Roger Hunt , co-author (with Marianne Suhr) of Old House Handbook , is an award-winning writer and blogger with a particular interest in sustainable and vernacular architecture and the materials and techniques used in construction. He is the author of Rural Britain: Then and Now , a celebration of the British countryside, Villages of England and Hidden Depths , an archaeological exploration of Surrey's past. He lectures on building-related issues, is a judge of annual awards for new housing and serves on the editorial board of the SPAB magazine. His latest renovation project is a 1900 house on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA. MARIANNE SUHR is a Chartered Building Surveyor specialising in the repair of historic buildings. After a scholarship with the SPAB, she worked for seven years in architectural practice, then full-time on hands-on repair projects including three very different old houses. For the SPAB she has run over 40 homeowners' courses and numerous 'limedays'. She is co-author (with Roger Hunt) of Old House Handbook , and has written and lectured extensively.

A co-presenter of three series of BBC2's Restoration , she recently set up the Old House Consultancy, advising on repairs and alterations in the Oxfordshire locality.