Property News · April 6, 2019

Valley high: finding a new life in Wales


One couple has made the move from a home in Brighton and work in the London ad industry to a remote house in PowysSeveral squares of paper are taped discreetly to a wall of Rob Perham and Clive Sweeting’s kitchen, spelling out the names of nearby Welsh villages phonetically. “We’re working on our pronunciation,” explains Perham. The first time he visited Wales was when he went travelling in his 20s and it was a revelation. “I remember thinking, ‘What is this place and this language?’ It was beautiful and like nothing I’d seen before.”It was so damp in the basement that frogs were hopping around – and in the attic you could see sky through the slates Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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