building regs of course to be considered. Ideally id like something that is warm enough to use in the winter but do not want to create something that is seen as 'living space'.

Thanks. My concern with asking is poking the dog. That said, this structure is borderline unsafe I'd guess. I could 'repair' it which in fact means its replaced like for like with new stuff, one side at a time but agreed, speaking to someone in the planning area is key.

Hi all, just registered - hope to ask some questions about my plans and also then keep this going as a build thread hopefully. We are hoping to complete on a property near Witney, in Oxford at the end of this month. There is a barn which has been there for 20-30 years (or more) that I'd like...