Under the Thatch

Our current project near www.underthethatch.co.uk/croagh has two decaying thatched outbuildings. The original scraw roofs survive….we want to conserve them under tin as they’re rare survivors. This week we’re creating the frameworks for those tin cap roofs.

Today’s beautiful windy walk on the Ceredigion Coastal path arriving at Mwnt on Cardigan Bay 😃

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A drive around coastal Donegal where we’re currently working on 7 new projects…lovely even on a dull day. Few places In Ireland so original.

This exciting mountainpod will be a mini house ready for summer 2017, and housed on the mountainside by www.underthethatch.co.uk/croagh
These photos show the great work by Peter, David & Angus to insulate the structure and add structural ribs.
watch this space!

We’re delighted to have secured planning to build this remarkabke contemporary home on 4 acres with fine sea views. We hope to complete by 2019

Today we took a few hours off to watch the wet and windy parade in Dungloe, West Donegal

Today we’re playing with alternative layouts for our new mountain pod. A house in just 25m2!

Slainte is tainte!
Happy St Patrick’s Day!
Here’s Lukasz and Miki getting ready for the Dungloe parade – we hope you all have a wonderful day, wherever you are.
At the moment we’ve got just two UTT cottages in Ireland:
www.underthethatch.co.uk/croagh www.underthethatch.co.uk/rci
But…by the end of 2017, all going well… we’ll also have
1. a seashore traditional cottage with it’s own private sandy beach 2. a lakefront shepherd’s hut built to our design 3. a thatch cottage with contemporary extension overlooking the shore 4. an amazing underground mountain pod
…and possibly more – we’ve eight projects and renovations ongoing in the Emerald Isle!

New window added to give a view of the sea from bed at Miki’s cottage. A good day’s work!

Going for a classic look with simple white tiles…a grey border…grey grout on 1mm spacers.