Lihou Island House sustained damage during Storm Ciaran in November 2023. Extensive repairs were carried out by Breton’s Small Works team, who could only access the site at low tide and often had to stay overnight.
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Lihou Island House
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Location
Lihou Island
Site Manager
Chris Jackson
Completed
June 2024
Challenges
Accessible only at low tide
The race to get Lihou Island House open in time for school visits
Lihou Island House is primarily used as youth hostel-style accommodation for youth and school groups, but is also rented out by groups of islanders looking to get away from it all. Hit by a storm in November 2023, the house sustained extensive water damage. Breton began work on site in March 2024 and had less than three months to get the house ready for school groups in June.
Not your run of the mill site
This was a project where you couldn’t afford to leave a tool in the van. Accessible only by causeway at low tide, Lihou Island House presented an unusual array of challenges. All equipment and building materials had to be transferred to the island on the back of Lihou Warden Steve Sarre’s tractor. Our team either walked there and back at low tide – sometimes giving small windows of working time – or stayed overnight.
Repairing storm damage
Our team took out and reinstalled windows and doors, replaced insulation, and carried out roof repairs, following the ferocious Storm Ciaran in November 2024.
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Braye Road Industrial Estate,
La Route Du Braye,
Vale, Guernsey,
GY3 5XB
La Route Du Braye,
Vale, Guernsey,
GY3 5XB
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