Looking at the house straight on. It is one of those "semi-detached" houses that you see all over the UK, but ours is pretty unusual in that our house-partner's front door is on the opposite side of the house - so we never see them and we kind of forget that we actually do share walls with them. Most semi-detached houses have front doors that are right next to each other.
Facing the front door, looking to the right. There's the garage and Jeff's car in the driveway. The pavement outside our house isn't the road we live on (Mill Lane) but an offshoot of Mill Lane with two houses on it (us and our neighbors on the other side of the garage). The offshoot turns into a path in front of our house. Between the offshoot and Mill Lane is a pretty triangle of green space, which makes our house feel quite private. We have a lot of pedestrian traffic to and from school and the local pub which is a couple blocks away from us, but it is much preferable to car traffic. The green area has several trees including this huge one right outside our gate.
This is looking from the gate to the left, towards the garage and Mill Lane.
Looking to the right, along the path.
A small path leads from the front door to our front yard. The living room window and bedroom window above it look out onto this part of the garden.
The sun was so bright I couldn't get a decent picture, but this is looking from the front garden back towards the front door. We get beautiful morning sun in the kitchen and afternoon sun in the living room. I love it!
Looking from the front door towards the back patio and the garage.
Looking from the corner of the patio towards the front door.
The rest of the patio. A door opens from the kitchen onto the patio and the window over the sink looks out over it. Someone has spent a lot of time growing a wisteria up that wall and training it across the kitchen window. It will be beautiful with leaves and flowers! The little window above the kitchen is in the spare bedroom. You can see what a strange concept the "semi-detached" houses are... even our windows are different.
The back patio is definitely where we spend most of our time outside now and definitely will in the summer. It is very private and reasonably quiet (our house partner's side of the house is on a fairly busy street). On cold, sunny days I like to bundle up, bring my lunch outside, and sit on the bench while the dogs play.
You won't be surprised to hear I have some gardening plans in mind so stay tuned!
