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Whether you are at the very beginning of your journey with oak, or you already have plans and have started construction, our advice hub is here to help guide you at every stage.

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15. Self Build Stories: Revisiting The Oak House in Essex

Last month, Charlie Mills, our MD revisited our clients Steve and Susanne who warmly welcomed us into their stunning home now that it is complete. 12 months ago we visited Steve and Susanne when the build was in full swing, so we are delighted to have been invited back. Join Steve and Susanne as they take Charlie on a tour inside to see how the amazing spaces have come to life.

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14. Custom Build Stories: Orchard View

In this episode, Tim visits Simon and Karen, the first to build at the Webbs Meadow custom build site in Herefordshire. Step inside their beautiful home and take a look around whilst hearing about their self-build journey and the community that continues to build around them at Webbs Meadow.

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13. Self-build stories: Manuka Cottage

Self-builders Craig and LB welcomed us into their home in Herefordshire based on the Cottage Range. In this video, join them on a tour of their stunning family home and dive into detail about their journey and self-build experience, before offering their top self-build tips...

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12. Interior design for your oak frame with Ali Hearn

Choosing the interiors for your oak frame is an incredibly personal journey. This is why we invited Ali from Ali Hearn studios to visit our show home in Herefordshire to meet our founder, Tim, and discuss all things interior design. Join them in this episode of ‘In the frame’ as they travel through the main rooms of the house and discuss important interior design tips and trends.

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11. Hare’s Furrow, an oak frame business venture

Our clients Mark and Sarah kindly invited us to their luxury holiday accommodation in the Leicestershire countryside. In this video, they take Charlie Mills on a tour of their build and dive into the details about their journey and experiences so far, before offering their top tips to anyone looking at their oak frame building as a potential business venture.

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10. Our outbuildings and extensions

In this episode Charlie, our Managing Director talks about the processes involved in building your own outbuilding or garden room, offers top tips on what to consider when embarking on your own build, and shows you around his room above garage, giving you insights into the decisions he made and why. Step inside this episode and explore the possibilities for your own outbuilding or garden room.

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9. Building sustainably with WrightWall and WrightRoof Natural encapsulation

Throughout the design process, we use the same innovative software employed to design your oak frame as your insulated closed-panel encapsulation system. Join Tim as he takes you around the workshop to discover the benefits of these systems and how our WrightWall Natural is used to build Passivhaus'.

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8. Award Winning Oak Frame Passivhaus

Our clients’ Andrew and Linda kindly invited us to visit ‘Woodlands’, their award-winning oak frame Passivhaus bed and breakfast. In this video, Andrew and Linda take Tim on a tour of their home and explore the technologies that they have incorporated in their build to comply with the rigorous Passivhaus standard. Proving that beauty and sustainability can be combined, and one of only two oak frame Passivhaus’ in the UK, this is truly a home for the future.

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7. Self-build stories: The Oak House

Last month, Tim Crump visited our clients Steve and Susanne who warmly welcomed him to their stunning site where it is all systems go, as they work alongside PJT Design, PJT Custom Build and our teams to construct their "right size" oak frame home. Filled with amazing amounts of light, space and of course, beautiful oak, hear how Steve and Susanne's home building journey began and is unfolding before their eyes...

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6. Self-build stories: The Hedgerows

Our clients Paul and Mandy kindly invited us to visit their 15 acre woodland plot where their dream oak frame home is currently under construction. In this video, they take Tim Crump on a tour of their build and dive into detail about their journey and experiences so far, before offering their top self-build tips...

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5. Introducing our Academy

In this documentary, Tim Crump speaks with our HR Director, Michael Connolly, about why we set up our Academy of High Performance Craft and the amazing possibilities for apprentices. He also meets with two apprentices who are currently enrolled and together they discuss why they chose this route and their experiences so far...

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4. Our oak frame design and encapsulation

Meet Alex Knowles, our Design Academy Manager, who explains how our oak frames are carefully designed and crafted here at our offices and workshops in rural Herefordshire, creating dream builds for our clients, one of which you will hear from during this documentary...

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