Building Contest 5 - Treowse Manor Farm

[Gheez]

House Name: Treowse Manor Farm

Price: £83,9763 (furnished on 40x40 plot), £52,964 (unfurnished), £80,763 (furnished excluding plot)
Lot Size: 40x40

Description: 3 beds, 3 baths, 3 receptions, 2 stables, 2 paddocks, hay barn & vegetable garden.

Content: May contain content from World Adventures, Ambitions, Late Night, Generations and Pets / v 10.0.96.013017


Treowse Manor Farm is a three bed, three bath, three reception, sizeable, old, Cornish, granite farmhouse that has been modernised in recent years and extended to include a roof terrace. Set in a spacious, well-fenced, 40x40 plot, the property boasts two paddocks, two stables, a hay barn, a well-stocked kitchen garden, a fruit orchard and a large green play area containing the signature tree house.  At the front of the property there is parking for two cars and a low-maintenance, minimally landscaped garden and small pond.


Welcome to Treowse Manor Farm.


Front aspect.
Please note the exposed granite facings and the maintenance-free replacement windows and door.


Rear aspect.
The roof terrace is situated on top of the new extension and is accessed via a door from the top floor landing.


View of hay barn and stables.
The hay barn and stable areas are fully serviced with both water and electricity supplies.  Please note that, if required, the hay barn could be converted to an additional stable.


Aerial plan of the property.
The boundaries to the sides and rear of the property are securely fenced.


Floor plan - top floor.
Master bedroom with walk-thru wardrobe/dressing area and en-suite bathroom. Two additional bedrooms. Bijou family bathroom. Access off spacious landing to roof terrace.


Room layout - ground floor.
Formal sitting room with feature fireplace. Farm office. Hallway. Open plan, fully-fitted kitchen/diner/living room with access through utility room to downstairs shower room and sun-room; doors to side elevations.


Farm office.
Work on the farm accounts, sit and read, play chess or just convert the office to a formal dining room.


Sun-room/conservatory.
Large picture windows to make the most of the views over the rear and side of the farmstead.


Second paddock.
The second paddock could easily be converted to a menage and is already equipped with a set of jumps suitable for a beginner.


This farmstead, as currently furnished, is eminently suitable as a long-term home for an animal-loving, family of five and, if the family grows, then the spacious upstairs landing will facilitate easy access to the large roof space.

Please book your viewing early to avoid disappointment.

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[Gheez]

Twinmum left some valuable feedback in the Contest Comments thread, thank you Norma:

@Gheez  Your house was quite spacious without being sparse, although the bathroom between the two bedrooms could have been bigger as you can’t get into the bath because of the toilet. I love the open sided shed, it was very nicely done. One ltrange thing I noticed. When you’ve placed the fireplace, you have removed the chimney except for the cap that actually releases the smoke. Because this is in the roof cavity, when you light a fire, the smoke just comes out from under the roof making it look like the house could be on fire.

Norma

Following on from this I've made an amendment to the bathroom and, following further playtesting, have slightly altered the walk-through dressing room because, in the original, it appears that the shoe rack stops a sim from using the dresser.

Here's the revised top floor:


The enlarged family bathroom.


The wider walk-through dressing room.

No other changes have been made... which means that the house will still look like it's on fire.    Oops, forgot to change that, sorry!