Barn Conversion Abandoned ~ Can New Owners Complete It?

A couple with no building experience take on somebody else's abandoned project.
In the second episode of our West Country tour series, Roger drops in on Nikky and Stuart to see their significant barn conversion which was abandoned by the previous owners.
Can this couple complete it?
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[@radusguru2196]

Roger is a legend He knows what he’s speaking about and doesn’t mince his words. Wish these guys the best. I worked on a steading conversion about 10 years back. Had a grain drier in it That had to be removed etc. We had bats and birds of prey Job took years to complete. Well worth it in the end but a hard slog

[@johnrussell5245]

We did something very similar in Devon. The previous owners had ripped the roof off some old barns and then realised what faced them. It took me ten years and a lot of money to complete, which is what I'd anticipated when I bought the place. It's now ten years since I completed it and is now a source of great pride.

[@edthompson9337]

What a great project, good luck to the owners in getting it completed, they have alot of hard work ahead of them.

[@steved8038]

Im Not a builder , and im never going to build my own home but this series is Bloody brilliant congratulations and Thank you.

[@davidelliott5843]

That leat cries out for a long pipe and turbine generator on the end.

[@Mc674bo]

Hi Roger. What an amazing couple , and a wonderful project . Really enjoying the series Roger , and your interaction with the various people you interview. Best wishes and kind regards as always 😀👍👍👍

[@Choc-Ice]

Rodge, you remind me of my mates dad. Commands respect and people listen when you talk, because you know how to listen. Very professional video as well….Reminded me of grand designs a bit. Top respect to you and the team. 👊🏼

[@SkillBuilder]

My wife tells me I never listen

[@Choc-Ice]

@@SkillBuilder Well, you heard her say that you don't, therefore, you must. 😉

[@jimw6659]

So much more informative and interesting than Grand Designs.

[@SkillBuilder]

Hi Jim I have always thought that Grand Designs should have a sub strand for people who are actually interested in building. It is a waste of all that footage not to go into some of the details of the build.

[@jimw6659]

@@SkillBuilder I couldn’t agree more. Even though I’m just a layman, I find the detail you go into so much more interesting and I’m learning so much. Good luck to you and keep up the great work!

[@peepiepo]

Very enjoyable. Looking forward to the next episode

[@nickhickson8738]

Excellent content and hard grafters again. Thanks Roger

[@alec1113]

Quality content Rog , wish I was back in uk I'd come down and give them a couple of weeks . looking forward to the next episode. 👍

[@normanboyes4983]

Interesting project Roger - hope you can fit in an annual visit for an update into your schedule.😀👍

[@RI-uv3lm]

Great video Roger. I would like to see some videos on the build up to this point in this project, if there is any footage available & regular updates on this build - let us call it The Big Barn Build!

[@adrianbew9641]

I converted a 100 x 40 foot chapel and Sunday school. Often doing the work is not the hard part, but fitting it in around a paying job and of course usually massive costs and problems due to rather size

[@madgebishop5409]

love the idea of Roger driving around looking to bother people 🤣

[@sunnyjim1355]

I'd just once love to hear him say "Ewww, you don't wanna do it like that, you wanna do it like this". 🤣

[@davidwhitefoot5680]

the fellas face dropped when you said about it not being finished in his lifetime :)

[@hanleypc]

This is an excellent new type of video, look forward to more.

[@SJWardBuilders]

EXCELLENT!👌

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Lovely job 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

[@SkillBuilder]

Get down there, you would love laying all that slate.

[@kiwigrunt330]

"we have a lot of friends..." Who needs enemies with friends like that..😁

[@johndavies2396]

It would be great to follow the progress on this mammoth build good luck to them real workers

[@SkillBuilder]

he wasn't kidding about the cost of that bore hole insulation. £114 per metre www.pipelagging.com/pipe-insulation/rockwool-40mm-thick-356mm-bore-foil-faced-pipe-insulation-x-1-metre?gclid=Cj0KCQjwtO-kBhDIARIsAL6Lord5Oaq62Aq7uQ2ff0V1P_ZagO15HPsmJW9Alo6XIQSwIgztYYHtevcaAl-qEALw_wcB

[@madevertonian]

Were just digging out the floor in a barn now, by hand 😢 previously had cattle in. Never thought about tanking the insides for the cow odour. Do you think it's necessary Roger ? The foundation stones are granite and bl..dy hard !!

[@gdfggggg]

Cool project.

[@riptiz]

They have a bug plant on the steelworks at Scunthorpe but I wouldn’t drink the end product either. They pump the bugs with Oxygen for food and they clean the effluent. We fitted the 2” oxygen main about 30 yrs ago.

[@lazylad8544]

They've definitely got a lot on. Good luck to them.

[@CryptoRoast_0]

Like a more down to earth Kevin Mcleod 😁 look forward to an update 👌

[@OllyParryJones]

I'm glad Roger asked what a leet was. I've heard that term many times in the south west, mostly on Dartmoor. 😁

[@SkillBuilder]

I looked it up later and it is a bit of a local term. I think it is also used in Wales. You learn something every day, or should.

[@OllyParryJones]

@@SkillBuilder A friend of mine's revealed she has a book on leats/leets. Apparently they're pronounced 'lates!'

[@gingerelvis]

Really impressive build that, the services are bordering on commercial. I'm probably not too far from them would love to give them a hand if I wasn't deep into my own project

[@jessegoldswain5973]

I’d like to ask about that ring beam. Does it have to be poured in one go or could you stagger the sections? Also how did you determine the height of beam needed?

[@janm2510]

please pardon my ignorance. I have heard that while the output from the sewer system may be clean the sodium levels in the output water may sour the soil after 7 years? Best to rotate where you discharge the output?

[@superherobeatdown]

This is phenomenal so surprised not a listed building that’s outrageous I’d say local council should help just because it’s lasted so long

[@paulthomas3841]

I took a Old Farm house on , I was 19 years old, my Dad Chucked me out when I was 17 years old, my Dad's friend, John Stanley helped me Do this old farm house up

[@morgancrabtree4458]

When the couple are building the new cavity walls, the facing stone on the front needs backing off (depth) using a stone cropper, they will be there forever cutting them down

[@markatchison9974]

Deep pockets required & lots of man hours. Good luck folks.

[@tilerman]

Looks daunting to me. If you have money to throw away swamp the job with trades and get it finished. Doesn't look like that sort of job so like you say, good luck. Job like that could finish someone.

[@hoobsgroove]

Would be nice if they reengineered the water wheel doesn't have to be big and use it for powering free and sell it electricity. Is the river still running? I don't know if there an issue with smell if you wash the the bricks with chlorine peroxide Let it dry and cover the wall with tongue oil to seal it should be no smell repeat the tongue oil every 3 to 5 years And that probably will be only up to about 6 ft can't see the urine would go any higher

[@Bystander333]

Envy episode.

[@sunnyjim1355]

People who work this hard, and spend so much money (which largely goes in to the local economy, and so keeps the local communities afloat) to realise a dream which will have a lasting benefit for many, many years... I don't have the slightest envy of at all. What kind of twisted person would? Bravo to them.

[@donb8447]

Their building reminds me of youtuber Carl Rogers and what his dad has done to a 300 yr old French chateau home...

[@memyself7413]

To me, (15:47) Roger, was reminiscent of James Cagney. Standing there, as he entered the building, arms outstretched, as if to say, "you dirty rat, where's the tanking?"

[@jackrussell9811]

maybe the previous people removed the roof to avoid council tax ?

[@gordonmackenzie4512]

Indeed there was a system called Roof Tax, and folk did remove roofs from empty properties. There was also a Window Tax which was based on the number of windows. You’ll see lots of very old buildings with bricked up windows if you look around.

[@robertapreston4200]

Yes, if I had the money

[@nickhaley4663]

I worked on a converted horse stable block years ago and every time the heating was on you could smell horse p**s, lovely.

[@sunnyjim1355]

Can't beat a good rustic aroma.

[@muzzmuzzy7386]

No update after 11 months?

[@burdturgler5600]

go on england

[@pauln7422]

Nice one, competing with Grand Designs😂