Property News · July 15, 2017

My caravan home: ‘Why choose between country or city when we can live in both?’


She’s writing a book, he’s a locum doctor: when Laura Gray and her husband realised they could work anywhere, they downsized into a mobile homeAsk my friends to name a belonging that defines me and they would probably reply that it’s my clothes rail. Industrial-strength, double-height, stretching the length of the room, filled with choice pieces I have picked up over the years. As an ex-costume and textiles curator, it’s my collection. To my psychiatrist husband Ashim, the rail is a symbol of a woman treading a line somewhere between addiction and hoarding. Scores of seasoned removal men have commented on the sheer volume. I don’t have one grandfather clock, I have four.Three years ago, planning the ultimate solution to the hanging space problem in our Manchester terrace, we decided to build our own house. We bought a piece of land in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, and waited patiently for the planning permission to come. Then we patiently waited for the appeal to be processed. Two years later, we began to rethink our plans. Listing the places we liked, there was no common thread. We wanted to live simultaneously in the countryside, in a city, on an island, at the seaside. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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