GOING WITH THE GR AIN

Julie and Alick Kitchin nearly didn’t go to see the converted granary barn that they now call home. Running late and halfway through a busy day of viewings, they were the last to see the house. ‘It would have been so easy not to go, but I’m so glad we did,’ says Julie. ‘As soon as we walked up to the gates, I thought “Wow, there’s no way we’re going to get this”.’ But as luck would have it, they did.

Having decided to move back to the south when Alick retired from his job in Edinburgh, the couple were