Progress
The site is now changing every day its very exciting and also rather scary. If you've ever watched any of the building make over shows on the TV you often see huge pieces of steel being manhandled through exterior walls just to get them in....well we didn't want to be...
All quiet on the Western Front?
Winter (what winter) has been kind to us but has had us kicking our heels while preparing planning and listed building consent for the National Park. The great news is that the first listed building consent has come in, which allows us to start making changes in...
Our first income!
No we aren't open for business yet! Our plan has always been to open in Spring 2015 but the farmhouse has already brought some money in. Town End Farm was once an important part of the village and has grazing rights for 80 sheep, these rights still exists...
By Eck
IT'S OFFICIAL YORKSHIRE IS BRILLIANT! Yorkshire was named as the 3rd best region in the World by Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2014! We just knew that we had chosen wisely when we decided to set up our business here (the image above was taken 5 minutes walk...
Too many fluffy kittens
We have been accused of showing far too many things to do around here and not things we are doing! (you know who you are). So while we are waiting for builders to take down our gable wall we have been trying to get the house draught proof etc. The sash windows have...
Twitching Weekend
One of our main reasons for our "change in lifestyle" (I've already been told I'm too old for a mid-life crisis), is to enjoy time together. So last weekend we headed to the coast, which really is close and went to the RSPB reserve at Bempton Cliffs. All the birds...
The Daily Commute
We always knew the commute for Jackie would be tough, here is the Monday congestion she had to battle with today!
New Home!
It's really weird Jackie didn't want to tempt fate, but the first time we drove up to look at the house at Appleton le Moors she felt at home. She didn't say anything to me at the time, but the odd thing was that I was thinking the same thing. We are now...
Malton Food Fair
One of the reasons we really like the area around Appleton le Moors is the amount of things to do both for us and for our guests when we open. We recently went to the Malton food fair which was just brilliant. We had the last two battered oysters from the Greedy...
Time to move?
Looks like we are getting close, our offer has been accepted so we can now reveal where we are headed... Our little project is Town End Farm in Appleton le moors. This is a beautiful village in the south of the North York Moors National Park, with a pub in the...
Great Expectations
When we first started our search we quickly decided that properties in the National Parks were likely to cause too many problems and the planners would probably not allow us to set the property up in a way that would make it financially viable. Similarly we felt that...
The search is on
We are taking our next steps, the survey on our house was carried out a couple of weeks ago. Boy were they thorough, like a "Compex" going to the USA, you could almost hear the rubber gloves snapping on! It was built in 1904 so they are bound to find something, but we...
A leap into the unknown!
Having decided to completely change our lives we have taken the first big step to setting up our holiday rental business....we have decided to sell our house to raise the capital we need to start our business. The amazing news is that we have had 2 asking price offers...