We purchased Fairview Cottage in January 2011, with a 2 1/4 year old daughter and baby due in the May
The house had been empty for about a year when we bought it
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Rear garden - this is the top section of the garden, taken from the patio with the main house direction behind. |
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Rear garden - top section with house directly behind. |
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View from bottom of the garden - the plan is to open this up |
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The middle section of the garden - the house is behind and to the left. To the right is the "natural garden", the garden shed, the green house and chicken coop. |
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Arabella's play set and the second patio area. The plan is to move the playset into the corner as it currently hides the view. |
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The back of the house taken from the bottom of the top section of the garden - the summer house is to the right. |
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Close up of the rear of the house from the bottom of the garden |
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Fairview Cottage - the main house taken from Main Road |
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The house sign - kinda twee but we'll sort it |
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The whole house including garage and annexe above. The window next to the garage doors (only just visible) is the workroom, originally the old butchers, behind which is the old meat cellar. |
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The whole house |
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The main house and front garden |
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The annexe main room - this will be the kitchen |
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The annexe shower room |
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The annexe utility room - a door into the main house will be bashed through on the back wall by the radiator |
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The sitting room with the bread oven behind |
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The sitting room with the bread oven - the front arch to the bread oven will be removed. The door in front leads to the dining room - the patio doors are to the right. |
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The dining room - the door to the sitting room. The doorway to the hallway is behind you. |
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The Kitchen and breakfast room - YUMMY! The central island has now been removed and this will become one room with the dining room - very soon |
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The kitchen with the back door directly behind. |
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The "walk-through bedroom" - the cupboard and wall paper have already been removed! The door in the corner leads into the master bedroom |
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The lovely wall paper. |