Owners bid farewell to ‘forever homes’ amid the cost of living crisis
When Avril and Barry Gowers bought their family house, set in six-and-a-half acres of bluebell woods, they truly believed the property would be their forever home.
They remodelled the original bungalow, adding an extra storey to create a 7,500 sq ft, four-bedroom house to be proud of.
But, once their two children had grown up, forever started to feel like rather a long time to spend tending the garden and cleaning and maintaining such a substantial property.
“A problem was that we like to travel,” says Barry. “But whenever we tried to book something it was always a case of: ‘we can’t go on that date because we need to mow the lawns or plant the asparagus’. There was always something that needed doing.”