Anyone who has tried to buy a house when the market is especially 'hot' will understand the pain and frustration of seeing properties snapped up in minutes. For these owners, no amount of viewings, offers or flexibility around location was getting them anywhere near a new home. That is until the estate agents called them to say an old gatehouse was coming onto the market.
They made an offer as soon as they saw it; it was their ideal home. 'There was never going to be another house for us,’ they recall.
