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(08-02-2021, 12:08 AM)Veggie Wrote: Hedges are a pain to keep in trim - so I don't.
Bear in mind that I've never been to Sheffield, or know anything about the area so I've been searching for houses for sale with "large garden" or "greenhouse" on the basis that that might mean the owners were gardeners.
Found one with a garden that was just me Corner Cottage...............but there was no access from the road, just pedestrian access in front of other houses. Too far to carry stuff.
Then there's this one https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/88763203#/ but look at the steps up to the front door!
Yep, that one is already on my favourites list! Not the best location though - one of my friends used to live nearby and it wasn't too bad, but borders on some less pleasant bits. If it sticks around for a while, I might take a look at it, but I can probably only manage one viewing a week right now (and I'm not sure even that is a great idea as my chest is still suffering from my trip out this morning) so have to be selective. Anything decent is getting snapped up within a week of being listed, but hopefully things will start to move at a more reasonable pace once the stamp duty holiday deadline is clearly not achievable (it doesn't affect me directly because I'm a first-time buyer looking at houses under £300k, but the indirect effects have been massive).
I know the Corner Cottage one too. That's been on for ages - since last summer, I think. It might have had a sale fall through and then gone back on, or the vendors pulled it for a bit. That one's on the bus route between my parents' house (where I grew up) and town, so I've passed it many a time. That whole block of cottages are really pretty, and at least that one is set back behind the cottages on the main road. The pictures make it look lovely and rural (and it basically backs onto a big common, so it kind of is) but that road is really busy and a major route from the outskirts into town. Parking is likely to be a real problem (once I can drive, assuming driving lessons restart at some point). Garden is definitely appealing though!
Formerly self-contained, but expanding my gardening horizons beyond pots!