{"id":1,"date":"2018-04-17T19:28:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T19:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecaptainscottagebrixham.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2018-10-06T13:37:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T13:37:47","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecaptainscottagebrixham.com\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve only gone and done it&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we&#8217;ve only gone and completed on The Captain&#8217;s Cottage, meaning we&#8217;re now proud (and a little shocked to be honest) owners of a house in Brixham.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been coming down to stay in Brixham whenever we could over the last couple of years, having stumbled on the town as part of a holiday in the West Country initially. On those trips &#8211; as seems to be almost mandatory &#8211; we started peering in estate agents windows in between visiting restaurants and picking up a pint of milk in the Co-op, wondering if it might make sense for us to actually own somewhere of our own down here.<\/p>\n<p>And now its come true!<\/p>\n<p>In proper &#8220;Grand Designs&#8221; style, The Captain&#8217;s Cottage is actually far more of a &#8220;project&#8221; than we were initially thinking of, but the combination of having made tentative bids for a couple of places only to see them snapped up quickly, and the absolutely killer views from this particular house persuaded us to take the plunge. And here we are&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot of work to do from here we&#8217;re sure &#8211; finding builders to refurbish the house (especially that 1970&#8217;s interior!), decorating, kitting it out with furniture and the like&#8230; but hey, the adventure starts here!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-122\" src=\"http:\/\/thecaptainscottagebrixham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0267-1-e1538598217259-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecaptainscottagebrixham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0267-1-e1538598217259-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thecaptainscottagebrixham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0267-1-e1538598217259-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, this staircase isn&#8217;t particularly legal in 2018..<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-123\" src=\"http:\/\/thecaptainscottagebrixham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0272-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecaptainscottagebrixham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0272-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thecaptainscottagebrixham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0272-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thecaptainscottagebrixham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0272-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The view from the loft conversion<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-124\" src=\"http:\/\/thecaptainscottagebrixham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0276-1-e1538598200296-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecaptainscottagebrixham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0276-1-e1538598200296-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thecaptainscottagebrixham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0276-1-e1538598200296-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thecaptainscottagebrixham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0276-1-e1538598200296-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thecaptainscottagebrixham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0276-1-e1538598200296.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That stripped pine ceiling is going as well..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we&#8217;ve only gone and completed on The Captain&#8217;s Cottage, meaning we&#8217;re now proud (and a little shocked to be honest) owners of a house in Brixham. 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