Failing sand-cement render removed and the beautiful St Bees Red Sandstone repaired, cleaned and repointed with traditional "hot lime" mortar.

​Kitchen, conservatory and rear of the cottage re-rendered with hot lime render.

New sandstone lintels and cills installed on many of the windows to replace ugly concrete ones.

uPVC windows replaced with high quality, locally-produced, wooden, Georgian-style, double-glazed windows.

Front door replaced with a unique, reclaimed and restored, hand-carved, oak door. ​High performance double glazed doors installed at the rear, opening on to a delightful patio area overlooking the walled garden. Stable door installed in the kitchen.

Internally the walls have been stripped and replastered with insulating lime-hemp plaster to not only make the cottage warm, dry and cosy but to retain the character of the uneven walls.

Concrete floor slabs replaced with foamed glass insulation topped with limecrete, incorporating underfloor heating fed by the latest in environmentally-friendly technology, a ground source heat pump. Floors have been finished with oak and limestone flags.

Rewired and replumbed with a new and efficient sewage treatment plant replacing the '60s septic tank.

Traditional lime "parging" retained in the roof; loft insulated with cosy and environmentally friendly sheep's wool.

Kitchen roof replaced and re-slated with original, reclaimed Lakeland slate, also used on the new porch.

Bathroom roof completely replaced with new EPDM roof. Plastic cladding stripped and re-rendered.

New kitchen and bathroom​

External joinery refurbished or replaced as required.

Chimney stacks repaired and a flue line installed for the log burner.

French drains installed in the gardens to improve drainage and a wild-flower meadow has been sewn in the walled garden.​