Moving to a new job in an unfamiliar location can be a daunting prospect for anyone, but finding a place to live at short notice throws up even more of a challenge, as Lucy Rodway discovered when she moved to Shropshire. Her initial hunt for a rental property close to her workplace in Shrewsbury ended in disappointment, as she explains: ‘There was nothing I liked, either in the right area or at a price I could afford.’
Lucy has been honing her DIY while improving her new home
It was only when she extended her search that she found a lovely timberclad terraced cottage on a rural farm estate. ‘It’s further out than I would have liked, but it has great views over open fields and comes with the garden I’ve always wanted,’ she says.