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Posts from ‘July, 2010’

And now f.s.c.different. Log Cabins, Chalets & Homes

Log Cabins, Chalets and Homes.   I have already mentioned on the site  that in a former role I designed and built log cabins. My latest planning project was to produce a planning dossier for a client hoping to build a log cabin on a parcel of land they owned in Boisme, Deux Sevres. In [...]

Things you may need to know: Conversion

Conversion Conversion of buildings, or spaces within buildings, that were not designed for living in, as their original designated use, is a concept that not to long ago was a uniquely British thing. Over the past years this has changed. Originally seen as a result of the mechanisation of the agriculture industries; which meant that [...]

Things you may need to know: Renovation

Renovation At its simplest the term renovation means renewal. It is distinct from restoration as it involves the changing of an object and making it new using different materials and techniques from how it was made originally. In the context of property and especially French property it involves the taking of an existing structure of [...]