Wednesday, January 13, 2010
A Definite Possible
Today we had only one house viewing scheduled but ended up seeing two. The first one, which we were told had no close neighbors did in fact have close neighbors. It also had a very strange floor plan where one room led to another so that in order to go to bedroom two or three you would have to go through the preceding bedroom(s), and there didn't seem any way to easily get around this. So, a reject.
But, we ended up in the area much earlier than anticipated, so we wandered around and picked up some of those real estate catalogues that are everywhere. We saw one house that looked interesting and called that realtor after rejecting the above house. The advertised house was sold but he told us he had something he thought would suit us and said he had the keys. (Not often the case - viewings usually have to be scheduled with the owner.) So another hour's drive, but worth it. This house would indeed suit us. It has a large eat-in kitchen, a huge living room /dining room and three good sized bedrooms, one of which coujld be a studio. (Plus bathroom, separate loo.) So th ebasics are there. The house is in very good condition, although needing redecorating - but don't they all! The garden is lovely! There are lots of little interesting areas, two or three terraces, a porch, little mossy stone steps leading here and there, also a large outbuilding as well as a garage. It's not as charming as the houses I love most, the little 'Perigordines' - but there aren't a lot of those on offer in our price range. This house is also well below the limit we can spend, so that's a plus as well. Here's a photo.
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