Our BR Diary, from start to finish......

tigerfeet2006

Evening Scarlett :wave:

Thanks for the support earlier :T

Hope the house hunting goes well on Wedsnesday and you find an idesl property.

:T well done to your husband. Some people just don't listen do they? Bet you can't wait to answer the phone post BR.

Scarlett.1974

Morning tigerfeet :wave:

Hope you're feeling a bit better this morning

Oh yes, I can NOT wait to be able to answer the phone once we're BR and give them the happy news You don't think that was really naughty of H then? I didn't know whether to laugh or smack him when he told me what he'd said!

tigerfeet2006

Morning Scarlett:wave:

Feeling loads better thank you. Have been on the Shelter site and unfortunatly we are not classed as overcrowded because of the age of the children.

It was slightly naughty of your husband but I unerstand why he did it. Don't smack him just give him a hug and tell him off like a naughty little school boy pmsl

Scarlett.1974

Evening all :j

A bit like this: at the moment.

We went to see those 2 houses this afternoon and LOVED one of them, it was perfect..... well, apart from the price :rolleyes: But, after a bit of careful haggling we managed to get the LL down from his asking price of £685 to £620 (our absolute max. was £640, so dead chuffed with that). We've secured it and it's ours, we'll move in after the new year

It will then give us a full clear month before we go BR, so we'll have plenty of time to get everything there sorted once we move.

Absolutely delighted this afternoon. Moving/finding somewhere suitable (in budget - not easy around here) was my biggest worry really and I feel like a bit of a weight has been lifted today.

:beer:

fermi

That sounds like fantastic news.:D

Must be a big relief!

betterlatethannever

Scarlett, i'm soo impressed by your organisational skills:eek: your really on top of everything, doing all you need to do in the right order etc...
I'm so dam jealous:p
Really good news about the house. I'd have never thought of making an offer to a LL, but i bet as soon as he can he jumps your rent up, still its ok for now and gives you a place to rest your head.:T

Scarlett.1974

fermi wrote: »

That sounds like fantastic news.:D

Must be a big relief!

Thanks Fermi

I feel quite giddy and tearful with relief actually Could do with a stuff drink, but start work in 8 minutes, so better not!

Just told son (who is 7 and has ASD) that we're moving after christmas and all he was concerned about was "can I take my playstation?" :rotfl: Once we told him yes, we're taking everything with us off he skipped, happy as larry!

fermi

Scarlett.1974 wrote: »

Just told son (who is 7 and has ASD) that we're moving after christmas and all he was concerned about was "can I take my playstation?" :rotfl: Once we told him yes, we're taking everything with us off he skipped, happy as larry!

:rotfl::rotfl:

If only all our worries could be kept to that level.:D

Scarlett.1974

betterlatethannever wrote: »

Scarlett, i'm soo impressed by your organisational skills:eek: your really on top of everything, doing all you need to do in the right order etc...
I'm so dam jealous:p
Really good news about the house. I'd have never thought of making an offer to a LL, but i bet as soon as he can he jumps your rent up, still its ok for now and gives you a place to rest your head.:T

Thanks BLTN, I'm a bit of a control-freak y'see, it comes in handy sometimes

Re the house - well, it was the EA that gave me the idea, she told me it had been empty for 4 months, and obviously every month it's empty the LL is losing money, so I figured nothing ventured and all that Oh, I don't doubt he'll put it up when he can, but like you said, we're settled now for at least the next 6 months and as long as he doesn't take the mikey with any rise I can't see us wanting to leave in a hurry (it's a long term rental, the LLs live in London)

Scarlett.1974

fermi wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:

If only all our worries could be kept to that level.:D

Oh yes, the innocence of childhood, I miss those days :rotfl: