The Good Life: live the self-sufficient dream in Surrey with your own cider, bees and alpacas

Five-bedroom Picketts Farmhouse is set in 15 acres of paddocks, orchards and grounds.
Faye Greenslade1 November 2017

On the edge of Salfords in Surrey is a character 14th-century home offering an exciting variety of uses.

Picketts Farmhouse is a self-sufficient dream set in 15 acres of paddocks, orchards, landscaped gardens and grounds.

It is home to some 300 varieties of old English cider apples to produce cider locally, four hives housing colonies of honey bees that could be extended to support a commercial apiary, and a herd of alpacas who produce fleece sold on a small scale — fetching more than £10 a raw kilo.

The cottage itself has five bedrooms, a mass of beams throughout sitting and dining room and a glorious brick-floored kitchen/breakfast room with requisite Aga, bread oven and a walk-in pantry. It is on the market for £1,495,000.

Call Savills on 01737 904052 for more details.

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