On Saturday we went to the cottage in the country we are about to buy to meet with the current owners and get the lowdown on everything! They were absolutely lovely - talked us through the garden for over two hours and then we went into town and had lunch together. They are clearly very sad to leave, but are in their mid 70s now and it is getting a bit much. We saw many many bits of the garden that we didn't realise existed, and learned more of the house history, and the names of the neighbours, and people to call for gutters and septic tanks and tree removal. We are advised to join the local garden club, and who does the good coffee, and so many other wonderful things.
I didn't take any photos so this is just one from the website listing. Of course now we want to move there immediately and are very sad that tenants will enjoy it for a year or two before we can retire. Although we had completely ruled out the commute (it's just over an hour's drive) ... and now we're thinking about it. How we could make it work. Hmmmm.....
It looks beautiful. (I assume you're retiring early, you child, you?)
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