Oh and another one which you'll get lost for hours in: http://www.kare-design.com/en/shop28097/products/catalog/ ...suddenly it becomes apparent where dwell get (got!) their stock from :) it's a shame they do not have a UK specific site, but suppliers can easily be contacted and ordered from. It's the biggest site for bonkers items I've seen on the Internet.

Hi there, a lovely climber that needs little or no attention is an evergreen honeysuckle called 'Fire cracker' which grows in sun or shade. One tip for more flowers is train the plants horizontally not vertically. White jasmine is another evergreen climber that smells wonderful and again needs only to be tied to the wall. It has white flowers that give off a heady scent at night from June to September and in winter the leaves turn a glorious red colour. Cotoneaster is also a great evergreen shrub that looks great all year round and the bees love it. Mine is now climbing a wall but started off as a standard shrub. White flowers in the summer and red berries in autumn. Good luck xx

Hi Hugh, a pic would be nice. My 2 yr old garage is single brick, and very sturdy. Our garage is in the garden accessed by a service road out the back. We chose bricks because we couldn’t get a lorry up the service road to deliver the wood or metal sheets for a prefab one, which would have been cheaper. The window was a freebie off Facebook and it has a flat roof and electric garage doors out the back. Cost £15,000.

I agree with tamp75 although I recognise your temptation. However it it is your forever home then go with your heart and get what you want. If you are likely to sell in the coming years then you might want to maintain value with the 5 bedrooms. I am currently completely renovating my house. I have enlarged the master bedroom by pinching space from the adjoining bedroom by moving the wall. I have then created a small en-suite in the master and the smaller bedroom is now a dressing room which if I sell will be marketed as a single bedroom. This is a compromise but I will still have a 5 bedroom house to market if I sell.