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Progress at Miki’s cottage

We are making progress in our renovations of this coastal cottage near www.underthethatch.co.uk/croagh Cladding the new extension in tin….lining the interior in roughsawn larch from local forest

Conserving an historic 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.

A walk in West Wales

Today’s beautiful windy walk on the Ceredigion Coastal path arriving at Mwnt on Cardigan Bay ? Sent from my iPhone 7 plus ❤

SUNDAY Coastal drive in photos

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.

UTT Mountainpod – latest photos from the Belfast hanger!

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

COILL CHUILINN a newbuild UTT project for 2018

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

ST PATRICK’S Day parade

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

Playing with pod layouts

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

Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit!

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/rciBut…by the end of 2017, all going well… we’ll also have1. a seashore traditional cottage with it’s own […]

Adding a croglofft window

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