Blog categorized as Barn Conversion
1st – Get a Barn
Starting a barn conversion may seem daunting at first. Maybe it's obvious, but not always simple, get a barn. You can get a barn by buying a property that has one on it or by moving a barn to your property. We call the second option ...
Ontario Barn Conversion Contractors
We are often asked if we know contractors who know how to build with old barn timber frames. So we have created a short list of a few contractors here. Each will have a different level of experience either in renovations, repairs, conversions, take down and reassem...
This is always a hard conversation with potential clients when they come to me with a barn. Should I take it down?
A typical engineer who you meet will be far less sentimental than I am, and he will be the first to say, “It's cheaper to build new”. This is true, but I’ve realized it's not such a sim...
Do you live in a barn? Or do you want to? It's really important to realize that designing a barn conversion to a house (or other structures), is not at all the same as starting with a blank paper for a custom home. You have this amazing timber frame you need to work around to create amazing unique d...
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