Escape to the country

Having lived in a bustling town for many years, Inge Versteegh and Michel Berger wanted a slower pace of life. After finding a 240-year old farmhouse close to Michel’s family in the southern Netherlands, they made the move. The marl stone facade, original barn doors and large inner courtyard featuring an old well captured their hearts. It also had a self-contained one bedroom apartment that Inge could run as a B&B (brookerhof.nl). ‘Having lived in cities all my life, I appreciate the quietness of Limburg but sometimes it’s too quiet,’ she says. ‘That’s why it’s nice to have