Moving House, Renovations & OPs

Elephantchunks · 2 June 2017 at 7:32PM

Hello diary!
I've been stressing a lot this week over surveys, solicitors and search results.
Last night DH bought home flooring catalogues from a mate (mates rates :beer:) and I'm back to being super excited :j:j.
All is fine really, it's an old house so insurance and an emergency fund will be grand

Thisgirlcan_2 · 2 June 2017 at 9:14PM

How exciting! I hope it all comes together soon, sounds like you're on track with your plans!

smallholdingsister · 2 June 2017 at 9:15PM

Hello Elephant. Also moving, I feel your pain on the telephone appointment!

I feel like each thing we do is a hurdle to be got over.

Dogbooks · 2 June 2017 at 9:18PM

I'm glad you had a lovely holiday away!

How are you getting on with your budgets so far? Some people like to put their saving goals as part of their signature and then you can see progress you've made

Hopefully the rest of the process goes smoothly (and quickly!!) for you!

Elephantchunks · 3 June 2017 at 7:02PM

Thisgirlcan, Smallholding and Dogbooks - Thank you for popping in and for your support I really appreciate it

I will check out your threads.

You're right Dogbooks I need to keep on top of this budget!

Here is my short term monthly budget:
Food - £98.36/£300 full freezer so should be less next week
Petrol - £20.11/£125
Cigs - £13.62/£65
Fun me - £12.05/£100 Cinema-Pirates of Caribbean. Johnny Depp-Mnom
Fun DH - £12.05/£100 Cinema-Pirates of Caribbean
Driving lessons - £25/£225
Extra saved - £40 from change vase

We have been for ANOTHER drive by of the new house today. They could get a restraining order on us at this rate :rotfl:

smallholdingsister · 3 June 2017 at 7:12PM

Its too tempting isn't it?!

Elephantchunks · 3 June 2017 at 7:22PM

smallholdingsister wrote: »

Its too tempting isn't it?!

It really is! We promised ourselves not to explore (walking) any more until we move. It seems driving around it and the local villages is allowed though

MortgageFreeMimi · 3 June 2017 at 11:47PM

We did lots of drive-bys! We were shown round by the vendors not the EAs which I hated every other time it happened with other houses but they were nice and unsalesy and left us alone to explore. But they would definitely have recognised us going at 3mph staring in at them and commenting on the state of the roof.

And £40 from change vase is excellent!

Elephantchunks · 10 June 2017 at 1:04PM

Oops I've been absent as no money saving has been done.

Here is my short term monthly budget:
Food - £164.83/£300. £66.47 this week. This is more than half with 3 weeks left. Need to sort this.
Petrol - £38.79/£125. Looking good.
Cigs - £41.22/£65. Eek!
Fun me - £32.05/£100. £10 grandad gift. £10 Xmas saver.
Fun DH - £12.05/£100. £0 This week.
Driving lessons - £50/£225
Extra saved - £0. Need to do some ebaying.

I've never done this properly before. DH doesn't do receipts so now all the money is in 1 bank and I can just go on the bank account and work out where its all gone at the end of the week. It's working :T

Plan - Buy enough freezer food, snacks and lunches to last 3x weeks so we can stop using the convenience store other than for bread, milk and fruit. Have as many NSD as possible.

Elephantchunks · 10 June 2017 at 7:33PM

We received the survey this week. It has put a slight downer on the pretty decorating budget. The house is structurally sound and these things are to be expected with an early 1900s house which has been lived in by our vendors for nearly 60 years.

So here is the budget before survey:
£150 - kitchen ceiling
£1000 - roof tiling + chimney
£1000 - flooring
£400 - paint
£100 - road mirrors
£2000 - log burner + fireplace
£1000 - garage longer
£450 - lights
£400 - wardrobes
£1400 - misc
£2000 - save

£9900 Total (This is the amount we expect to have available when we move)

But, after the survey the projected budget is as follows:
£2000 - damp course
£3000 - septic tank + drains (worst case, so hopefully not!)
£150 - kitchen ceiling
£1000 roof tiling + chimney flashing
£1000 - flooring+rugs
£200 - paint
£100 - mirrors road (dodgy turning)
£2000 - log burner + fireplace
£0 - garage longer
£250 - lights
£200 - wardrobes
£0 - misc
£0 - save
= £9900

Some are these are worst case. We will do things in priority order and see what's left/not possible. They are all calculated guestimates but it will be good to look back at this. Misc is obviously going to need some ££ too. I really wanted to save at least £2000 EF and will hopefully do so if the big things cost less. I'm just not ready to take the log burner off the list yet.

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