Very true, Zoe. We've never lived in one, though. I think because of the fire risk. We're in our fourteenth home in our fifty seventh (? I think) year of marriage, and after my latest trip now thinking seriously about bungalow living!!!!
You're really too young to be thinking about a bungalow Mike, but perhaps it might be advantageous in view of your dodgy lower sinister limb. You could build a ground-level cellar in the garden, I believe folk call them "sheds".
I like the look of the thatched roof, but fear they may be rather costly and not so practical. I would worry about the fire risk and saw a picture a few days ago of a cottage in Norfolk that had sunk because, they thought, of the weight of its thatched roof.
Thatched cottages have so much charm!
ReplyDeleteVery true, Zoe. We've never lived in one, though. I think because of the fire risk. We're in our fourteenth home in our fifty seventh (? I think) year of marriage, and after my latest trip now thinking seriously about bungalow living!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh well -we'll see!! watch this space.
You're really too young to be thinking about a bungalow Mike, but perhaps it might be advantageous in view of your dodgy lower sinister limb. You could build a ground-level cellar in the garden, I believe folk call them "sheds".
ReplyDeleteI like the look of the thatched roof, but fear they may be rather costly and not so practical. I would worry about the fire risk and saw a picture a few days ago of a cottage in Norfolk that had sunk because, they thought, of the weight of its thatched roof.
ReplyDeleteThere's an article about it here, I think:
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