Hello!
We are a family of six with 4 children aged 14, 18, 21 and 23 (the oldest three now having left home and everybody is looking a bit older than on the photo!), living in the bucolic Scottish Borders. We live in a Georgian villa dating from 1791, complemented by large wild gardens rich in wildlife (and ducks and chickens!). We have been welcoming guests to our attached (but self-contained) self-catering holiday apartment since 2014 and have enjoyed meeting many interesting people during this time.
We have also been letting a room in the house via Airbnb on a Bed and breakfast basis. Our recently restored guest room in the basement of the house has underfloor heating and the private wet room is just across the corridor, to create comfortable and spacious lodgings. Coming to stay with us as a house guest is a very informal affair, and for a small charge guests are invited to take part in our family meals, whatever that happens to be on that particular day! Although we now only have one child at home we continue to be a very busy household and we sometimes provide temporary accommodation to people who need it, so you may meet other people while being here.
*** NEW FOR 2025***
The guest room which we have nick-named “Butler’s Quarters” now has a kitchenette, making it suitable for short self-catering stays. I hate to use the term “bedsit” but that’s basically what it is! I’d like to think though that ours is a bit more on the grander side!
A big house like this is always in need of work and we are doing most of the renovation works ourselves and it feels like they are never going to be finished (which is probably true!), so please bear in mind that you will come across many features in the house which could be described as “faded grandeur” or perhaps just “faded”.
Our first guests in the newly renovated guest room were a couple of bikers and we were so taken with them that we advertised on the Bikers Guide website, that has now lapsed but we still welcome bikers (and let’s face it, it’s quite exciting having classy motorbikes pull up on the drive!). We have drying facilities and a cold and a hot (!) outside tap (not intentionally plumbed that way…), which has been known to come in handy!
Looking forward to meeting many more interesting people in the not too distant future. You can book directly with us for the best price.