Most 'normal houses' have pointy roofs under which hides attic treasure. Out of sight and out of mind is the stuff that will come in handy one day. We lived in our Bingley house for 26 years. When we moved to the Folly in Settle we had the luxury of an enormous attic which swallowed up the Bingley attic contents more or less unsorted. The same thing happened when we moved from The Folly (one huge attic) to Well House (three huge attics).
click image to enlarge - but not recommended!
The water tower by contrast has no attic whatever - nowhere to store the attic accumulations of three former houses, aggravated by inertia. There comes a time when we had to face this reality and that time is now.
Lest you should think that living in a TV dream of a place is perpetual luxury, here is the reality of our magnificent roof-room, filled with junk - looking (and smelling) like a charity shop on donations day.
Outside is winter (hence the title of the posting). We deliberately chose to use the roof room as the sorting place (thanks to the lift). It keeps the rest of the house tidy and we know we MUST tackle the job in order to regain this magnificent room. The Settle tip, charity shops and e-bay are going to get some hammer.
click image to enlarge - but not recommended!
The water tower by contrast has no attic whatever - nowhere to store the attic accumulations of three former houses, aggravated by inertia. There comes a time when we had to face this reality and that time is now.
Lest you should think that living in a TV dream of a place is perpetual luxury, here is the reality of our magnificent roof-room, filled with junk - looking (and smelling) like a charity shop on donations day.
Outside is winter (hence the title of the posting). We deliberately chose to use the roof room as the sorting place (thanks to the lift). It keeps the rest of the house tidy and we know we MUST tackle the job in order to regain this magnificent room. The Settle tip, charity shops and e-bay are going to get some hammer.
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