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It’s your move or more likely mine, week 35

This is the last post for this particular blog because on 4 December we exchanged and on 14 December we completed. When I started this blog in January 2017, all I had was a small financial lifeline that went towards … Continue reading

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It’s your move or more likely mine, week 31

Remember the days when you had to go for a face to face interview with your bank manager each time you needed a loan? There was no online banking and definitely no call centres in countries you had never even … Continue reading

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It’s your move or more likely mine, week 29

After going for my first serious property viewing, I thought it must have been fate that threw me into the hands of this particular estate agent because she told me about a house that they were about to take on … Continue reading

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It’s your move, or more likely mine. Week 26

We had a breakthrough this week. If you’ve been following this blog you will know we have been renting for over 13 years, since the first day we moved south from Bedford. We were also renting for the last 3 years … Continue reading

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It’s your move, or more likely mine. Week 22-25

The weeks have flown by haven’t they. I cannot believe we are over the half way point for 2017. By now I had expected to not only have sorted out a mortgage but be well on the way to finding … Continue reading

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It’s your move, or more likely mine. Week 19 & 20

I’ve been busy, very busy over the past couple of weeks and my blogging has had to take second place but during that time I’ve been harking back to the good ol’ days just lately; actually that’s a nonsense because … Continue reading

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It’s your move, or more likely mine. Week 17

I’ve been thinking about flowers and fence panels this week. Continue reading

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It’s your move, or more likely mine. Week 11

I mowed the lawn today, well actually that’s a bit of a white lie. Continue reading

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It’s your move, or more likely mine. Week 1

How difficult is it to get a mortgage? What’s it like living in a rented house with a constant reminder it’s not your home? Continue reading

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