We bought this house without actually seeing it ourselves,’ says Carrie. ‘Ed and I were on the way to the airport for a short holiday, when he spotted it online. When he showed me, I just thought, “Wow, I want to live there!”
‘We’d been house-hunting for a while, as we were expecting our first child and were on the lookout for somewhere family-friendly, with an open-plan layout and a garden. We called my parents, who went to view it and guessed that we’d fall in love with it. On the strength of photos and floor plans, we made an offer.
Relaxing start
Luckily for us our gamble paid off. The previous owner had remodelled and extended downstairs to make a big, all-in-one kitchen-dining-living zone with glass doors opening to a lovely, private garden. There was a separate living room for more formal occasions, a big hall
