2011 was an interesting year. Our turn over increased to £6.4 million and our actual sales broke the £7 million barrier for the first time. The last quarter has been very strong giving us a good order book coming into the New Year. If I did not read the newspapers or watch the ne... [More]

  The pupils and staff of Stretton Sugwas Primary School are once more feeling the benefit of having an established county employer right on their doorstep. TJ Crump Oakwrights have built on their already rooted support of the community with a donation of a new sports kit for the childr... [More]

The Carpenters Fellowship, which is the body that represents all oak frame carpenters and oak frame companies, holds an event called Frame each year at a different location which is normally an open air museum.   The idea is to have a weekend where knowledge can b... [More]

Here is a taster of pictures to come. At first glance you would be forgiven for thinking that this is a typical Cotswold stone house. There is no real indication of any oak framing being involved in this project but how wrong this assumption would be.   ... [More]

  Earlier this year my wife Serena had success in getting to the final 20 of this years’ Master Chef competition on the BBC.   Serena found the competition great fun, and I benefitted from tasting all her new ideas.... [More]

Last weekend was rather hectic. On Friday night I went to a neighbour’s home for their 10th wedding anniversary, which is tin so we took them a watering can! It is an old brick and stone Herefordshire farm house, and I imagine there are some lovely oak timbers in the roof. The party wa... [More]

Back in those balmy days of April and May it seemed like a great idea to be entering the Mountain Mayhem 24 hour mountain bike race. Now with torrential rain I am not looking forward to hauling my old body around Eastnor Castle’s beautiful grounds that have turned into a representati... [More]

Alison and Chris built a beautiful compact barn in a small village in Cambridgeshire. Alison kindly agreed to give her thoughts on the project.   What first gave you the idea to contemplate a self build project?   We hav... [More]

The National HB&R show at the NEC was a great success. Following all the hard work that the team put into creating The Low Energy House by Oakwrights, we were really pleased to see just how well it was received. From Thursday morning through to Sunday afternoon I hardly found time to dra... [More]

Today is the last day for preparation at the National Home Building & Renovating show. The team have been working hard and it is now just down to adding the finishing touches. The graphics are all being applied ready to show how The Low Energy House works. You can see from this picture... [More]