We bought our house in Magneville in 2008 from Alex's mother, who wished to sell the property. She had owned the cottage since the late 1980s and had only partially restored it at the point of our purchase.
When we took the house, the upstairs was still a large, open attic area, with iron supporting rods running across the entire length of the building to support the gables. We subsequently lowered these to the floor level and built the upstairs bedrooms, WC and bathroom as well as a new staircase (2009). We also built a terrace to the rear (2009) and the kitchen was moved to the central room on the ground floor and a new kitchen fitted (2010).