Welcome to ratherheath.com, Ratherheath huts. Our shepherd huts are no.1

Here at Ratherheath huts we are a small family business which started in 2021/22, as a qualified electrician and farmer we were searching for a diversification as my electrician business had stopped due to covid and being unable to enter customers houses. A idea was discussed amongst family and friends and Ratherheath was created. The idea was to build bespoke huts / trailers and pretty much upcycled anything into a holiday let style accommodation and what a business it has turned out to be!

It started.....

I pulled a Hay trailer into the yard, collected a variety of materials which we had stored away like you do for many years set myself a budget to build the 1st hut of Ratherheath.

My partner Sarah is a whizz on the sewing machine and has a great vision too which helped immensely along the way, my son who is currently training to be a architect who showed inspiration in the build and a daughter who became a extremely hard working labourer, it was fun, great family time, memories were made and little did i know this was the 1st stepping stone of Ratherheath.

Since the 1st hut was built i soon realised that i would need a dry, spacious workshop so planning was was applied for accepted and the workshop was built (all using upcycled materials of course)  as nowadays materials are costly and my budget was in sight!

We now have a fantastic space to build our unique bespoke creations!

All of our huts are built using as many upcycled products and materials as possible to make our brand as green as possible, although it is somewhat challenging at times as you can't just go to the suppliers for 1 more piece of wood! So I use local farm sales, building refurbishments, factories etc as local as possible and this is what gives each hut its own individual style and character.

I am currently on hut no.7 and still as passionate and enthusiastic within my work, so much so it doesn't feel like work!

We have built a variety of creations some call them shepherds huts but we call the hay wagons as that is where it all started, as they are built upon repurposed hay trailers that we travel all over the country to purchase, and as theses are getting pretty hard to find now we buy various sizes from 14, 16 to 18 feet long to start our builds on.

We don't just build accommodation huts we have built home offices, children's play huts, converted horse trailers into coffee bars. We have refurbed a catering trailer for another customer we are always busy.

The latest creation is one i may find hard to part with..... a trailer with a hot tub, sauna and a plunge bath! Always trying to keep my creations unique and adventurous!

The majority of the work is carried out by myself with my partner Sarah's added help and advice and needle skills for those all important finishing touches. I have a gas certified engineer who helps when required, a local fantastic transport company who will not only deliver / move our huts they will also help position them too if required a brilliant web designer who has helped us put all this together.