I haven't a clue what you think the exterior looks like but here it is:
Bet you're even more underwhelmed. And likely wondering where oh where in the middle of nowhere we will be living.
So here's the (brief) story.
Part of the old house (yellow building) was built a long long time ago. Ha ha ... I have no clue. Initially, it was thought that the 'cottage' could've been built circa 1930 but since Steve has begun knocking walls and uncovering the original layout he thinks it probably was even earlier than that.
There was some major refurbishment in the 1980s with an addition added and a new roof at this point (which helped hide the fact that a fireplace was hiding in that really thick bedroom wall). The layout of this cottage had 3 small bedrooms, kitchen, sitting room, and bathroom.
In 2008, the previous owners got planning permission and built a dormer extension which now houses all the bedrooms and bathroom. They had plans to renovate the old cottage to contain just the living spaces but then decided to put the house up for sale. Though the dormer extension is mostly finished (it's floored, bathrooms completed, electrics done) since the owners knew their plan was to move, they never actually lived in the new extension. As you can see, the new front entrance is between the old house and new extension.
So this is where we come in and why we get to knock loads of walls. And while there's lots of work to be done inside, there's clearly even more work to be done on the grounds as well which at the moment is a lot of overgrown hilly mounds of hairy grassy weedy rocky land.
Which brings me to mention, this is surprisingly not in the 'middle of nowhere' but seriously only 5 minutes from town and our current house!
And also on the site are OUTBUILDINGS! I would call them sheds but you don't understand how excited Stephen was about the OUTBUILDINGS!
I was rather indifferent at the time we bought but now I'm eyeing up one of these for a potting shed as I'm beginning to dream about all the GIY veggies and plants I'll have next year. Dreams!
Yep, that's it. Not so exciting from the outside. Here's more.
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| No not a dirt track but our driveway |
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| Looking downhill at where the driveway meets the road |
Bet you're even more underwhelmed. And likely wondering where oh where in the middle of nowhere we will be living.
So here's the (brief) story.
Part of the old house (yellow building) was built a long long time ago. Ha ha ... I have no clue. Initially, it was thought that the 'cottage' could've been built circa 1930 but since Steve has begun knocking walls and uncovering the original layout he thinks it probably was even earlier than that.
There was some major refurbishment in the 1980s with an addition added and a new roof at this point (which helped hide the fact that a fireplace was hiding in that really thick bedroom wall). The layout of this cottage had 3 small bedrooms, kitchen, sitting room, and bathroom.
So this is where we come in and why we get to knock loads of walls. And while there's lots of work to be done inside, there's clearly even more work to be done on the grounds as well which at the moment is a lot of overgrown hilly mounds of hairy grassy weedy rocky land.
Which brings me to mention, this is surprisingly not in the 'middle of nowhere' but seriously only 5 minutes from town and our current house!
And also on the site are OUTBUILDINGS! I would call them sheds but you don't understand how excited Stephen was about the OUTBUILDINGS!
I was rather indifferent at the time we bought but now I'm eyeing up one of these for a potting shed as I'm beginning to dream about all the GIY veggies and plants I'll have next year. Dreams!
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