We have a family cottage in the Highlands.
When I say 'Family Cottage', I mean that it's been in the family for generations, it's definitely not family sized. Bedroom, Living Room, Bathroom, Kitchen.
When my Grandparents still lived in it, it was in dire need of modernisation. The place was still wired with BS546 sockets and there was no cavity insulation on the walls at all. The place got horribly damp.
Once my folks inherited it, they had it refurbished to use as a holiday home due to its hugely touristy location. It was a small cottage before they got the place insulated, it's fucking tiny on the inside now. Barely space to fit a two seater couch in the living room, and you can only get into the double bed from one side in the bedroom.
None of us kids want to be burdened with it when it's our turn. It's in arguably one of the most beautiful locations of the UK, but you'd be fucking mental to consider living in it long term, even as a singleton. And the whole holiday let business is more trouble than it's worth.
(, Mon 6 Sep 2021, 20:02, Reply)
Exactly, small, damp and dark.
That's been my experience in Wales, even the larger houses are problematic.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 6 Sep 2021, 20:15,
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Yeah.
One of the other downsides of insulating such a tiny property is that the already miniscule living room and bedroom windows are now set so far into the wall that they're really only useful for ventilation.
Still, fucking brilliant having a place like that to stay in for absolutely nothing when we fancy a weekend away, so I shouldn't really complain. Just a shame it isn't a wee bit larger.
(, Mon 6 Sep 2021, 21:10, Reply)
Lots of people could do with it being a wee bit larger.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 6 Sep 2021, 21:56,
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A mate has a cottage in the arsehole of nowhere and put an extension out the back in the form of a large marquee
More like a mobile home tacked onto the side and as it is a "temporary structure" it does not need planning. So it been mostly converted into a very large open plan kitchen/diner/living room space and the cottage rooms are now all bedrooms. He then proceeded to get a very large camouflage net from an army surplus store and now it blends in nicely.
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TBL I posted this on, Mon 6 Sep 2021, 22:54,
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