Alan and I have lived in the village of Perranwell all our lives. Alan was born here and I moved to Cornwall at the age of about six. We both went to the village Primary school and that is were we first met. As we grew up we became more than just friends. And with a combined passion for farming and the countryside we rented land at local farms in the area. Finally we were delighted to be able to find somewhere with land that we could actually afford to buy, but that came at a price!! The farm was dilapidated with leaking roofs, boarded up windows and in quite a state of disrepair. The land was untidy and the hedges were a complete mess. Our first priority was to get the little barn on the side of the house (The Home Barn) up and running. We needed it to be available to let to guests, so that the income from that would help us renovate the rest of the house during the following winters. We had lots of support from friends and family and many a late night, working into the small hours to get things finished. During the summers we spent time on repairing hedges, hanging gates and working on the grounds and gardens. Our second barn conversion was The Granary. This took longer to accomplish because of the strict planning conditions we had to adhere to and there were only three solid walls left standing! But we got there in the end and are very proud of the results. More recently we had a major refurbish of the original Home Barn, adding a beautiful glass roofed sunroom and re-modelling the whole of the interior, to bring it up to 5 * standard. We both have full time jobs and have fitted all of the renovations and continuing maintenance in and around our jobs and in our spare time . . . 30 years without a holiday finally came to an end in January 2016. We stole 4 nights away in a holiday cottage on a farm! Since then we have extended this to one whole week each year!!