Being Mrs Lynch: Our Dream Home

With James and I saving up for a home of our own, we have often spoken about what type of home we would like to buy and also which area we would move to. Considering the type of home we would like is quite tough- do we go for a ‘new build’ home which will be perfectly suitable to move straight into with very little for us to do in terms of DIY or renovations or do we buy a ‘Fixer-upper’ and do the whole house up to the exact way we want it. Having had so many discussions regarding what we want in a house we are very much looking to purchase a ‘fixer-upper’ when the time comes. There is so much we would love to include in a house that it makes the most sense to us.

Our dream home would include a beautiful Wood Burning Stove, James’ brother and his wife have one and it is just lovely to sit in front of in the winter with a glass of wine. We would also love to have an outdoor pizza oven. A friend of ours had one and it made the most delicious pizzas and we love pizza so that is on our dream house wish list and we would also love to have a hot tub outside to enjoy all year round- let’s just hope we buy a home with a big enough garden.

For kitchen and bathroom renovations we would definitely get our own put in to work to what we look for in them both. James is master of the kitchen so he would make the big decisions there. For me the bathroom is one of the most important rooms in the house. Who doesn’t love a long hot shower or bath after a long day at work or playing with your child? My dream is to have a waterfall shower and spotlights on the ceiling. We would also look to convert any attic space that we would have into an office or an extra bedroom. One company we know we could trust for roof windows is VELUX, as their head office is in our home county and only 10 minutes from my in-laws. VELUX Blinds has a wonderful selection of blinds to meet whatever needs we will have when the time comes.

James really wants to look into home automation and also have in roof speakers in every room controlled by Sonos. Seriously he has been going on about it for years. We would also love to have a boiler we can control using a phone app- our boiler is currently up 2 flights of stairs and it’s such a pain to run up to turn the heating on with a little one crawling around. We will probably try something like the Samsung SmartThings to help with our home automation.