On 7/2/07 11:32, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote:

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I love the thatched cottage and pretty houses of some areas of the
country and wouldn't mind living opposite them but would be frightened
to death of actually owning and upkeeping them!

I'm sure you're right. When I was house hunting round here, I was very
taken with a pretty thatched house which, for other reasons, turned out to
be not the right thing. But at the time a friend with some experience said
to me "live opposite one, not in one"!

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