It has been 29 years since we moved from a bungalow to our current house. It was an experience we have never forgotten as TWICE the sale fell through at the eleventh hour and we lost the house of our dreams - a show house on a nearby new housing estate. It took over 2 years to find a buyer who completed the process and then we had to quickly find a new place to live.
When I saw this property with its challet type roof it didn't really appeal to me from the outside. But as the saying goes 'never judge a book by its cover.' It is very spacious inside and we bought it. Our teenage daughter and her friend slept on the floor in the lounge before we actually moved in - I think they had a scary but fun night. We made the place our own and have lots of memories - especially selling all our furniture and for six years rented the house out as we went to live in Cyprus and then Lancaster. On our return many house improvements took place, oh the mess! But of course the result was a luxury kitchen, bathroom, cloakroom etc etc.
Time has come, however, to think about our autumn years and minimising our belongings. In a space of two weeks both our daughter and ourselves recently had eventful happenings. She is in the process of buying a property she had previously rented for a while and loved dearly, and we have 'sold subject to contract' having viewed and are in the process of buying a nearby bungalow! The Pandemic's big surprise. It is exciting, scary and stressful in view of our previous experience and having to deal with agents, solicitors etc etc. as well as adhering to strict guidelines of sanitising, masks and distance of course. My sleep pattern is off the scale during flurry of activity. I had been used to slow, sometimes boring days of #stayhome, #staysafe. Now though is the big box up and clean up. It's exhausting.
There is a small chain of four couples all ready to go so we are hoping for a good, smoother transition than all those years ago. I have to say I think the whole process is wrong - Scotland seem to have a better way of doing things. We trust all is well as we anxiously await the signing of contracts and completion. Meanwhile we are downsizing our possessions and preparing for a big change. Please hold us in your thoughts and wish us luck.
