I actually bought a house that would make you gag
@Woohoo He obviously had dementia and used the corner of his bedroom rather than go downstairs to the loo ? , but I fell in love with the house, despite the stench
Floor boards came out, carpets all out, buckets of bleach and scrubbing brushes for all doors and remaining floors. Specialist products as used by valeters to breakdown and remove the stench. Lots of long hot showers to make me feel clean too
That smelly space became a warm inviting home and we loved it. It felt welcoming as soon as I walked in the first time and I never regretted buying it. Selling was a hard choice, but I couldn’t get mum to move to me, so I had to let it go
However .... the house I went to view ... not the same in any way. Half an hour away, it’s nice, big open spaces, little villages, shops etc. It looked promising. It went downhill from there ..
Imagine a four house terrace. Knock down the wall between the end two and you get .. two bathrooms, two staircases, four bedrooms, one kitchen and three lounges??? Ok, you can play with the layout, take out a staircase, but you can’t make it flow.
Financially it was possible, so my head said “yes”, but the area was not working. No parking, so Poppet wouId be an issue and I couldn’t see how to make it secure for her. Add in a fair distance to local shops, it wouId be isolating and nothing for visitors to do
So, I’m back searching the web and planning on more driving around .. but not for a few days. I really hurt today. 360 miles in one day, two hours of that on rubbish roads, I need to recover lol