Old Trefor’s house is on the market and already I’ve seen three 4x4 couples giving it the once over.
He was always careful with his money so the asking price would have made him wet himself.
I remember introducing The Prof into the conversation as my partner one afternoon as I helped him collect apples from his small orchard and for Trefor saying rather nonchalantly that he already knew and that Auntie Gladys had told him in passing at Friendship Group !
Trefor and Auntie Glad...gems of the community xx
ReplyDeleteAnd both died either side of 100
DeleteTrefor was another wonderful surprise in your little village. What’s a 4x4 couple?
ReplyDeletepeople with 4 wheel drive (big) cars.
DeleteI was curious too. haha
DeleteDee
A thirty something was having a butchers around the garden today
DeleteLOL. What’s a butchers?
DeleteCockney rhyming slang. Butcher's (hook) = a look. xx
DeleteThe elder folk in the village where I grew up were such fun, not what you expected, they had see so much and was accepting of everyone.
ReplyDeleteYes I’ve had that gay friendly support
DeleteThat's cheap! a place like that in Suffolk would be £500,000 or more!
ReplyDeleteBloody hell
Delete£375,000? That's a bargain compared with house prices in south west Sheffield. Stick Trefor's bungalow in Dore or Ecclesall and you are talking about £800,000.
ReplyDeleteReally? I thought it was bloody expensive
DeleteYorkshire Pudding, you've just said what I was thinking.
DeleteA lovely home, so I hope you get nice neighbours who become part of the community rather than flash second homers or city types going rural, which sucks the heart out of a village by the death of a thousand apathies. And that they don't have yappy annoying dogs/teenagers and the blight of the garden trampoline!
ReplyDelete"The Blight of the Garden Trampoline" sounds like a horror story!
DeleteOh GOD the POTENTIAL horror
DeletePrices are the same around here. Once 'rural backwater', now 'highly sought after'.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was bloodyvexpendsive
DeleteThey are getting expensive here in West Cork.
ReplyDeleteMy best friend has recently bought a cottage in Kenmare
DeleteI would love it. Those views are spectacular.
ReplyDeleteI do hope they will be lovely neighbours
DeleteWow, that house of Trefor ,with a little work will be fabulous, and such a bargain.. I think it will sell fast. Hope you get a nice older couple that will fit in to the community. Gigi
ReplyDeleteThree. Bedrooms ? It deserves a young family but I doubt many could afford it
DeleteI hope the right people buy Trefor's house, someone that will integrate themselves into the village properly.
ReplyDeleteAmen sue
DeleteCute house! What are the track-like things on the ceilings? Not lighting? IDK about Wales, but the house prices in the U.S. are insane. People are asking $400k for houses with holes in the kitchen floor and chalk outlines of bodies in the living room. We moved 5 years ago, before the prices started getting crazy, and I am so very thankful for that.
ReplyDeleteThey look like tube lights in ballasts Gigi
DeleteFlourescent light tubes, known as strip lights. Very common in older properties which haven't been modernised.
DeleteThe house is as seen , from when it was built , I take in the 1960s
DeleteIf that house was nearer to Yorkshire, I'd be phoning the agents. It's just what we're looking for. I hope your new neighbours are proper village people, not weekenders or Airbnbers. I love that you and Trefor had a signalling system. Flashing lights = all is well. xx
ReplyDeleteThree long flashes one short
DeleteI hope whoever buys the house become good neighbours and friends as well.
ReplyDeleteAmen🙏
DeleteIt is hard to lose good neighbors. I hope you get new good neighbors. The house has possibilities, the garage is a real plus.
ReplyDeleteI was disappointed by my last neighbours , the other three households I get on with very well , which says something I think
DeleteIs it too large for one person ?
ReplyDeleteI saw the link you put in, too late. Now that I have looked, my offer is in the works!
DeleteI dare u
Delete; ) You will have to wait and see.;)
DeleteTrefor's tan y bryn
DeleteI think we are getting to an older generation who are very accepting of different orientations ...... I and most people I know in their 70's and 80's don't even think about it.... but, there's always a few aren't there ?!! Trefor always sounded a ' good egg ' when you talked about him and I also love the signalling he did. XXXX
ReplyDeleteI miss him, and his phone calls
DeleteI love the beautiful stonework all around. I imagine it will sell quickly and I hope your new neighbors are nice.
ReplyDeleteThe council demands local stone is used even for your garden walls , I had the council visit my new garden to sanction the stone
DeleteI think your presence in the village probably brought a lot of acceptance at first, and then true affection.
ReplyDeleteI worked hard my friend ,
DeleteNot even had his funeral and gossiping about his assets.
ReplyDeleteHe died 10 months ago
DeleteHowever long ago it doesn't change that you're a gossip. You do a lot of gossiping about the villagers.
DeleteAnon, He's not a gossip he is a blog writer and as such tells great tales about a great village and it's occupants in Wales and his very full and very interesting life and careers. You on the other hand hide behind an anonymous title and bitch and moan in response to this said blog. Go write one of your own or is your life so fricking sad all you can do is bitch and moan. You're sad!
DeleteYawn x
Deletejo a raison vous etes un idiot facheux, moi je vous adore monsieur gray bien a vous depuis la France
DeleteMerci xxxxx
DeleteWow, the sun room.....I love real estate ads with a floor plan so one can envision where the rooms actually ARE. And everything on one level (except a basement garage, perhaps?), also very nice. The views out the windows surely will sell it, however.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the eye candy!
Ceci
Looking through peoples homes is always great fun
DeleteIt was fun to tiptoe through Trefor's home. It was so very dated, but what wonderful views! The conservatory is a treasure. It seems a house that had grown through the years, one addition at a time. The privacy of the gardens was quite gorgeous. Peter Large will have no trouble moving this one, I bet!
ReplyDeleteI suspect it will be a retirement home
DeleteIt's a shame we aren't Brits or I'd jump at that. It sure beats living in the hell's front porch that is Louisiana! ;-)
ReplyDeleteIt’s not to my taste but the views are to die for ( spoilt a little by the terrible new build behind me)
Delete"the asking price would have made him wet himself"
ReplyDeleteOne of your more disrespectful comments.
Yawn
DeleteAnd I thought that was a sharp characterization of homeproud Trevor - how differently people can think!
DeleteUlvmor
Ah, dear Auntie Glad and Trefor, two beloved and well remembered Trelawnyd neighbors. Hope your new neighbors are as wonderful, kind, and caring, John.
ReplyDeleteHugs!
I bloody well hope so too…….i will take a bottle of bubbly around on their first day and cross my fingers
DeleteWhat a marvelous house. It's always nice to find a person that understands differences.
ReplyDeleteHe had the house made for his mom and it was revolutionary at the time. Remember Trefor was born in Trelawnyd
DeleteVery Thunderbirds
ReplyDeleteNice house and the land is good too. Soon you'll have a new neighbor.
ReplyDeleteThere is only. Small garden with three or fourvappletrees
DeleteHow Trendy, like your carol
ReplyDeleteIt’s split level …..convert that garage with staircase and bingo a new kitchen
Lee
Now that’s great idea
DeleteLooks a little like our duplex housing
ReplyDeleteIt needs total renovation , what an exciting project
Keith
Xx
I think I will be too parochial a neighbour lol
DeleteI hope your new neighbours will be easy to get on with and you can enjoy each others' company. The price of the bungalow seems quite a bit lower than I would expect where I live.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great house, but what is the black thing on the corner of the bath....a ginormous spider?
ReplyDeleteEscape to the Country would love this.
ReplyDeleteBut I think it will go quickly without help.
A family from south east England who work from home would take your arm off at that price.
That looks like a rather nice house. The price actually seems pretty good. In London you couldn't get a single room for that much!
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