Contract employment issues - mine. New job probation issues - his. A burst pipe and a flooded ceiling. We've had, and overcome, a few nail biting pre-purchase issues. Embarrassing to admit, this is the fourth property we've gone so far as to suggest to an estate agent that we plan to buy, but it's the first that I've jumped up and down in the street about before even opening the front door. We wanted it, in all its shabby and not at all chic, rundown dampness. We have a vision!
Yep, yesterday we officially exchanged on the little Bishopston terraced house we're going to call home. We get the keys on Tuesday 22 February, and we'll say goodbye to our rented Clifton lives by 9 March.
Hello mortgage, hello builders and plumbers and plasterers, hello spreadsheets, hello dust and rubble. Hello interior magazine dreams and ebay reality.
