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REAL PROJECT BARN CONVERSION

HOMEOWNERS Fiona and Iain Lindsay

LOCATION Ham, Wiltshire

PROJECT Conversion of 500-year-old barn

SIZE 372m2

BUILD ROUTE Self-managed with main contractor

CONSTRUCTION Timber frame barn with steel and masonry extension

Despite her derelict barn’s dilapidated state with its corrugated iron roof and pigeons living inside, Fiona Lindsay wasn’t daunted by the task of transforming it into her dream home. After 25 years of living in London, she was lured by the 4.5 acre plot near the Wiltshire village where she grew up, and relished starting from scratch. “It

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