Sorry for the delay in replying to you all but I've had problems accessing the forum. Many thanks for some excellent suggestions. Obviously cost is s consideration but it's back to the old equation of cost against time, or at least the lack of it. The renedra cottage looks the part as do the tabletop workshop(I found a dealer on evil bay with multi buy deals) but it's back to time to get them coloured in. 4ground stuff is a nice option but maybe a bit limited for the inevitable growth of the hamlet into a town. Then of course those wonderful Oshiro models

Would it be possible to PM you James? No promises but I'd like to find out a bit more from you and maybe just a couple of centre pieces.
Once again many thanks for your help
Cheers
Johnny Boy