The Househunter

A Grade II* listed house that's a romantic doer-upper. But would you take it on?

Welcome to the third instalment of The Househunter, one of two free posts each month in which we take a a virtual stroll around a property currently on the market to see how it might inspire our own places and spaces. Before we go inside this week’s home, a reminder that as a paid subscriber you receive a weekly post including an invite to my monthly Drop-in Design Clinic, where I will be on hand (via Zoom) to solve your design dilemmas. I’d love to see you there. Now, coming in?

For those who are new around here, the reason I focus on a house for sale is to get a sense of a real place that is lived in by real people. Magazine shoots are a lovely fantasy (as are some of these house prices!) but they often remove sockets and switches and don’t photograph the awkward bits. Looking round somewhere that’s for sale and being able to refer to the floor plan is a much better way of finding out how other people have dealt with issues that might be similar to your own, as well as discovering ne…