Recently I managed to find enough time to hop over the water to the Isle of Wight to swing a hammer with the site crew on my project for Mr & Mrs Sayers.   My design work for this project was extensive to say the least; having designed the post and beam oak frame, the... [More]

Once a year we like to organise a day, for our design studio team to get out and stimulate their brain cells; to see some of our finished projects and what other designers are doing. Design is of great importance to Oakwrights, and like any creative subject, it is a collaborative discipline.... [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]

In Oakwrights busy Hereford office, I am usually kept busy, dealing with marketing and customer enquiries. However, today I had a complete break from the norm.   I left the office and headed north, to Leominster, to spend some time with the pupils at Westfield Sch... [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]

As the calendar turns to June, and the sky remains grey, it feels like a long time since I was out enjoying myself on site.   Towards the end of April I was able to get out from behind the desk in my office. The sub-zero months of winter had passed, an... [More]

  Sophia and Andrew’s home is a country house of the Kentish vernacular. The architectural style does not belong to any period and is influenced by the original equestrian property. With its white board exterior and exposed oak frame it melds into th... [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]