mouse_chalk
Well-Known Member
We're joining the house-hunting gang on here at the moment, unfortunately!
We've been in our rented house now for 18 months, but got a call earlier this week from our letting agents, saying that our landlord wants to sell the house and that sometime this week we're likely to get 2 months'notice to move out. Cue panic stations; I've only just come out of hospital and have to recover for a few weeks, plus the market has moved on, so to get anything the same size and quality as we've got we'd have to pay a lot more rent, and really we need more space, not less, and there's not much round here at the moment anyway, and my job isn't that safe due to the length of time I've been off sick etc....
It was all very stressful. Plus, we LOVE this house and area, and the road is great. We don't want to move!
But, then today we noticed that another house on our cul de sac is up for rent. We'd seen it before and discounted it because the rent was way out of our budget. We currently pay £600 a month, and can't afford to pay any more than £700, and that's a push, and the house was on at £725. Well, my friend text me this morning to say she'd seen it online for £695! So, I called up, and it's still available. We managed to get a viewing this afternoon, which evenI could make seeing as it's only across our driveway!
And OMG, I love it! The kitchen is at the front, and then at the back is a massive living room, that has sliding doors that open out right into the garden, which is quite big, and has grass for the bunnies. There's a downstairs toilet as well! Upstairs there's a bathroom with a bath and shower, and 3 bedrooms. The master bedroom is slightly smaller than ours, but it has built in wardrobes and any furniture that didn't fit could go in one of the spare rooms. The smallest bedroom is perfect for Steve to have a home office in, as he works from home a lot. The agent didn't seem too put off by the rabbits either, and was going to talk to the landlady about it when we left. The only slight problem is that there's not room for our tall fridge freezer in the kitchen unless part of the breakfast bar was taken out, or we got a separate fridge and freezer which would fit nicely under the breakfast bar. The agent seemed to think that might be ok, as they're decorating the place at the moment, and painting it all cream and white! WOO!
Sooo, I have to call tomorrow and see what the landlady said about the rabbits and fridge-freezer situation, but as long as we can get round that ok, we're going to take it!! YAY! The best part is that we still have private parking in a car port which is good cos I have a car, but can't drive it at the moment so it's off road!
Sooooo, I need you all to cross your fingers and toes, and get your buns to cross their ears (Flashy pointed out that they'd fall over if they crossed their paws LOL) for us that we can get this house. I reeeeeeeeeally really want it, it would be such an easy move, 50 yards across the drive, and we'd get to stay in the road we love, with more space, and a nicer house!
Eeeek! I'm so excited for the first time in ages! Send us good luck people! :biggrin2:
Jen xx
Edit: Here's the link to it online! The only difference is that all the rooms have now been painted cream, and there'll be no furniture. Our current house is a little bit to the right of that front picture!
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-20025158.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=rent
We've been in our rented house now for 18 months, but got a call earlier this week from our letting agents, saying that our landlord wants to sell the house and that sometime this week we're likely to get 2 months'notice to move out. Cue panic stations; I've only just come out of hospital and have to recover for a few weeks, plus the market has moved on, so to get anything the same size and quality as we've got we'd have to pay a lot more rent, and really we need more space, not less, and there's not much round here at the moment anyway, and my job isn't that safe due to the length of time I've been off sick etc....
It was all very stressful. Plus, we LOVE this house and area, and the road is great. We don't want to move!
But, then today we noticed that another house on our cul de sac is up for rent. We'd seen it before and discounted it because the rent was way out of our budget. We currently pay £600 a month, and can't afford to pay any more than £700, and that's a push, and the house was on at £725. Well, my friend text me this morning to say she'd seen it online for £695! So, I called up, and it's still available. We managed to get a viewing this afternoon, which evenI could make seeing as it's only across our driveway!
And OMG, I love it! The kitchen is at the front, and then at the back is a massive living room, that has sliding doors that open out right into the garden, which is quite big, and has grass for the bunnies. There's a downstairs toilet as well! Upstairs there's a bathroom with a bath and shower, and 3 bedrooms. The master bedroom is slightly smaller than ours, but it has built in wardrobes and any furniture that didn't fit could go in one of the spare rooms. The smallest bedroom is perfect for Steve to have a home office in, as he works from home a lot. The agent didn't seem too put off by the rabbits either, and was going to talk to the landlady about it when we left. The only slight problem is that there's not room for our tall fridge freezer in the kitchen unless part of the breakfast bar was taken out, or we got a separate fridge and freezer which would fit nicely under the breakfast bar. The agent seemed to think that might be ok, as they're decorating the place at the moment, and painting it all cream and white! WOO!
Sooo, I have to call tomorrow and see what the landlady said about the rabbits and fridge-freezer situation, but as long as we can get round that ok, we're going to take it!! YAY! The best part is that we still have private parking in a car port which is good cos I have a car, but can't drive it at the moment so it's off road!
Sooooo, I need you all to cross your fingers and toes, and get your buns to cross their ears (Flashy pointed out that they'd fall over if they crossed their paws LOL) for us that we can get this house. I reeeeeeeeeally really want it, it would be such an easy move, 50 yards across the drive, and we'd get to stay in the road we love, with more space, and a nicer house!
Eeeek! I'm so excited for the first time in ages! Send us good luck people! :biggrin2:
Jen xx
Edit: Here's the link to it online! The only difference is that all the rooms have now been painted cream, and there'll be no furniture. Our current house is a little bit to the right of that front picture!
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-20025158.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=rent
