Arcoarena

Well my throw-away comment in my last post of ‘oh and I might buy a house’ appears to have come true. I’ve had an offer accepted for a 2-bed terraced house just round the corner. The mortgage is now sorted (a lot easier than one would expect) and the solicitors have been instructed (a lot slower than expected). So all that’s left is to read everything that gets sent to me, sign it and return it to the appropriate place.

The survey is happening tomorrow so barring any major issues the difficult bits should be over (I hope). I hope I’ve got past the awkard bit now, I really don’t like the fact that houses don’t have a fixed price and that the price indicated is generally higher than the final selling price. It’s also a bit rubbish that there’s a good 2 months worth of solicitors messing around with searches and god knows what else before the sale is even legally binding, let alone being able to move in.

I am looking forward to a few things that will hopefully make all this hassle worth it. I quite like the idea of having a second bedroom so that any visitors don’t have to sleep on the floor. Having central heating will be good too. Both our current flat and the previous one had electric heaters, they’re expensive and rubbish. I’m also looking forward to having a garden in which I can sit out in the cool summer evenings, drinking wine and listening to the radio. We also get a separate dining room rather than a lounge/diner and (as if that weren’t enough to make you explode with excitement) we get stairs, something I haven’t had in my living areas for a few years now.
There are some downsides though. This morning Andrea said “If we’ve moved in by mid-may we could use that holiday we’re taking to do some painting”, somewhere the idea of a week camping in France got squished by the ominous picture of endless trips to B&Q.