We Live In Hope
The House Sale is going well, it’s just the House Purchase that’s causing problems. We’re on track to get the mortgage we asked for though I think I may have over-egged our income but we were well in the maximum. We’ll know for sure in the next couple of days.
In my original article on selling and buying a house in Wokingham I touched on some of the things that we’d like to do and reasons for the move. Although the one pictured is a new build, it presses an awful lot of buttons for us. It has a couple of drawbacks but we can live with them for now and overcome them in time.
The Drawbacks First
It’s right next to the railway line between Wokingham and Reading. We’ve been in the house during the day when trains go by and you can hardly hear them. We don’t know what it will be like late at night or early in the morning. Other people cope so we should as well.
The rooms upstairs aren’t that big. We need an office and the only place we can have one is if we convert half the garage.
The Big Advantages
It’s round the corner from the in-laws which is a very good thing. The boys can pop round if they want to and so can Grandma and Grandpa. We can look out of the back bedroom window and see their house about 200 yards away.
The Kitchen is a wonderful size and has granite work surfaces. All very nice. There is a Utility room which is a great thing to have. It’s long and loads of cupboard space. The boiler is in there and the design of the house means it’s away from the living and sleeping areas so no waking up in the night.
The garden is a reasonable size, not as big as we’d like but it’ll do.
It’s a very livable place for us.