Our story
We love architecture and restoring and renovating old buildings. We also love interior design - combining the vintage and the modern for cool, comfy and cosy places to stay. It seems that our guests like it just as much.
15 years ago we moved from the city to the glorious countryside to work on our first renovation together - an old weavers cottage with 400 years of history to uncover and bring back to life. Since then we’ve restored and renovated a number of amazing old properties and we've learnt a lot in the process. Those early projects went back onto the market, but, having put so much of ourselves into them, we often found them hard to part with. That’s why we decided to keep one or two and make them available for people to enjoy. And nothing makes us happier than that.
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Our projects often include rural community buildings that have fallen into disrepair or can no longer be sustained. We see this as the heart of the creative challenge.
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We restored and converted the beautiful Victorian sunday school building in New Buckenham which would have sat empty due to dwindling congregations, had we not been able to turn it into a lovely little bolthole for visitors. In keeping with our ethos of celebrating history and heritage, we love to keep original features when we can. Not only did we keep the original Ten Commandments on the wall, but The Chapel still has its pipe organ! Read more about The Chapel. [LINK]
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Our most recent project is a Grade II listed building on an historic street in Wymondham. We will be shepherding the 200-year-old building into the next stage of its long life, keeping the charm of its most recent role as an antiques shop while folding in our signature blend of slow living luxury.
History is all around you in our properties, and all from the comfort of elegant minimalist interiors. Another key part of our work is using local independent tradespeople and suppliers to make them truly local projects that the community can enjoy and benefit from.
If you want to enjoy a little slice of the slow life, and you like beautiful buildings with interesting stories, we think you’ll love Slow Norfolk.