Fairly traumatic moving in period as we discovered water leaks, unwanted furniture, cupboard doors hanging off and we had no idea how the boiler worked. Added to that the loo in the bathroom sounded like a foghorn when you flushed it and the downstairs loo didn't flush at all unless you took the cistern lid off and pulled the mechanism up from inside.
However we discovered that our next-door-but-one neighbour is a plumber/handyman who sorted out the boiler, water leaks and toilets in about an hour flat.
Now we've got pictures up on the walls and arranged our furniture the place is really beginning to feel like home. We've had the downstairs loo completely redone and I'm about to paint it this week. The roof and guttering is being sorted over the next few days and the garden is being re-fenced next week.
Our new home is a terraced stone cottage built in about 1840 with add-ons out the back to give it a big kitchen and two small rooms upstairs. The attic has also been converted to a big room which we are using for storage, guests and my yoga practice. The photo shows the kitchen and dining room from the kitchen window.
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