Watty's Awakening

Slinky

We moved from a large village/small town on the edge of Milton Keynes that was being swamped by newbuilds to a market town in Suffolk. There's houses going up a couple of miles away, but I look at what is happening to our old area, where I was born, and don't regret moving here at all. People here moan about how the area has changed, but we accept it as it is, because we never knew what it used to be like. People who moved into our old area would say how lovely it was, not knowing how much lovelier it used to be! Where our house is now there isn't much scope for more building unless they try building on a park which is below river level.

I think that's the trick really. Find somewhere you like and which is tricky to blight, and leave the unsatisfactory situation of your previous home behind.

PennysIntoPounds

Really don't be put off by my build palavers, having somewhere that is already yours to live in halves the stress straight away as you won't feel so vulnerable and panicked. There will be knobbers as is the case with every build, but I feel like I must surely have taken one for the team by getting all the awfulness for my build 😂

WelshmansDaughter

Dublin is known for corrupt planning to be fair, the worst part is the apartments are all built to let at extortionate rent