Monday 26 July 2010

Growing up


Today I think we may have found it, that elusive place, the dream home. But of course, it comes with two big drawbacks, possibly too big to ignore.

We were shown around the house, and we love its quirkiness, the beams, the little corners which were niches in rooms above the huge inglenook fireplace. We loved the formal side (added later) and the warm grey stone. We loved the roses growing up the walls, and the nods at its history and past owners. The garden was what I have had in my mind's eye for many years. We wandered past fading roses, some setting huge hips. The owner named them all, dozens of them. Some I had never heard of, they were so rare. Butterflies danced ahead of us as we walked through the orchard. The owner, knowing a kindred spirit when she met one, showed me every inch of the garden. My jaw dropped open when I saw the size of the fruit cage. We brushed past countless more nodding roses, tangles of clematis, a view of distant dreaming hills through a gap in a wall.

But we must be sensible. It is too far out really, for us who have been saying we want to have a social life again and be closer to friends. To be closer to jobs and nights out whilst G and D are still at home with us. And, it would be cheek by jowl with the previous owners, and we are used to total privacy . . .

6 comments:

  1. Oh dear, I think this house is going to be a difficult one to relinquish. It sounds like a gardener's dream. I would love to see the roses and know their names.
    House-hunting can so quickly turn into an "over load" experience.

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  2. As I said before - what is for you won't go past you........


    Good luck to you both in making your decisions.

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  3. You will know when you have found the right house ...MM did as did we all when we heard /read her thoughts and felt her enthusiasm and love for it.

    How long will the offspring be with you and is it really too far out for those who drive??? or are they excuses because you feel it should be the right home for you rather than it actually being the one for you xxxx

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  4. Perhaps you need some time to mull it over and maybe the drawbacks can be overcome x

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  5. Mulling it over indeed we are. It is time to put US first I think. The vendors live next door, which is the stumbling block to a degree . . .

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  6. During our present house search, we fell in love with a garden, which went with an unsuitable house. Looking back I'm glad we carried on looking. Now I have a house which fits the bill and a jungle, but that can be changed.
    I agree with Alistair, and wish you the best of luck with your decision making.

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