Anyone with green fingers should love this cottage.

Byline: Alison Young Features Writer

IT was the large L shaped garden which first attracted Liz Hallett to her 19th century cottage home.

And despite completely transforming the inside of her home over the past eight years, it is still in the garden where Liz is at her happiest.

"I love gardening and the garden here is really very interesting and well stocked - it's a lovely place to sit and relax. There is a greenhouse, a herb garden and both a vegetable and fruit garden."

The garden is overlooked from the conservatory, which was a new addition to the property a few years ago.

"The majority of the work to the house was done in the early years when the kitchen was completely revamped with all new appliances and units installed but the conservatory was added later.

"The original scullery which dated back to the middle of the 19th century was still here when we moved in but we knocked it through to enlarge the kitchen.

"There wasn't really a kitchen in the house at all when we first moved here, just a free-standing sink and oven and a couple of units in a corner."

But now the 20ft long, farmhouse-style kitchen features all the latest mod cons and opens out onto the sunny rear conservatory.

New fireplaces have been installed in keeping with the age of the property and both the flat roof and the windows have been renewed.

The house has also been completely redecorated throughout by Liz, a part-time teacher.

"It gives you a real sense of achievement to sit in a room which you have transformed yourself."

But with a young toddler son and now another baby on the way, Liz is looking to move on to somewhere with slightly more space for her growing family.

The house in Chapel Row, Old St Mellons is on the market for pounds 220,000. For further details or to arrange a viewing call Kelvin Francis on 029 2076 6538.

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'There wasn't really a kitchen in the house at all when we first moved here - just a free standing sink and oven '

BEAUTIFUL GARDEN

This end of terrace extended cottage has an entrance porch, lounge, dining room, kitchen, conservatory, three bedrooms and a bathroom. It has a large well stocked garden which includes a greenhouse and both and vegetable and fruit garden.