After hunting for weeks, and looking at loads of properties in the area, we’ve finally found our dream house! It’s an old, but not too old, house on the outskirts of the village. It used to belong to a doctor, and has obviously been well kept, compared to a lot of other buildings we’ve seen. The land is a bit smaller than we’d wanted originally, but looks like it will easily do for what we want. We saw the house on Tuesday 29th July, got a friend who knows more about buildings than we do to give it the once over. He was happy with the condition, so we put an offer in the following day, then paid for the house and got the keys on the following Tuesday! One week to buy a house.
The front of the house
Big barn and entrance
The garden
Alongside the house
Steps up to the house
Front from the garden
Corn shed and outbuilding
Corn shed
Across the garden
From the bottom of the garden
Outside toilet
Down the side of the barn
Buildings for livestock
Second barn
Let the work commence!
Kitchen
Kitchen
Kitchen
Entrance hall
Living room
Living room
Guest room
Our bedroom
Our bedroom
Wardrobe
Outbuilding
Preserves room
Bathroom
Dual fuel boiler
Large open barn
Big barn for storage
Small outbuilding
Inside of chicken sheds
Inside of chicken sheds
Inside of chicken sheds
So how much land were you looking for? If you dealing with Permaculture a small space can produce quite a lot. Looking forward yo your call. Bless, Umoja
I think you are being very brave and I have the utmost admiration for you both. Yes, it looks like a lot of work, but no worse than the cottage I took on in Wales. You will soon have it looking just as you want it and then what?
Workshops? Holiday lets? Lots of animals?
The very best of luck in your new adventure.
That picture of Julie is great! You look so relaxed :~)
Very nice !!! Only one thing, you could do with some pictures …………we can deliver lol !! X
It looks fantastic, you already have the type of boiler you wanted and there are already preserves on the shelves!
Can I ask how much such a great property set you back?
The house looks fab in a ramshackled way but you wouldn’t have it any other way, looking forward to seeing how you make this house your home for many years to come xx
looks full of potential ……and you are certainly the couple to make the best of this ….was it furnished already?
Hi Carol, it was completely as you see it; furniture, clothes, crockery, tools, everything was left. It’s been a treasure trove for us!