House Pictures

Wanted to post a few pics of the house - Will post more as we get furniture :) We're going bachelor style for awhile until we can find some "charity shops" AKA Goodwill to purchase some basics.


The woman who lived here had to move into a nursing home. Her daughter is our landlord. From what we can tell, it's a delicate situation that has been needing to happen for a few years now and the daughter finally overruled her Mom's wishes to be at home and moved her to keep her safe. Mom was an amazing gardener in her time, but most is now pretty overgrown and in need of some love. There is an apple tree and several berry bushes that I haven't quite figured out yet. I only hope my limited green thumb skills are able to honor all the work that has been put in over the years.


The house has 4 (yes, four!) bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, and two living rooms. It's big, but keep in mind that a UK bedroom is big enough for a bed & not much else and none of them have closets. All that being said, we will have plenty of room for guests (you know...when we get some beds).

So, on to the official house tour:

The back garden taken from the far back corner

The back garden from the back of the house

The dining room

The kitchen
note the refrigerator on the right that doesn't quite go all the way up... but a double oven is pretty cool

The utility area just off the kitchen (dishwasher & washing machine on the bottom, dryer up top), I think well add some shelving on the left for extra storage and a curtain rod to hide it all

Living room #1 - with a gas insert fireplace and the sun room off the back - most likely the one we'll primarily use

Living room #2 - a bit smaller than the first and has part of the stairs running through part of it, but it'll make a nice sitting room...if we get a sofa :)

Stairs - Not really that exciting, but Ginger & Daisy are going to love going up & down them! We've never had a house with stairs, but anywhere we've visited with them, all they do is run up & down.

The Master bedroom. You can fit a queen bed & two night stands...we think...at least that's what we bought at IKEA yesterday...we'll let you know on Thursday when it's delivered.

Master bath - it's an ensuite, a really big deal over here! 

The "double" guest bedroom, which just means it's big enough to fit a double bed in it.

The single guest bedroom. Just big enough for a twin bed.

The other single bedroom.
We're going to use this one as the office so Adam has a full space to
study and think about MBA-y type things.

The guest bath. Note, there is no shower. Hope people coming to visit like to take baths (or you can use the one in the ensuite)!

And because I can't leave the last picture of the house being the washroom, here is a picture of the park near the house. It's a beautiful day here (hot by UK standards - the high was 81 F & they have issued heat stroke warnings; when I tell people it's been over 100 for 3 weeks straight they nearly faint). Anyway, people are out in the parks in droves. Most of them sitting or lying in their bikini's, an no, there isn't a beach around... I, however, love the flowers in all the parks!