Before buying my present property some thirteen years ago, one of the houses I considered for a possible purchase was a small farmhouse on the outskirts of the village.
This house had once stood at the road-side, but the road had been diverted some years earlier as part of a modernisation scheme that included development of the M4. Easy access was still available and part of my attraction to the property was its pseudo-isolation and large plot.
Negative features included the bathroom and toilet facilities; there was an outside loo and a bathroom had been added in a wooden lean-to at the rear of the property. The house had also stood empty for a while and smelt damp.
No-one bought the house and it now stands in ruins...
The last incumbent did leave one or two small reminders of human habitation...
a quick sweep and a lick of paint.....
