Its back to square one with the move but not the whole way back. The bung has been sold, a chapter closes. There have been 3 new viewings of the old house, optimism is maintained yet there has to be a rethink; nothing stays the same.
The past 3 months has taught us all a great deal. Though trusting in our actions to archive an outcome we all thought was for the best, it turns out that MMIL is now of a different mind. Having got so close to a new life she now realises what she has, she wants to hold. Sell the house yes, but she wants to stay local, attached to the familiar; enough to suffer the upheaval of moving to a new house, but not a whole new landscape and orientation, to hear a different tongue, speak new place names, embrace the UNfamiliar.
Now MMIL has her own energy, she's scouting near at hand for what she wants. Her phone is hot from enquiring of agents. In her little blue car she's measuring distance in time from her doctor dentist and doughnut shop, assessing the gradients for using her scooter, looking for views, 22mm double glazing and minimum maintenance. MMIL's remarkable once again.
MMIL has outlived this BLOG; it too must move on.
If you have been, thanks for reading.
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Thursday, 9 February 2012
Thursday, 17 November 2011
MMIL3
The smart money has shifted; there we were thinking it was going to be a long journey. It might yet be so, but........a flurry of activity at the old house has MMIL thinking her prayers are being answered.
There's an offer of the asking price 'on the table', and while a survey is being arranged, the interest is evident in the steady flow of viewings! One of the viewees, we learn, is sitting in a good position, (in the south-facing window with cup of tea and a chocolate eclaire, enjoying the lovely weather we're having) with no property dispose of since she's in rented accommodation. MMIL asked, 'What kind of person can consider paying hundreds of thousands of pounds for a house, when they live in rented accommodation!' Once agian we can see where MMIL's coming from!
For our part we're thinking we'd better get our skateson! Today we've been looking at bungalows in the villages. Mind you, a sunny day like today could make anything attractive.
MMIL thinks a brand new house would be nice! There's no stopping her now! How will her furniture look in a brand-spanking new house? NO, DON'T answer that! MMIL's been to the tip again!
There's an offer of the asking price 'on the table', and while a survey is being arranged, the interest is evident in the steady flow of viewings! One of the viewees, we learn, is sitting in a good position, (in the south-facing window with cup of tea and a chocolate eclaire, enjoying the lovely weather we're having) with no property dispose of since she's in rented accommodation. MMIL asked, 'What kind of person can consider paying hundreds of thousands of pounds for a house, when they live in rented accommodation!' Once agian we can see where MMIL's coming from!
For our part we're thinking we'd better get our skateson! Today we've been looking at bungalows in the villages. Mind you, a sunny day like today could make anything attractive.
MMIL thinks a brand new house would be nice! There's no stopping her now! How will her furniture look in a brand-spanking new house? NO, DON'T answer that! MMIL's been to the tip again!
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