Contemporary Farmhouse Project

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We are working on a renovation and extension to a farmhouse in Angus and it is a really exciting project.  The farmhouse at present looks a bit sad.  It is a traditional Angus farmhouse with two main rooms downstairs and two bedrooms upstairs.  The brief given to Building Workshop was to transform the house into a comfortable, contemporary farmhouse for a family, with a strong connection with the farmyard and surrounding fields.

When this house was built, in 1904, homes were very different to the way they are now.  There was no electricity, some rooms found in modern day houses did not yet exist: toilets were outside, and four people sharing a bedroom was not uncommon.  Fitting bathrooms and mod cons into the existing house has resulted in compromised internal spaces.  So, in order to make this farmhouse a great home for 21^st century family living, it will need to be extended. 

This must be done without altering the character of the building.  We have designed two single-storey extensions which connect into the existing building along a central spine: a traditional looking extension to the east and a contemporary ‘shed’ living space to the west of the house.  The traditional extension will house a new master bedroom and bathroom and the contemporary extension will be a large open plan living space, connected to the kitchen with a glass link. 

The existing farmhouse will be beautifully restored in order to contrast with the contemporary extension.  This sharp contrast is essential for this design to work. 

We make models during the design development of all of our projects.  We also model all of our projects on our 3D computer programme so that you can walk through the finished building. This helps everyone from the client to the tradesmen (and even us) understand what the end result will be even before the foundations have been been laid.