Trouble inside the stables...

Problem was, no underpinning on the dividing wall with next door... which meant a lot more digging and a couple of visits from building control.

The space inside looked great with all of the stuff removed and the partitions down. The tidiest it had looked in years!

Lovely Sam saving the original cobbles for us to use as paths later on (hopefully). There were at least 3 grabber lorries of rubble removed from inside. The floor level had to drop by over a foot to put in the new super insulated floor (no central heating in the new eco design, just a log burner).

In the beginning...

There wasn't very much...some old loose boxes (full of old furniture and who knows what), and old generator shed (bikes and an old lawnmower), rubble and weeds...

But, the area catches the sun for most of the day. Is lovely and peaceful, and doesn't suffer for the wind coming in from the channel as the rest of the garden does.

As my business www.urban-allotments.com grew, my husband had a sense of humour failure as our house slowly filled with samples and boxes. He has thrown me (and Urban) out...we're moving offices to the loose boxes and my kitchen garden is being re-located. And thanks to the lovely boys at IncrEdible Gardens we've a great design and plans for the garden. And the fab team at Ecotecture in Haywards Heath have designed an eco re-build for the stables.