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(06-02-2021, 01:27 AM)Veggie Wrote: Looks lovely, Pros. Big garden, south facing slope, unshaded, means it will make the most of the sun. Great views.
I looked at the aerial view to see what the neighbours had done with their gardens for ideas. Lots more going on in their's. Plenty of scope. The decked area seems to have storage beneath it - great for all the tools. Could maybe put a greenhouse on it if its solid - lot of pots anyway. Looks like a shed and another flat area at the bottom of the garden.
Seems to be a slope at the front of the house too - don't know whether the rain water would run towards the house, rather than away?
See how you feel about it all when you view. I've found you know within minutes whether a house is right for you - or not!
Thank you for the thoughts
I hadn't thought about where a greenhouse would go or that it was likely to be a little challenging to put one on a slope. Good thinking about using the decking for that. I have a checklist of research questions to go through before and during viewings which includes thinking about greenhouse siting, but haven't had chance to do my due diligence since this one got listed! I will get it done tomorrow before I view on Sunday.
The flat area at the bottom looks handy, but is likely to be shaded by the trees. I did think it might be a good place for chickens at some point in the future - I haven't seen many houses listed where I could keep some well away from neighbouring houses (to minimise any moaning about noise/mess).
The view is definitely very appealing. I grew up in a village a valley over, so it certainly evokes fond memories (maybe a touch of hiraeth if you will permit an Englishwoman to borrow a word?) and I certainly have missed similar views in the majority of rather urban or suburban houses I've lived in since leaving home.
My parents home has a drive that slopes down towards the house, but because the street is on a hill (as this one is) heavy rain actually just flows down the road and not towards the house. Hopefully the same here, as I don't want to be getting the sandbags out every time we have a downpour!
I think you are right about knowing very quickly how you feel about a house. I suspect that this one is going to feel a bit soulless when I actually see it, as I think I'm really hankering after a bit of a dated property that has been well-loved by a now-elderly person but is in need of a little TLC (interestingly, there are parallels with my work where I take rather crumbly and frail older people and try to patch over the cracks to keep them in good shape for a little longer). I had very positive feelings about the last house I viewed (this one), but it just needed too much work for me to oversee while working full time, even staggering it over several months (new kitchen/bathroom, new central heating system, rewiring, replastering, roof repair, and then all the redecorating). Never mind the cost! Though I might still have bitten the bullet if the garden had been significantly bigger (it was a bit smaller than it looks in the pictures).
Formerly self-contained, but expanding my gardening horizons beyond pots!