Rolling down its sloped site towards a wild flower meadow, this house with its eclectic mix of styles espouses the idea of “Country Contemporary” design. As you will see from the attached photographs, the oak frame is clean and light enhancing the comfortable living space. ... [More]

We are as busy as ever with our ‘Try before you Buy’ service at the Show Home, and as ever we are always trying to improve our service and enhance the experience for our guests.   It had been decided, following comments by clients who ... [More]

I first met Martin & Tracey in October of 2005. Martin had bought a plot of land in Kent with an old 1950’s bungalow on it, which he aimed to knock down so that he could build a new oak framed house. Martin & Tracey had been to one of our open days at Bill & Gill Wades, and... [More]

I spent a day on a photo shoot with this house and oh what a pleasant day it was too. The pool in front of the house just gave such a calm feel and I drove home feeling fully relaxed.   My feeling of contentment made me ponder on the way home; was it the water, was it the oak frame, or wa... [More]

With the demolition complete it was now onto the real business of getting on with construction rather than demolition work. Derek first built a house with a basement in Norway in 1982. It was on a sloping site and built like most properties at that time. The site was dug out and cleared of deb... [More]

Five years ago David bought a plot of ground in a village just outside Ely, Cambridgeshire. The plot was long and narrow with an existing ancient circular brick dovecote on the front of the site. The previous owner had gained planning permission to build a single storey link and an oak frame... [More]

       A few weeks ago I spent four days out on site with Roland, one of our senior frame designers. Roland has put together our first foray into time lapse photography.   We had great fun out on site with... [More]

The first job on site was to buy and install a large static caravan to live in while the build commenced. As the drive way onto the site was steep and quite narrow this proved to be an interesting operation. However with a skilful lorry driver and quite a bit of pushing and shoving the caravan was e... [More]

I spent last Sunday evening in Hereford working with a small Oakwrights team and a team from RRA architects to set up an event eco event pavilion in the centre of Hereford High Town. This brought back many memories for me as the last time I had worked in Hereford city centre was when in... [More]

The 3D model, sent to the client showing the frames Oakwrights are proposing to build   My love of carpentry started over twenty five years ago when I was a young man with a love for old oak frame buildings. Living in Herefordshire this led me to spe... [More]