Category: House

  • YAY! — whoops!

    We exchange contracts on Monday – should have the keys by 1st of February. YAY!!Whoops! We didn’t actually exchange until Thursday but we will get the keys on Tuesday, 29th of January! VERY EXCITING! If you’re free that weekend, please feel free to come over and help us move! Just as an FYI — probably…

  • We lost the house… (de ja vu)

    We just couldn’t agree on a price for the works needed. Oh well… We’re still selling this place, however, and we’ll be moving out in mid-November (and in with the in-laws). Not sure where we’ll go from here, but everything happens for a reason!! (I need to keep saying this as my mantra.) —————— In…

  • We bought a house!

    Yay! Details can be found here: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-8326866.rsp?pa_n=3&tr_t=buy Unfortunately, it’s not as good as the house we lost (no house will ever be) but it’s very nice and I can absolutely see raising a family there. The photos and floorplans don’t do it justice, I’m afraid. You’ll just have to come and see it for yourself…

  • We sold the house!!

    Full asking price! The buyers have sold their house to a first time buyer and all surveys etc done so the chain is complete! Now we just have to find the perfect place… and soon!

  • We lost the house…

    Someone else came in and placed an offer and as they are ready to move we’ve lost it. I do stand by “everything happens for a reason” and I honestly beleive it, but it doesn’t mean I didn’t cry like a baby.  It just sucks when you can see raising your children somewhere and then…

  • Baby and house update

    House: We’ve had some news — not bad, not good. Turns out another couple is interested in the same house but are in the same position we are (house on the market, no buyer) and so the sellers of the property we want (Arundel Road) have basically said whoever sells their house first gets Arundel…

  • General update

    The new house: They DID accept our counter-offer but will not take the property off of the market until we have a buyer. (Hence the mad rush to get it cleaned and ready.) Our house: IS now on the market (YAY!) as of today! Details can be found here.  (There are a couple of small errors that will…

  • …and the house is on the market! (almost)

    I don’t think I’ve ever worked so hard in my life on cleaning anything as much as I’ve cleaned our house over the past week.  OK, I didn’t do it all my self, of course… Lisa worked hard and my mum – bless her heart! – helped clean a lot.  In fact, I would swear…

  • Our awesome powers of negotiation

    Andrew and I know that we want to move. This house is just too small for us and my nesting instinct is going to make us both mad. (Not having a place to put my vaccuum cleaner drives me up the wall.) Last week we found a house we quite liked in Peacehaven. It had…