I guess sometimes good things come after a fall. After the heartache of losing the property we were desperately hoping to have, a flat popped up on the internet. It was very (for the UK) cheap, looked quite spacious and was in the city we want to live in but hadn't (up until now) found anywhere in our price range.
Well, to cut a long story short, we viewed it, made an offer on it and had it accepted!
Now we are keeping everything crossed that it all goes through smoothly with no problems.
More on this to come.
Tuesday 18 February 2014
Thursday 6 February 2014
Houses.
We found our dream house. A house we could imagine our futures playing out together. A house we could spend the best part of the next ten years living in, being happy in. We spent days upon days meeting with the bank, meeting with the financial advisor, meeting with the estate agents. We spent hours filling in paperwork, making trips to the post box to post documents and I spent the entireity of the past 8 months savings only to find out we couldn't have it.
Everything I've been so happy about the past few weeks has been ruined. All those houses we passed up on seeing because we had found one, all that time, money, energy wasted and now I never want to step foot in another potential house again. Because? Because it hurts too much when you find the one you want for it all to go to shit.
So, I feel like there are two options here. Option one, buy a flat, a new one that has no structural problems to worry about but lacks any sort of personality, originality and practicality. Live in said flat for a maximum of 5 years because it is neither big enough for a dog nor big enough for a baby, not to mention the cat. Make barely any profit on said flat when it comes to moving and expect a high unexpected increase in mortgage repayments on any property therafter but, have more money for holidays (because there always has to be at least one positive).
Option two. Do nothing. Stay as we are, live separate lives, have all the money we earn to spend on whatever we want. Have no dog, no family, no future and no chance of buying a property because house prices will be too expensive come the end of this year.
Option three, of course, would be to look into the costs of sorting out said problems. But with a partner who is dead set against that and inlaws who consider the house 'a money pit' what are the chances of that being considered as an option.
Everything I've been so happy about the past few weeks has been ruined. All those houses we passed up on seeing because we had found one, all that time, money, energy wasted and now I never want to step foot in another potential house again. Because? Because it hurts too much when you find the one you want for it all to go to shit.
So, I feel like there are two options here. Option one, buy a flat, a new one that has no structural problems to worry about but lacks any sort of personality, originality and practicality. Live in said flat for a maximum of 5 years because it is neither big enough for a dog nor big enough for a baby, not to mention the cat. Make barely any profit on said flat when it comes to moving and expect a high unexpected increase in mortgage repayments on any property therafter but, have more money for holidays (because there always has to be at least one positive).
Option two. Do nothing. Stay as we are, live separate lives, have all the money we earn to spend on whatever we want. Have no dog, no family, no future and no chance of buying a property because house prices will be too expensive come the end of this year.
Option three, of course, would be to look into the costs of sorting out said problems. But with a partner who is dead set against that and inlaws who consider the house 'a money pit' what are the chances of that being considered as an option.
Wednesday 1 January 2014
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Iceland
So another new year is here and I can't quite believe a whole year has passed since the last one.
Tonight we went to see The Secret Life of Walter Mitty after spending a lazy day doing a lot of nothing due to the horrible weather. This movie was incredible. I spent the majority of the film on the verge of tears, perhaps because of how heart warming it is, how beautiful, or maybe because I can relate to Walter.
We've been looking at buying a house come April time and although I am really excited about this it has also made me realise that things will be a lot harder to do. It will be a lot harder to travel, to change jobs, to go to college etc. I guess it comes with being an adult and having responsibility. Even in my job I've been only too aware of the fact that I can have a max of three weeks off work at a time as long as it's 'once in a lifetime'. It's the big, 'adult' things that make you realise how much you want to be carefree and be able to up and go whenever the mood takes you, to see the most remarkable things and have life changing experiences.
After the movie, Alex and I discussed travelling and I said how much I wanted to see the world before I'm in a position where doing so isn't an option. As a result, we are looking into visiting Iceland in May/June time. We have both wanted to visit Iceland for a long time so I'm really hoping we can go. We're planning on renting a car and seeing as much of the country as we can. And although we haven't decided 100% we were thinking of making it a bit of an 'adventure' holiday where we only book a hotel for the first night or two and then just see where the road takes us (if it's just to the side of the road then so be it!). The closest I have been to an 'adventure' holiday is camping in Cornwall with a non-existent tent pole, and we were only just saved by the fact that a Tesco was open nearby!
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