For Sale

17 years ago we bought our 1930 home - ‘The Stone House’.

Walking through the front door on our first viewing of the property, we were confronted by swirly shag-pile carpets, polystyrene tiles on the ceilings, woodchip on the walls, no central heating, a tiny kitchen, a very unloved room that had once been the village post office, and an overgrown garden full of brambles and ivy...

But I think we needed the house as much as she needed us, so the deal was done.

The carpets, woodchip and the fire hazard tiles were soon banished. The house became cosy with the installation of new windows, a front porch, and a central heating system. Gems were discovered such as original old panelled doors beneath hardboard coverings that were put there during the 1960’s, and the beautiful old floorboards were exposed throughout.  

The garden was tamed, the kitchen moved to the old shop space on the other side of the house and the bathroom was modernised (but with a traditional look.) To take advantage of the beautiful view of the Somerset hills, the pièce de résistance was having the raised decked balcony built on the back of the house.

It has been a wonderful family home that we have loved living in and where we've had many happy times...the perfect place to bring up our three gorgeous girls; shaped by us, it was made ‘just right’ for us all...I know the girls will miss the house when it’s time for us to go, but they understand that it's now Mum and Dad's chance to move-on to somewhere new (old!) ;-))

Knowing a little of how the property market works, a sale may take time...But we hope that someone soon will fall for her charms and make this old stone house their new home in the near future...I do believe there is a perfect someone out there - they just have to find us...

Our house went on the market this week and has had one viewing already. It’s too soon for us to dream just yet, but perhaps by next year we could be nearer the next chapter...

Thanks for visiting,

Niki x