Risk-Free FLEXIBLE Bookings for all of 2021!
Covid-19 has changed the travel industry dramatically, leading to uncertainty for many. We know that it’s difficult to plan and book holidays when there’s a potential risk that you may not be able to travel later, due to government advice. That’s why we introduced risk-free flexible bookings to allow you to make any new holiday […]
Top 10 UTT properties of 2019
It’s the end of another busy year for all our property owners. Here are the top 10 UTT properties of 2019 with some of our lovely reviews from the guests who stayed there over the year. 1. Bwthyn Trehilyn “A wonderful property with such a friendly feel. Everything was perfect and we loved the underfloor […]
Bungalow to beautiful
We’ve renovated homes from every period since the Tudors, but the greatest issue facing the landscape of Britain/ Ireland is what to do about the ugly houses built after 1975. They make by far the greatest impact on rural landscapes and are often entirely inappropriate for their location. Ireland and Wales are blighted by inappropriate […]
Our tin cabin this weekend!
Outside is great for UTT…alas the furniture is too DFS for us. Sigh.
Decorative pressed tin panels we admired
Wish we knew the supplier as these are lovely! Love tin? You’ll like www.underthethatch.co.uk/fran that we designed and built.
Why Does UTT do Black Friday?
Black Friday is an American tradition for price reductions the day after ‘Thanksgiving’. It seems to have come out of nowhere as a new event over this side of the Atlantic… as a celebration of consumerism. There’s something inherently vulgar about it. So why do we, a small, independent family-run business join in the scrum, […]
Books on Irish vernacular architecture
We’re fans of vernacular architecture – and have published/ helped produce a few books ourselves on the subject (Welsh/Irish interest). We’ve an interest in vernacular architecture from any country, and obviously Wales. Here’s a list of books from a country that we have a particular soft spot for – Ireland. Ireland has a peculiar relationship […]
Making ‘Falun Red’ traditional Swedish paint – Falu rödfärg!
We’re such HUGE fans of traditional Scandinavian buildings, yet despite several visits we’ve never managed to find the right UTT in Sweden (or Norway, Faroes, Iceland, Finland… but we love them all!) So we’re building one nearer to home. We want to have it in distinctive the distinctive red oxide paint…but modern paints available in […]
UTT HQ on the shore – some fresh images
The Cobbler’s children are always the worst shod, they say…and we’re probably guilty of not photographing our own home like we do the UTT cottages – so here’s a few interior shots of UTT HQ – built in 2017