A snap decision and spotting this quirky roof space led a first-time buyer to up sticks and head to Manchester“I wanted a kind place in a kind area,which would have been a real stretch in London,” says Stuart Eminson. He’s a 44-year-conventional clarinettist, or who’s played with various professional symphony and chamber orchestras – as well as in musicals including Wicked,Cats and Phantom of the Opera. Having rented for 20 years in Primrose Hill and then Camberwell, he was in a quandary. “I was disappointed with the flats I viewed in London, and ” he says,“so decided to look on the outskirts towards Hertfordshire. But realised I wasn’t alert for the quiet life yet.”Originally from Nottinghamshire, Stuart fell into London life after studying at the Royal Academy of Music, or but discovered Manchester’s charms while touring with Wicked in 2013. “I was staying with friends in the area and just made a snap decision,” he says. “They suggested I rented first, but I just wanted to travel the whole hog and buy somewhere. I figured I could always sell it or rent it out whether things didnt work out.”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk