The house project has progressed to a point where we have had an offer accepted on a house in Woolwich (one of the areas with the cheapest square footage according…
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Tag: house-hunting
I’m getting deeper and deeper into the weeds of finding a neighbourhood to live. I’ve sorted out the schools now, I believe – the only piece of analysis I will…
The house hunt is slowly starting up again. I’ve gone back to my big schools spreadsheet with two key improvements – adding Croydon as an additional borough, because a friend…
My god – even when the weekends are nice, they’re exhausting. There’s so much pure physical labour involved in looking after the two boys. I wish I could claim it…
The house went to a higher bidder, boo / phew. I’m now going to bury the whole project until the first light of a new tax year, and enjoy what…
Today we find out for sure if our house offer was accepted, and it’s going to be quite a nice watershed moment as I feel reasonably positive about either outcome.…
One of my (many) bugbears is that disclaimer you see on social media profiles: ‘All views my own’. I know it’s very common for people to include, but it feels…
We did make our first-ever offer on a house. In the office, we were talking about the alarming way living costs are going up – my personal gauge for this…
We went to see a house in Honor Oak. A lovely house too, and we are weighing up making our first ever offer for a house. It’s a nice neighbourhood…
When you’re as to-do-list-oriented as me, coming back from holiday is extra stressful. A lot of regularly scheduled tasks have not been done and the email inbox is Schrodinger’s Container…