Sir – As the previous occupier of Fletchers Farm, Standlake I would like to point out, we lived in comfort, dry and warm, drinking our own well water for 32 years (Report, June 14).

We had to get a mortgage from the Royal Bank of Scotland to enable us to buy our present home, before selling Fletchers Farm. The RBS granted us a very large loan which they would not have been prepared to do had Fletchers Farm been a “derelict old building”.

S. Browne (Mrs), Standlake