The Olde Farmhouse

You love gardening, the peace of rural life and don't mind a somewhat used look if your home is spacious enough to house a family? Then you should have a look at this old Farmhouse with the oldest part being built at the beginning of the 19 century. And the descendents of its first owner added room by room to enlarge the house during the times. The builder was a peasant but over the decades his sons and grandsons and great grandsons nursed a garden and grew many many plants he didn't even know that they existed - rare and extraordinary plants they brought from their visits from abroad as they all were a rather adventurous family.

It was hold by the family over a period of nearly two centuries but now Mrs Rose Leister died at the high age of 101 years it is for sale. Because of the many additions you'll have more stairs to climb then used to when living in a temporary house but perhaps that's just what Mrs Rose saved her health all through her long and mostly happy life. She never got tired to take best care of her garden and its plants and nursed them so carefully that at least she's got the perfect garden. This garden is the warm and vivid heart of this home and it will fill the heart of any avid gardener with pure pleasure and joy - if working or relaxing in the warm sun before the old stone walls that keep away the wind from the sea. Here you get a look into the backyard:

But the house has a heart, too: it's the kitchen with that great fireplace that never went dark. At the floor plans you easily can see which rooms of the house Mrs Leister was living in. That was the kitchen, of course, followed by the small room leading directly to the garden. Though Mrs Leister didn't change much at the building itself she made sure that the appliances were contemporary and of best quality. She preferred to spend her time in her beloved garden with gardening or painting or doing some pottery in the shed at the end of the lot instead of wracking herself with old fashioned washing. The washing machine as well the dryer and most of all her stove are high tech! Adjoined to the kitchen was her bedroom she loved to read in before going to bed and the bathroom that had access both from the kitchen and the bedroom. At the other side of the entry you'll find the living room - no much furniture here as she gave it away when her youngest daughter move out but she loved to play the piano in the evenings lit by candles and the fireplace.

On the left side of the landing of the first floor there is a bedroom she called the "boys' room". It's carefully kept clean but you can see it wasn't used for more many many  years. The wallpapers and pictures still show the love of her two adventurous sons who dreamed of travelling to spots far away from home: they painted the walls with treasure paths and decorated them with objects their uncles brought with them returning from visiting spots of the world far far away. When they ran away at the age of 16 Mrs Rose wasn't afraid first - she knew her brothers did the same. But when they didn't return home for years and some day she got the message that the ship they stowed away with had sunken, she locked the door. She never changed anything in this room and only visited it to clean it or to remember the time when her twins were small. Then she cried some bitter tears. On the right hand there is the old study of her children - one summer they'd painted it with dragons and she never changed that either - though it might look a little surprising to visitors. When she became older she placed a tv in this room and on cold dark winter nights she used to light a fire in that fireplace and enjoy some movies. Watching the wall painting always gave her a smile - they were so talented, all the four of her children. Adjoined to this study there is the "girls' room" her two daughters shared and the children's bathroom. These two rooms have a rather low ceiling but no one ever worried about that as they felt very cosy sleeping there. And whenever the daughters and their family were visiting they slept here. Especially the grandchildren loved the attic - they used to kneel at the window and watch the cars driving by at the old street below.

There is a basement below that farmhouse with a garage, a room with an old but still working nectar making machine and access to a spacious cellar one level down - a great place to store nectar shelves! The basement has direct access to the garden, too, and when you're dirty you'll appreciate the shower Mrs Rose has installed here and even the old privy under the stairs.

I know it's not really cheap - but it's a real bargain if you're looking for something like that to live your dream and to raise your children at this wonderful spot of Sunset Valley. And I promised dear old Mrs Rose that I'd look for the right family to move in her beloved home - a family that appreciates the beauty that it offers.

So if you're interested, don't hesitate, call me! You know I'm the real estate agent you can trust in. You’ll find me right near the library.