Congrats on the house, that's huge! My mother-in-law called our first place a "training wheels house." I told her we were planning to ride this bike right into the ground. Some people just can't help but see everything as a temporary stop on the way to something bigger. It completely misses the point of having your own space. You earned that key, and it's your home, period.

Reminds me of the old woodworker who taught me how to carve a spoon. He said the chatter of the knife on the grain told you more than any digital readout ever could. You just can't buy that kind of quiet knowledge from a factory. Makes you wonder what else we're losing for the sake of speed, right?

Wait, so it's the UK Cotswold? What's drawing all the outside buyers there specifically?

It's like loving worn-in jeans more than new ones.

Come on, it's way more likely to be some drone nerds practicing for a light show or something. Secret surveys don't usually happen at midnight, that's just when the weirdos with too much money take their toys out.