New Horizons

Now the dissertation has gone the next bit of fun starts.....
There is a lot of giddy excitement in the air in out household!!! College finishing up, the recent hand ins, new projects starting, and the icing on the cake is we are moving house... better then just moving we are actually buying a house.

We have loved this little house we rent at the moment - its a very pleasant space to live in but the village is not what we had hoped it would be and we feel very isolated and quite frankly the neighbors are not what we are used to.  Yes we were very spoiled when we lived in Northumberland - the community there embraced newcomers and was interesting to live with - we made lifelong friends, so moving here to a similar set up was disappointing to say the least and we have never really settled.  So we have been looking at alternatives.

That said this is still a bolt from the blue - an unexpected happening in our lives - Dr Fred and I have vaguely discussed this option as we wanted some security in our aging years - more honestly we wanted somewhere we could gather all our possessions under one roof - (mainly our books) and we never imagined we would get our act together to find somewhere affordable which met our ever growing ever ridiculous needs and wants list!!

We have been lazily looking in this area we live in, we don't feel we want to return to Leeds but we don't wish to be too far away and I chanced upon an interestingly looking house for sale in a ex mining village about ten miles north of where we are now.   It merited a viewing and that led to an offer being accepted and a considerable amount of giddiness!!

Its nothing grand - but its perfect for us - we hum and ahhed about its location but decided we would prefer to live among real people in more of a potential community is a less pretty area then live as we do now in a 'nice' village where no-one speaks to you unless its to complain about the dirty yellow **** van......

its not ours yet so I'm only uploading the garden for now 

This new house is lovely - plenty of room - fab big kitchen, room for Dr Fred to have his study and me to have a studio - it has a little conservatory and the most amazing private mature garden!  I am soooooooo excited to have my own garden again and Dr Fred is very pleased because it already has a pond so he doesn't have to dig one!!!  It obviously has been a much loved house and I think it will continue to be so...

Our definite tick list included space ✓ privacy ✓ decent outlook ✓a tower ✓(well almost - as good as we will ever get) woodburner ✓ interesting features ✓ nice garden ✓  efficient heating and double glazing✓ enough bedrooms ✓ decent kitchen✓ good vibe ✓ shop nearby ✓
our wish list included conservatory ✓ gas cooking✓ big south facing garden ✓ utility room ✓ hallway and landing ✓ garage ✓ greenhouse ✓ pond ✓ balcony X  library X... 😂😂

To be honest all it lacks for us is the sea... although it looks over fields so its not a bad outlook.

I cant wait to move in....