I cant believe its a month since I last posted and yet not much has really progressed so far as the house is concerned. We do now have the mortgage agreed through a different company which actually went through in less than a week so it was jus the Abbey being awkward.
We've had some delay in getting the contracts exchanged as we have been quibbling over paying the deposit. It turned out that the builders deposit was not a deposit after all and they suddenly were asking for 22 thousand pounds!! Richard and well done to him has got this reduced to 3 thousand and by moving monies around and borrowing a thousand off Phil has got it together so hopefully on Monday the contracts will be exchanged and then we are yet another step nearer to the house being ours. Goodness knows what wil happen if some other emergency occurs cos Richard doesn't have a penny now for a month till he gets paid.
We really didn't think this though properly and should have thought about all the on costs of moving including extra monies for soliciters etc but here we are so far committed it would be very difficult to back out of now and just about to really go ahead with a huge mortgage and move away from everything familiar.
The second part is something I am looking forward to. I know it will be strange being in a large house with out familiar neighbours or even the ability to just pop round someones if i want to not that I ever do now. I used to much more a couple of years ago but now I go to work and just come home so why not come home to something I like and can be proud of?
On the whole I have enjoyed the process so far. Its been stressful and challenging and I have learned lots and its made Richard and I closer apart from any little hiccup when Richard gets completely stressed and starts swearing and shouting and slamming around. He reallly does not do change well and just cannot cope with anything that might challenge. He would be terrible in a real emergency and would be a hopeless police officer.
Today I started a bit more seriously on sorting stuff out in both the garden and Phil's room. I need to do the gloss paint in his room and then we can get the carpet and new bed then that room is done.
I am still addicted to Kirsty and Phil and even find myself admiring original features when looking at nurseries and reccommending to people to make friends with their estate agents!! If only they knew!!
ps Amalfi was glorious, beautiful and will probably be the last abroad holiday for at least a couple of years.
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