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Is it Christmas yet? I feel like there are just not enough hours in the day, but maybe this isn't helped by the fact that the kids are now off school, work is busy and (of yes, small matter) we are trying to keep the house tidy for viewings. Having had a nail biting weekend initially of launching late on the Friday evening and hearing nothing, we then got notice of 3 people wanting to view - 2 on Saturday morning and a further one today (Tuesday).

I can safely say that having people come to look at your house on a Saturday morning at 9:30am is too early. Glenn and Izzy had actually left much earlier for a motorbiking course, leaving Abi and I to rush around the house making sure it was clean, while the dogs did their level best to undo out good work. Having turned a corner on the house training over the least couple of weeks and having very few accidents (and certainly no messes in the house), I went upstairs to clean the bathrooms only to hear her barking. I went downstairs to find her barking at her own poo by the front door - perfect with 45 minutes to go before the first arrival! I quickly cleaned it up, opened the door and sprayed some air freshener and hoped for the best.

At the point they arrived it all looked perfect, if only for a minute!  The first couple were looking for his father who is downsizing (into a 5 bed house!). Despite the next viewer turning up at 10am, they were still with us at 10:20 so we split up and the agent dealt with the second lady (looking for her family and her Mum). She was also with us for longer than the allotted 30 min slot. Both viewings seemed really positive which is all you can ask for. Today's couple were even more thorough and left after an hour and a half and I think that was only because they had to leave for work!

The first couple are back again tomorrow, this timer with Dad, the second lady is hoping to be back before the end of the week, and today's couple have already called the agent to say they love the house. I think its going as well as can be expected at this stage.

This of course means we are now panicking about what we might buy, so Glenn and I are off to Somerset on Saturday to view a couple of houses. We have 2 on our shortlist,  having discounted one which was over budget, listed and thatched and yet still made it onto Glenn's list... it is a beautiful house but I just cant quite see us actually living there - not list its all corridors and would require about £100k's worth of new furniture to make it look like it does now. Oh and it would need rethatching within the next 5 years... at a cost of £50k... 

The two we are looking at are quite different, and at different ends of town. One would need some modernisation but is huge, light and in Trull which is my preferred area. The other would be walk in and put our stuff down and be done, but doesn't have quite the long term potential maybe. Its so difficult until you actually get inside and see for yourself. Either way although we have second viewings lined up we don't yet have offers and so we don't know quite where we will land on budget so need to be a bit cautious.

This whole process does seem to be moving quite rapidly and while I'm excited I'm also a but nervous. What if we (or the kids) hate it? What if the longer commute turns out not to be feasible? What if Glenn pics up with all his old friends but  don't have anyone likeminded (apart from family of course) who I'm close to? I keep reminding myself that we have been happy in all the houses and locations we have lived in over the years and we will be in the next house. It will be so nice to be back near family and the area is beautiful so I just need to trust the process. It will be fine. It will be more than fine!


Betty helping Abi make the piggy food


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