On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 02:25, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Usually they won't be used for residential purposes .. unless they have > been demolished. >
Around here a LOT of farms have converted at least one outbuilding to a holiday cottage. Most are still working farms. In some cases the conversions have been sold off as permanent residences. Farming is hard and unrewarding these days, so conversion to holiday lets brings in an alternative source of income whilst selling off the conversion brings in capital. Farms that become uneconomic can end up with all the buildings being conversions for residential use. There's also an element of planning permission to this. Permission to put up an outbuilding goes through very easily. Permission for conversion to worker accommodation is relatively easy to get. Selling off worker accommodation as no longer required is OK too. It tends to be the case that older outbuilding conversions are used as holiday cottages because they're seen as having more charm, and given names like The Stables, The Dairy, etc. Conversion of farm buildings to residential buildings is not only possible, it's frequent in some parts of the world. -- Paul
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