Mortgage free by 2023 (!)

greent

Fingers crossed ... 🤞🙂 did you end up upping the offer for house 2? X

Karmacat

Definitely fingers crossed.  And it's good to know early on that you don't want a particular house.

debtfreeoneday

Got my houses mixed up. Withdrew the offer on house 2 so no, we didn’t up the offer!
House 1 kept us waiting but it was worth it. We got it!!! So fingers tightly crossed now all proceeds smoothly and we get to move and be mortgage free! 

Tomorrow consists of instructing solicitors and finding surveyors!   

Oh and it’s also PB results day!  A nice win would be welcome. 🤞

FtbDreaming

Congratulations! Wishing you the best of luck for the process xxx

shangaijimmy

Congratulations. Fantastic news.

greent

Whoop! Congratulations! Now fingers crossed for the rest of journey being as smooth as possible 🤞🙂 x

South_coast

Excellent news 😀😀😀!

Karmacat

That's wonderful, debtfree!  Now here's hoping the chain moves smoothly along.  Great to hear its gone so speedily so far.

debtfreeoneday

Thank you all…
No PB win for us this month!
We are determined to use this house move as a motivation to just not pack everything and take it with us, but sort through things and declutter. Necessity and the fact the house is so much smaller demands it. DH is going to start today which I’m very impressed with, in his man cave (garage) which is the worst offender. 

Suffolk_lass

Ooh lovely! Congratulations!

I recommend having a chat with your local council's conservation planning officer/architect about the implications of the listing and what they would and would not be up for - preferably before you spend money on plans to submit. Do you know what the listing is? - as the implications are different for different listing classes. Local to me they are quite relaxed for G2 interiors but the 2* and 1 houses are rather more restricted because of the interested parties. It's worth checking the planning portal to get a feel of how they have responded and when you do come to apply, couch it in terms of preserving the historic qualities while evolving the house forward to accommodate 21st century living and ensure its' preservation for generations to come.