Well, not quite, but last night was the last night in our little house. We didn't even have a meal together, Jo having eaten at work, I ended up with Fish and Chips!
So we pretty much have one last car load to take to my parents and then we close the door and hand over the keys. The electrical inspection takes place today as well, so hoping that no problems are encountered.
We had another scare when the invoice came for the transfer of equity (Jo's name has been added to the house title deeds) and it was £360 higher than what we had been quoted for. The solicitor advised that it was related to the drawing down of funds, i.e. the mortgage and that I would need to speak to the bank. This took four days and left us both extremely unimpressed.
It turns out that the solicitor, in his wisdom and without consultation, decided we wanted the mortgage 'drawing down' immediately and thus arranged this which meant that we were going to incur early redemption fees and interest charges which accounted for the extra money. All sorted now!
So a busy day ahead, plus I have to go to a wedding rehearsal tonight. The wedding is tomorrow, which I'm filming, and we have Jo's brothers birthday and a family photograph to fit in somehow.
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Saturday, 19 July 2008
Two weeks and counting!
The first blog!
In case you are wondering, Jo (my girlfriend) and I are about to move to Wellington, New Zealand. Why? A new life I guess, different weather, different view!
So, we vacate out house in less than two weeks. The cars are up for sale, the plane tickets have been bought and we are slowing starting to pack our bags whilst we clear our junk from the house we have occupied for four years. The irony with with is that we have spent the last two year slowly improving it, the vast majority occurring in the last 6 to 12 months, including new furniture, and its not even us that's going to benefit from it!
Also, Panda and Piggy, our Guinea Pig family leave us next weekend. They were a condition of Jo moving in!! Had we stayed in the UK i think more Guinea Pigs and Rabbits would have joined us! Anyway, they are moving to a new home with Jo's sister Kath who has a much bigger garden with grass. We only have small back yard with paving stones. Great for containing them but I'm sure the grass will be exciting. I wonder what they will make of the grass as they've never seen or run amongst it before. No doubt there will be a stream of churs and whistles.
In case you are wondering, Jo (my girlfriend) and I are about to move to Wellington, New Zealand. Why? A new life I guess, different weather, different view!
So, we vacate out house in less than two weeks. The cars are up for sale, the plane tickets have been bought and we are slowing starting to pack our bags whilst we clear our junk from the house we have occupied for four years. The irony with with is that we have spent the last two year slowly improving it, the vast majority occurring in the last 6 to 12 months, including new furniture, and its not even us that's going to benefit from it!
Also, Panda and Piggy, our Guinea Pig family leave us next weekend. They were a condition of Jo moving in!! Had we stayed in the UK i think more Guinea Pigs and Rabbits would have joined us! Anyway, they are moving to a new home with Jo's sister Kath who has a much bigger garden with grass. We only have small back yard with paving stones. Great for containing them but I'm sure the grass will be exciting. I wonder what they will make of the grass as they've never seen or run amongst it before. No doubt there will be a stream of churs and whistles.
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