Whats the latest news?

We will be going down in the middle of December and we hope to get  the keys then. The house needs a lot of building works, but we hope it will be habitable by the end of February.

This is the mooring right by the house.

This is a map of where the mooring is in relation to the cottage.

Pictures of the house:

 This is the kitchen (downstairs), The kitchen needs to be fitted with equipment (eg. a dishwasher etc.) and needs to be painted and fitted with shelving.

This is the living room (downstairs). The living room needs painting.

This is bedroom 1 (upstairs). Bedroom 1 could do with a paint.

This is bedroom 2 (upstairs). Bedroom 2 could do with a paint.

This is bedroom 3 (upstairs). Bedroom three is fine but just needs re-painting.

This is the courtyard round the back of the house. The courtyard could maybe do with a paint.

This is the back garden. The back garden needs a bit of a cut back and could do with being terraced.


The whole house needs to be fitted with central heating.

Here is a floor plan of the house:

About the house

Where is the house?

The house is on the opposite side of the estuary in a tiny hamlet called East Portlemouth which has no shops in it. Because of this if you need something you have to cross the estuary to get it.

What is the house like on the inside?

The house has 3 bedrooms and can hold 4/5 people in it comfortably. Any more would be a bit of a squeeze! You could fit 2 families in it if you had 2 people on a sofa bed.

Have we found any houses?

At first we went down to Salcombe and saw ten houses in one day. One of them caught our eye. It was called Coastguard Cottage. It was beautiful – right by the water. Unfortunately it got sold. We were just about to give up looking until next year when suddenly a lovely house came up for sale on the East Portlemouth side (the other side of the estuary). It was perfect. It had a lovely garden, beautiful view and even better, it had a mooring. We instantly fell in love with it.