Another brave new world
Sep. 7th, 2007 10:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
suzyscottdotcomRemember, back on Wednesday, I mentioned something happened that I couldn’t say here? Well, basically, Caroline’s flat for the last two and a half years will soon no longer be available. We’ve been discussing various options, and we went out this evening to look at a place on the other side of the Herts-Cambs border. There is a little village by the name of Foxton, which will be most famous for it’s train station and level crossing over the A10 (to those who commute), but Stagecoach Cambridge Service 26 comes by every hour. The village is about the same size as Longforgan, and has the usual shop, pub, and light industrial. There is a set of multi-coloured bungalows (I use the English word here, it’s probably what the Scots would call maisonettes) here, and Caroline went to see one in her lunch break today. She was so taken aback by it that she asked to bring me back this evening. So, after a mad dash back to Royston to pick me up, and then back up the A10 (ironically getting caught up in the Foxton level crossing queue), we had a look around.
It’s a wonderful little place, it’s a two-bed similar to what is now, but split over two levels. There are a few tight uses of space, but C. seemed to think it had quite a character to it (there is a wood/coal burner, which drew my attention!) The space inside is a little tighter (there is a rather large loft too, which has already been floored and carpeted), but masses of space outside – plenty of off-street parking, new double-glazing will be installed upstairs before (already fitted downstairs), as well as an extension to the kitchen. There is a small front garden to ourselves, and a huge back garden area of our own. Not just behind the houses, but a big area of grass further behind it. The landlord owns most of it, and a farm backs onto one side of the grass. It seemed as if it would be wonderful, given the right weather.
Caroline wanted me to have a look and decide if I liked it too, which I genuinely appreciated. I must admit, it is a lovely little village. I know I fell in love with this place (and the occupier!) back in March, but it’s not that far away. It’s also a Band A for Council Tax, rather than a C , and the rent is more or less the same. Given that moving has to happen, it’s perhaps better than some she might have ended up with. Not a lot of noise – just one bus an hour per direction until about 1900! The school (next door) is more or less closed. I’ve never seen a huge number of people get on/off the bus/train here. It’s half-way between Royston and Cambridge – about the same for Caroline going to work, but a little closer to Cambridge. Still plenty of opportunities for connections around Hertfordshire and London and beyond.
We are going to look at a couple of others, but they don’t seem to have as much going for them. One is trapped on the Royston one-way system beside the market and the bus station and pubs… we both thought we didn’t like it as we drove past!
So, October is going to be a very busy month for us both – as if it wasn’t already.
It’s a wonderful little place, it’s a two-bed similar to what is now, but split over two levels. There are a few tight uses of space, but C. seemed to think it had quite a character to it (there is a wood/coal burner, which drew my attention!) The space inside is a little tighter (there is a rather large loft too, which has already been floored and carpeted), but masses of space outside – plenty of off-street parking, new double-glazing will be installed upstairs before (already fitted downstairs), as well as an extension to the kitchen. There is a small front garden to ourselves, and a huge back garden area of our own. Not just behind the houses, but a big area of grass further behind it. The landlord owns most of it, and a farm backs onto one side of the grass. It seemed as if it would be wonderful, given the right weather.
Caroline wanted me to have a look and decide if I liked it too, which I genuinely appreciated. I must admit, it is a lovely little village. I know I fell in love with this place (and the occupier!) back in March, but it’s not that far away. It’s also a Band A for Council Tax, rather than a C , and the rent is more or less the same. Given that moving has to happen, it’s perhaps better than some she might have ended up with. Not a lot of noise – just one bus an hour per direction until about 1900! The school (next door) is more or less closed. I’ve never seen a huge number of people get on/off the bus/train here. It’s half-way between Royston and Cambridge – about the same for Caroline going to work, but a little closer to Cambridge. Still plenty of opportunities for connections around Hertfordshire and London and beyond.
We are going to look at a couple of others, but they don’t seem to have as much going for them. One is trapped on the Royston one-way system beside the market and the bus station and pubs… we both thought we didn’t like it as we drove past!
So, October is going to be a very busy month for us both – as if it wasn’t already.
