Rosi Lister
Doing up an auld house in the Scottish Borders
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Writer
Blogger
& lover of all things old and neglected
New Release
900 Days
900 Days is a captivating memoir of serendipity and transformation. It chronicles the journey of two individuals, Antony and the author, who met over a stone sink, after narrowly missing each other for years. Their shared punk past and unexpected connection led to a whirlwind adventure searching the length and breadth of the British Isles for their dream renovation project, which they eventually find in Scotland. Embracing a life of creative freedom and unconventional choices, they tackle pandemic challenges and property renovations with humour and determination. This story is a testament to the belief that it's never too late to chase dreams and find new beginnings. Rosi and Antony featured in the award-winning Channel 4 series Renovation Nation
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Interesting, thought provoking and intelligently written. This book takes you into the authors life since before the start of the Covid years. I like the way the book flits between current life and the history of their crazy house purchase
Their determination to buy the right property (I think I’d have given up) and what they have learned along the way in terms of physically purchasing in the uk in Ireland may lead to a new consultancy!
Amazon 5 Star Review
Praise & Reviews
Set against the backdrop of the Scottish Borders and punctuated by the trials and
triumphs of restoring a historic property, this narrative is both deeply personal and universally relatable. Through
evocative prose, the author captures the essence of perseverance, the beauty of reinvention, and the profound
connection between place and identity.
London Book Publishers Review
Lister's writing is imbued with a sense of humor and warmth, even as she describes the physical and mental exhaustion of their quest. The descriptions of their new home, the old Teindside Farm House, are particularly enchanting. Lister captures the transformation of the neglected property into a vibrant living space. Her observations of the surrounding nature, from the vivid greens of spring to the wildlife that inhabits their land, evoke a sense of peace and connection to the environment that many readers will find inspiring.
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About Rosi Lister
Rosi Lister has had a thirty-year career in art and design education and heritage management. The daughter of an award winning modernist architect father and theologian mother, she grew up in a bohemian household with three siblings, rather surprisingly, in a very rural east-riding village of Yorkshire. At the age of fifty-seven, as a result of a number of life-changing and coalescing factors, Rosi threw it all in, took early retirement and bought a Georgian doer-upper in Scotland, where she now lives with partner Ant and their Jack Russell Tig in a state of ongoing creative chaos.