What have we done!!?

Keys received, lunch eaten, a little food shopping done and dogs collected we made our way to the new house.

Bearing in mind that we had made 4 previous visits to the new house, so thought we knew exactly what to expect, we were still a little nervous as we pulled up outside the house. It’s really important to be sure that rose coloured glasses haven’t tinted your view of just exactly what you are buying. Be realistic. Exactly how much work does it need doing? Is it really what you need, never mind what you want? Do you have the time and/or money to do what work needs doing? Do you have the time and/or money to do the maintenance on a long term basis?

We were nervously elated on arrival. But we had no furniture and only a blow up mattress to sleep on. And a car and trailer full of stuff!! We were tired and excited, and we had 4 dogs who had spent 13 hours in the car followed by a night at kennels and then a new place to contend with. We needn’t have worried about the dogs. They just loved the open space and grass to run on, not to mention the cows in the field next door! Hm, fencing the garden is an absolute priority!!

And why did we have no furniture? Because I messed up the email to the removals company confirming the booking and when we rang them to make payment they said we hadn’t confirmed so it had been taken off the schedule. As it turned out it was probably better that it didn’t arrive the day we got the keys as the whole process took much longer than we thought it would and the removals lorry would have been waiting for us at the house for quite a long time!

Todays advice….

Check with the removals company they've received your confirmation email and try to make sure you get plenty of sleep before you arrive, and seriously think about having the furniture delivered the next day at the earliest.