Two by two

After moving into a farmhouse in East Sussex, Dominic Joyce spent the next six years bringing two run-down neighbouring buildings back to life

WORDS Amy Maynard

HOMEOWNER Dominic Joyce LOCATION Northiam, East Sussex PROJECT Two rebuilds SIZE 320m² BUILD ROUTE Main contractor CONSTRUCTION Masonry BUILD TIME 16 months PLOT COST £125,000 BUILD COST £1.1m CURRENT VALUE £1.4m TIMELINE Acquired brick barn and land 2011 Acquired workshop 2013 Architect/planning consultant engaged 2019 Brick barn planning granted Single-storey link approved EARLY 2022 Broke ground MID-2022 Works completed JANUARY 2024 Building control certificate issued MAY 2024 Moved in JUNE 2024 Having worked in the travel industry for many years, Dominic Joyce had developed a sense of adventure, so no surprise when he took on a mammoth barn renovation project that spanned the best part of a decade. Dominic’s self-build journey began in 2010, when he moved into a farmhouse down a country track in a serene village just a…

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Homebuilding & Renovating (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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