Interesting Day

The Gorse Fox and Silver Vixen had an interesting day. The objective was to look at several of the housing developments that are under way in the area. Whilst we may choose to move, it would be sensible to have an idea what is available out there, and what may or may not fit our requirements.

What became obvious immediately was that there would be lost of compromises required – rooms in modern houses were not as spacious as those in ours. However, the efficiency of the houses would be greater, the maintenance lower, and the garden of a much more manageable size.

No hurry for decisions, the sorts of houses that we would want are not available in current releases – and there’s plenty to achieve here first. But it’s good to start seeding ideas.

We used to have a Charles Church-built home, so they were one of the developments visited – but whilst the houses were of a good quality the staff at the visitors’ centre were surly, unwelcoming, and frankly unprofessional compared with the staff at all of the other builders visited. SV and GF both agreed as we left that we would not be going back there again.