Country living and an aga

[Dr House]

After living in central london with a small child we decided to move to the countryside (better paying job also)

I’m living in a old Converted barn Which is pretty cool but costs a fortune in oil to heat up and has very slow Internet.

It’s got this huge Aga which just seems a bit pointless. It has Half a dozen ovens which I don’t think you can actually set the temperature on and two oversize hot plates that also do not have a temperature control.

But on the upside I have enough parking to start a small car dealership.

The second positive point is that this place costs about the same as my one bedroom london flat.

What do people do in their free time out here? Not many coffee shops around

 

[Dr House]

Do you have any land? Does the house need any repairs? If the answer to either of those is “Yes”, that’s what you’ll be doing.

A little but not lots, the house does not need much doing but im thinking about a small vegetable patch, there is a big pound out front so I'm keen to get some ducks lol

Actually so far we are loving it, my GF comes from a farming family so it's nothing new to her. We kept the place in London so I can still go back from time to time.

The aga is not really used for heating as we have UFH thought which is oil powered but its quite a big area to heat

The 4G is quite good out here strangely so if the BT broadband is not working out then we will switch to that.

If you're going to live in the countryside then you're going to need to enjoy the outdoors and/or have a hobby you can do at home.

Im hoping to find places to walk, my GF and I walk at last 10km per day in London if I'm not working, normally just around the river or to one of the parks and back.

It’s so nice to have a bit of space again, we lived in a lovely area before but 1 bedroom with a baby is a pain.

That’s dining area. Lots of cool old oak beams

 

[Dr House]

is that you posting on the bottom left? nice looking barn, office on the balcony?

Yep that’s the plan. 2 desks and a small sofa. I have exams coming so again it’s nice to have a dedicated space.