Church Barn House

We found a house that Jon and I are both excited about. 

It has English character in it, yet is updated, modern and spacious enough to feel comfortable and normal to us.

This house is in a small village (the 2011 census claims only 311 people) with a tiny main road and charming English buildings. The house itself is called the Church Barn house and as you can guess, it use to be a barn. In 1991, it was converted to a home.

What we love about this house:

It and the surrounding area is beautiful.

The garden and entire property can be closed off with gates... I want to be able to send kids out to play without being worried I'll lose one or they'll get hit by a car.

The bedrooms will fit our beds and still have space for toys.

There's space for guests to stay.

Off street parking for our cars AND more! (This is not easy to find.)

It's 15 mins from where Jon will be working. 

The front garden is the main outside space. It is so pretty and well maintained. There's plenty of space for running around too. A separate and smaller garden space next to the garage has an apple, pear and cherry tree. There's a small garden plot where the owner once grew vegetables and berries as well. It since has had garden clippings thrown on top, but we could see the raspberry bushes are still producing berries. I'm hoping we can clean it up and enjoy some fresh picked raspberries while we're here. :)

I love the deep windows throughout the house and the chandeliers in the living room... or maybe I'm to call it a reception room?

The dining room. We'll likely be putting a fridge in this room as well.

Can you find the fridge, freezer, and washing machine in this kitchen? Yep... they're all there!

The washing machine is behind the right cabinet door under the sink. It's not uncommon to find a washing machine in the kitchen of a British home. Many homes have a utility room, but many do not.

The fridge and freezer are about the same size as the cabinet door of the washer... they're below the counter on the left. The personal/dorm-room sized fridge and freezers are why we'll be putting a second fridge in the dining room.

Something I love about English homes is that it seems pretty standard to have a huge family bathroom.

This house has 5 bedrooms. This is the uppermost room. Our family does not require five bedrooms... and we'll probably still have the girls share a room. But we like that this will provide a room for guests that come to visit. (Please feel free to invite yourselves and know you can come and go as you travel elsewhere nearby the UK.) We'll have plenty of space for homeschooling, a separate play room and more.  We're signing ourselves up for more cleaning and probably feeling crammed when we return to the states.

If all goes as planned, we can move in on October 7th.