Bishop’s Stortford

Low-Energy Barn Conversion

Design

Heath Walker Studio

Contract Value

Circa £750k

Project Description

This is a live/work project comprising of a large double height artist’s studio and four bedroom house. It was approved within Class Q of permitted development requiring retention of the original portal frame. It is now a high spec family house with large number of rooflights giving plenty of natural light within. It features a ground source heat pump and gets electricity from a solar farm elswhere on the property.

Bishops Stortford front door Bow Tie Construction

Bishops Stortford bedroom-Bow-Tie-Construction

View in construction Gallery

“Passing our air test the first time is testament to how well Bow Tie do things”

– Justin Bere

“I’ve been very pleased with how Bow Tie have got on with the work.”

– Justin Bere

“This house is cosy and comfortable but in a natural way. Our old house was of similar scale, area and build and if you wanted to heat a room you had to blast it and the air would then be very dry and that heat would quickly leak out.”

– Toni M

“My projects with Bow Tie are the only ones where I’ve left the contractor to follow my airtightness details and the projects have passed the 1st airtightness test.”

– Justin Bere

“We had a lot of people stay over Christmas, some quite elderly, who were concerned about being in a big old house in Winter and being cold and we received a lot of complements on the comfort and easy warmth. There is no higher accolade than complements on your house from your mother-in-law!”

– Toni M