When we bought our place 16 years ago I was not that interested in the cottage but the fact it had 5 acreas, a large barn with 5 stables inside and a hay barn. The cottage is small, just one bedroom but big enough for our needs. I still manage to put up family when needed. We have spent quite a bit of money on gates, fencing, new roof on the hay barn, water to all 5 paddocks and electric fencing. I have also bought a pollytunnel, turned the large lawn into a veg plot. All in all I think our place is almost perfect, well for my needs anyway.