Escape to the Country 'Decision Chat'
After wrapping it up at the house, and conscious that the day was passing fast, we de-camped up the road to a local pub who had put some...
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John Burkinshaw
Feb 1, 20236 min read
Escape to the Country 'Mystery House'
The next morning, Liz woke before our alarm went off and quickly worked out that there was a powercut. Great, no shower and no coffee! A...
John Burkinshaw
Jan 30, 20233 min read
Escape to the Country second house
Glebe Cottage, Whitehouse, Tarbert, Argyll The next house was an hour further south on the Kintyre peninsula. Under the surface, John was...
John Burkinshaw
Jan 27, 20234 min read
Escape to the Country first house
Ardnaslighe, Ford, by Lochgilphead, Argyll We spotted the yellow 'For Sale' board that we had passed earlier that morning, and Owen...
John Burkinshaw
Jan 25, 20234 min read
Escape to the Country meeting the presenter
The next day the presenter was to meet us close to the first house, and we were driven there by Jess, who is an absolute sweetheart and...
John Burkinshaw
Jan 23, 20234 min read
Escape to the Country 'Test The Town'
In case you missed it - our show aired on 23rd January at 3pm, BBC1 - watch on catch up, but be kind! John by this time was a little...
John Burkinshaw
Jan 20, 20234 min read
We're going to be on TV!
An exciting email! 26th August Hi Liz and John...... Julia was getting in touch to let us know that they had revisited our feasibility...
John Burkinshaw
Jan 18, 20233 min read
House twenty - Hansel and Gretel
This one really caught Liz's eye, because this is the ultimate in off-grid survivalist living! Tucked away down a forestry track is...
John Burkinshaw
Jan 16, 20234 min read
House two...again!
Liz says: I was at work on a regular Tuesday, mid-August, and my mobile phone rang. I saw the dialling code and immediately the hairs on...
John Burkinshaw
Dec 27, 20225 min read
Leamington Spa - what we are leaving behind
Liz says: I moved to Leamington to live with John about 18 months after we met. Having survived a long distance relationship in the late...
John Burkinshaw
Dec 20, 20223 min read
The Home Buyers Report
We've mentioned before that the process of buying and selling a house in Scotland is slightly different to England. For most houses the...
John Burkinshaw
Dec 14, 20223 min read
How close were we to winning Obain Uaine?
We are now many months into our house search and several of he houses we looked at have now been registered with Land Registry, meaning...
John Burkinshaw
Dec 12, 20224 min read
How the kids have taken the news
So we find ourselves in a slight quandary. We want to sell our existing house around this time next year (November 2023) to release the...
John Burkinshaw
Dec 5, 20223 min read
House nineteen - with loch frontage
Well look at that, a beautiful cottage, set back from the road with uninterrupted views over the loch and land down to the water's edge!...
John Burkinshaw
Dec 2, 20222 min read
House eighteen - character property
Another day another development opportunity, this time an old school with plenty of scope to make an amazing home. The location is in the...
John Burkinshaw
Nov 30, 20224 min read
St Andrew's Day - 30th November
Saint Andrew's Day, is the feast day of Andrew the Apostle. It is celebrated on 30 November. Saint Andrew's Day marks the beginning of...
John Burkinshaw
Nov 29, 20222 min read
House seventeen - Back to the drawing board!
Blimey! It's been a month since we posted anything as we have been soooo busy! All will be revealed soon, but in the meantime, this is...
John Burkinshaw
Oct 29, 20224 min read
Our current house vs our dream house
John The current house we have is pretty nice to be honest. It's a modern 4 bed detached - the original marketing would have called it an...
John Burkinshaw
Oct 21, 20222 min read
Searching in Other Areas - North Yorkshire & Wales
Since we started talking about moving to Scotland most people have asked us whether we had considered somewhere closer to home. So many...
John Burkinshaw
Oct 18, 20223 min read
Selling prices - how did the houses stack up?
What has amazed us about the process of buying in Scotland is just how long it seems to take to happen. We have been following the...
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