julicorn's journey 2 - Moving Up

doingitanyway

julicorn said:

doingitanyway said:

Congratulations. Your post has given me hope. I am in the exact position you were back in March. 
Glad you had a good reset 

Still waiting for your chain to come together then? I hope it all goes well for you. 

Thanks @julicorn My offer was accepted 4 weeks ago. My seller has yet to find her home 

julicorn

doingitanyway said:

julicorn said:

doingitanyway said:

Congratulations. Your post has given me hope. I am in the exact position you were back in March. 
Glad you had a good reset 

Still waiting for your chain to come together then? I hope it all goes well for you. 

Thanks @julicorn My offer was accepted 4 weeks ago. My seller has yet to find her home 

Fingers crossed they find somewhere chain-free soon, and you don't end up with as long a chain as we have!

beanielou

Hopefully things moving on nicely 

julicorn

Thanks @beanielou! I hope all is well with you?

Karmacat

Sounds like things really *are* moving on nicely  

beanielou

julicorn said:

Thanks @beanielou! I hope all is well with you?

Plodding on & falling on.

julicorn

Karmacat said:

Sounds like things really *are* moving on nicely  

Thanks Karmacat, it really feels like it! We were definitely getting a little deflated, and I've avoided looking at the house buying sub-forum for a couple of weeks ( ), but it definitely feels good to see progress again. 

Cornish_mum

Congrats on the progress, that’s great CM

julicorn

Thanks so much @Cornish_mum!



We went to the allotment site yesterday, which was pretty cool. There are 4 plots on offer, 3 right by the entrance that are super overgrown (haven't been looked after as long as anyone on the site can remember), on a relatively steep hill and not terraced yet. Those plots were top of the hill, middle and bottom (by the path), all a bit of a faff to get to, but absolutely incredible views from the top. The fourth plot was a slightly smaller one that has been used more recently, but has a lot of bramble roots on it at the moment. Again, a bit of a faff to get to. 
Needless to say, we've thrown caution into the wind and our hat in the ring! There were 4 other interested parties there yesterday, and they had also had invited people to view on Wednesday, so who knows whether we'll get one of them. They got us to fill in a form on the spot to rank the plots in our order of preference, so we went bramble > top > middle > bottom. I hope we'll find out soon whether we got one. It was quite amusing with the other people there, got that sense of competition that was all too familiar from running into other viewers when we were looking for a house earlier this year! Mr julicorn did the practical weighing up of pros and cons, I basically just went with 'the feeling' (the bramble-y plot was really cute and a little more sheltered/private), so it was good we were both there. 
We also went to a garden centre and had some lovely vegan cake & scones, and then onto a wood recycling shop (we might need some pallets / boards for building beds and compost bins and all that fun stuff), so yeah, it was a super lovely day. 

I hope you're all having a great weekend too  

powerspowers

Exciting that things are moving for you and on the allotment front!!