Come on In, The Door's Open!

Here are are few pictures of the inside of the house here. I would guess the house is approx. 3000 sq. ft. There are 4-5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths and it is a nice size house here. There are radiators throughout the home in each room which provide heating and as well as radiator towel racks which are nice for heated towels after a shower! No Air Conditioning in these houses, and its really not needed even in the summer. The kitchen is small with a small oven and stovetop compared to those in the US. Temperature is measured in Celsius so I am learning to convert from Fahrenheit to Celsius when using the oven. We are fortunate that Jon's company shipped a full size washer and dryer along with a full size refrigerator here. These in other homes in the UK are usually half the size!


The conservatory area is nice, a lot like a sun room except it is completely glassed in from the ceiling. I like it because we have a great view and can soak up some sunlight on these cold winter days. We have very small showers in the home, and the toilets flush a bit different. The door picture you see is a Sauna in our bathroom, maybe we will use it one day but for now its being used as storage. All of the bedrooms have closets with sliding doors. They are completely full of clothing, shoes and other items. As you can see, I had to downsize my clothing to fit into the closet ;) At least I do not have to put summer clothes in there! They are also purchasing new drapes for the home so many rooms do not have them right now.


Electric outlets in the home are different here, each has its own switch to turn on as well as a wide 3 prong electrical outlet compared to that in the US. We use a 220 voltage here in the UK compared to the US 110. We could not take most of our kitchen appliances, blow dryers or flat irons from the US. They were purchased here. A lot of other things including our Wii, Computer, and Kids Battery operated Ride ons can be used with an Converter purchased here. Thankfully most of our other electronics including phones and chargers from the US are 110-240 Voltage so all we need to plug in is an adapter. 

The house is on a great Cul de sac lot with lots of areas to play in the front for the boys. We even have a park next to us. The back yard is not much, we are actually up on a hill so there are rocks going up from the fence. I love the fact that I am not looking at a fence out the window in the back yard, I look out of the conservatory and kitchen windows and see a valley and field.  We are glad to be settled in the house here!