GREENER PASTURES

There was nothing straightforward about the purchase of Clair and Guy’s home in the heart of rural North Yorkshire. The couple were living in London when they heard about the property through the grapevine (before it had even come onto the market) and their first glimpse of the old farm buildings was through computer-generated images (CGI).

“We definitely had to use our imaginations,” says Clair. “Guy was really keen, but it wasn’t at all what I’d had in mind. I was looking for something like an old rectory or a Georgian coach house — not converted farm buildings in the middle of a field. The CGI just