Your Stories

As part of the Great British Refurb Campaign we want to showcase stories from our supporters about what they have done, what it was like and how it has made a difference.

Whether you live in a big Victorian mansion, a 1930's semi or a 1970's terrace we want to collect your stories and your experience. It doesn't matter if you have only just started on a small refurb, or you have just completed a major project. We'd like to know and we'd like to use your story to inspire others.

70s Style Vertical Tile Refurb Find out how to imporve a 1970s typical house by 500%. Monday, 21 March 2011 Read More

Renovating a 1960s House using Eco products Find out what can be done with a 50 year-old house  Tuesday, 1 February 2011 Read More

Oak Tree House Oak Tree House is Woking Borough Council's eco-show home.   Thursday, 7 October 2010 Read More

A Castle fit for a Queen's Garden Here is how Gary converted his house to a castle fit for a king or a queen.  Friday, 9 July 2010 Read More

Greening the Coach House We saw this house when we moved to Nottingham - not at all what we'd had in mind (a Victorian terrace we could gradually do up ourselves).  Friday, 28 May 2010 Read More

Returning from Germany Arriving back in England from three years in southern Germany was a bit of a shock to the system. The house we had decided to purchase seemed in mid-s... Monday, 22 March 2010 Read More

A Draughty Victorian Terrace This is my first house and when I moved into the property had a whole list of things I wanted to improve / change / generally spend money on!  Bu... Monday, 22 March 2010 Read More

From chemical to carbon neutral farming in four years We are a Cornwall based family run small organic farm selling fresh meat boxes and other farm products. We have converted to organic status in the fir... Monday, 4 January 2010 Read More

Loft insulated - Bring on the rain! The house we bought early this summer had around 10cm of loft insulation (at best). We topped this up to between 27 and 30cm, whilst at the same tim... Monday, 4 January 2010 Read More

Colin Gets Down and Dirty We moved into our 1930s detached house in Surrey about two and a half years ago. The house had huge floor cavities making it very draughty, so we insu... Friday, 18 December 2009 Read More

70s Style Vertical Tile Refurb Renovating a 1960s House using Eco products Oak Tree House A Castle fit for a Queen's Garden Greening the Coach House Returning from Germany A Draughty Victorian Terrace From chemical to carbon neutral farming in four years Loft insulated - Bring on the rain! Colin Gets Down and Dirty