“We loved the bungalow, it was well equipped and everything was comfortable from the beds to the sofa's and the shower in the ensuite was superb for power and warmth.”
There is no window in the twin room is the only downside that our friends commented on, it does have a velux window in the ceiling, but this can't be open when it rains - which it did a lot - so they had no air circulation. In the 'master' bedroom there is a door which leads onto the patio.
To be clear it is absolutely situated ON a working farm, not near to, nor close to - ON it (which I loved because I got to see the new lambs through a crack in the side of the barn and the cows before they were covered for the bad weather).
Yesterday morning the muck spreader was being filled up with the animal waste right outside our kitchen window - this didn't bother me but my friend wasn't impressed. If cows mooing in the shed (which is located behind the walls of the bedrooms) or the smell of rural life, the noise of the workers vehicles from 6.30am is likely to bother you then potentially this is not the house for you.
But I LOVED walking to the field closest to the house to see the new lambs in the field with their mums.
The thing that bothered all of us somewhat was the closeness of the static caravans which pretty much surround the house on the 3 sides that don't have the farm buildings. Some of them are as close to the house as 25 foot. We were lucky that the majority were not being used, but if they were being used and the weather was good and people were sitting outside it would feel very much like you were holiday on a caravan park. Unfortunately they are in every sightline from the house EXCEPT when standing at the kitchen window looking right, so this does spoil (and in some places completely block out) the beautiful view of the countryside. The house has a nice patio area - but again, overlooked by caravans and it is next to the 'shared' garden, so if there are children in the caravans (I don't know if they are privately owned to be honest or rented out) then they could be kicking a football around right outside whilst you are having a cuppa or glass of wine on the patio.
I am a bird lover and there is no shortage of bird life around the farm to keep you engaged, including Swallows that nest on the house eves and in the barn and lots of tits, finches at least one wren and a few other visitors so I LOVED the wildlife aspect of this farm. But I did worry that when I was using my binoculars people in the caravans might think I was looking at them!
(For the above reasons I have marked down the accuracy of the listing because I don't think it makes enough of a point about the closeness and impact of the farm or the caravan site.)
