Establishing a Goat Unit

Guy and Anna Wrightson first appointed Nigel Belton of Acorus in 1998, to advise them on a number of building matters when they were considering purchasing a redundant dairy farm on the Devon/Somerset border with a view to converting it into a goat milking enterprise.

Nigel, a Chartered Building Surveyor, advised them on the feasibility of converting the buildings and also carried out a structural survey of the farm house.

Following completion of the purchase, Nigel undertook the design of the conversion of the main goat housing together with adoption of the milking parlour and dairy and then managed the construction process through to completion.

Guy and Anna were then able to relocate their goats from a rented farm and commence their new enterprise in their own buildings.

Over the years as the farm business expanded, Acorus have undertaken a series of planning and building design management functions on their behalf, including: new hay barn, refurbished silage clamps, rationalised farm drainage, water treatment facilities, new rearing yard, new milking yard, extension to farm house to form self-contained family annexe.

At the time of writing we are in the process of obtaining planning consent for a temporary migrant worker's dwelling.