Take the easy way to a country life

Modern conversions of farm buildings can offer a perfect combination of old and new in a rural setting, writes Kirsty Mcluckie

Steading conversions offer a perfect kind of packaged rural living. In the country, the preponderance of detached cottages and houses keep prices high, but for those looking to live rurally but not in isolation, a steading development can deliver a home with the security of neighbours, but still with peace and quiet in abundance at a much more affordable price than a house set in its own grounds.

Modern steading conversions create residences from underutilised buildings and they can make for quirky and original homes.

However, there can be drawbacks. For some buyers, steadings can be neither one thing or the other.