Help calm me, house buying and selling stress. Part 3

Hello sazzl I'm glad you have had such a marvellous time with your family, I hope your husband's cold clears up soon. I think I'm getting one too, I was washing up and felt as though I was having a 'hot flush' - thankfully those days are behind me!

Craftyone I'm so sorry your sisters have now been assigned yellow, I am glad the government have finally stepped up to the plate. I hope they stay safe.

I've been feeling really panicky today, but remembered the advice on how to eat an elephant so broke down my tasks into more manageable chunks. I do have a week before the removal company come to decide what I want moved into the cottage, and the few items I want taken into storage can wait. I concentrated on upstairs today and feel happy with my 'draft' - doing downstairs tomorrow.

Have a good day everyone, pretty windy here!

sazz1 you sound like you need some quiet time to relax, though it's not easy with puppies. Is it really £1k for stud fees? I rather fancy renting my boy out for that price! DD and SiL have just paid £1500 for a pup, but it doesn't stop there as they've now spent an extra £500 on crate, pen, webcam, leads, toys, bowls, food, vaccinations, worming, etc. etc. Expensive business, dogs!

Now my 2 sisters in different parts of WA (australia), their areas have become yellow very high risk. Sometimes everything seems so transient, we do the best we can but nature always has the upper hand. Its a pity we cannot just press a switch to detatch us completely from stress.

Sazzl you have been busy. Just take a few minutes and take your time doing anything in your new home. You and your husband have the rest of your lives make it your nest. I know I should have taken it easier getting things done here but if I decide to do something I like to get on with it. Unfortunately due to my health I can't do something's myself anymore. But that is not going to stop me doing what I can.

Mosaicwarts hope you have a successful list day and sorting out .

Have a good day everyone.

Well we're finally alone in our new house! DS2 and DD and DGD age 5 all left today. So far since we moved in we have had 2 all day visits from DS1 DIL and 2 GC, 2 sister's and a niece overnight, DD and DGD for about 3 weeks going home for a few days now and again, DS2 for 2 weekends and 2 weeks over Xmas and New Year. Forgot DD brought her 2 guinea pigs as well. Also 3 visits from neighbours, DS2s friend visited, our friends from the caravan site visited, and 2 people to see the puppies, 1 is now reserved. So busy here so not unpacked properly yet. Wardrobe doors and track arrived today so DH can get on with making fitted wardrobes now we have some space. Have 3 more people coming to see the puppies tomorrow so fingers crossed they all want one and have suitable homes. So expensive breeding pedegree dogs it's cost me over 1k already for stud fee, 2 home visits from vet, special food for pups, KC reg etc. and still have to pay for microchip and vaccinations for each one. I'm keeping one myself.

OH has a bad cough and cold so can't see much getting done for the next few days. I'm just ploughing through the washing and housework as nothing got done over Xmas and New Year.
Mosaic hope you get the rental fingers crossed for you.
Happy New Year to everyone on this thread xxxx

Thanks all, I had an awful couple of hours 'uploading' documents to the website for identification, proving my finances and referencing. Photographing your passport flat is really difficult! For some reason the TSB only let you export statements in CSV format, which they didn't accept, so had to faff around going on line, printing them off, photographing them, resizing and uploading. After a few hours I'd finished, checked through, and submitted - blow me down it seems somehow by mistake I'd pushed the 'on' slidey button for being a smoker. Give me strength! Keep your fingers crossed I'm not rejected because of it, I rang the office straight away and told them. No way of contacting the on line referencing people.

I haven't done anything else tonight except eat and watch tv, while I think about what stays and what goes. It's so hard unravelling your life, isn't it, as a youngster 'moving' flats I only had clothes. I'll be ordering the boxes tomorrow, and writing lots of lists, which I can tick off. The good thing is I don't have to move out on one day, I'll have weeks to do it. The man of the couple in the rented cottage was really nice and said to pop down anytime if I have any questions - isn't it awful, I can't remember his name! They both said when they mentioned where they lived people asked if they knew me. My daughter and I were a bit surprised, but it's the house being a landmark really, not me inside it.

At least the woodburner is behaving, I've found a new way of lighting it, top downwards, it's burning really well thankfully.

MW - I'm glad you've found a rental you like.

Fantastic news MW. After so many months things are finally starting to move and I am thrilled for you. Big step, I know, but you will be safe and warm and when your forever home comes on the market you will be a cash buyer with no chain. Really am happy for you. Glad you didn’t get that horrible old house you first looked at

That's good news about the rental mosaics we'll all sleep better now including you!

Good luck with the sale Liljan it's such an anxious time but hopefully it will turn out all right.

The professionals are never anxious are they.
It's like when you are travelling. We were getting off a train in Cornwall and the announcer said the platform wasn't long enough so passengers were to get to coach B and C or whatever.
We were panicking and scrambling along the train with our luggage and met the conductor who said "don't worry, I wont let the train go before you have found the platform" and he guided us carefully to the right place before we had heart attacks.

Everyone needs a chum to keep them right. This forum is like having a gang of chums.

Mw so pleased for you. Sounds really good, and will encourage you to really get rid of stuff. Hopefully, the auction on you house will be successful and by Easter you can really start to look for your new ever-home. Good start to the year.
Ikea bookcase all sorted out - man did come, just a bit later than he was supposed to. Means all my books are now unpacked and have more storage area. Once the wardrobes get done in four weleks time I will be able to dispense with final boxes.
So horrible to learn of people in that stressful place not really knowing where they will be living. Like others here , Liljan, all I can do is to hope, on your behalf, that there is a speedy and successful outcome.
Have discovered that it seems to be much easier down here to sell second hand things, than it did in London. Yesterday I put my nearly new larder freezer on Gumtree, and someone came to collect it, paying amount I asked, within a couple of hours. Today, same thing happened with two small bookcases.

Thanking you all for your crossed fingers & toes!
Niobe It sounds like luck was on your side finding somewhere and concluding within 6 weeks - very well done. It may be that come Friday, we’ll be on the hunt again after looking for 2+ years.
WhiffIm pleased for you that you have somewhere to settle, so good to have the peace of mind that these chapters in your life have come to an end.
EllianneYour experience could be ours and exactly why we need the relevant certificates/documentation as this is not our forever home..we probably have one more move to go and like you say, we too want to be able to wave the documents at the next buyers Solicitor!
Craftyone Thanks for being a sounding board, just what I needed and will keep you all posted.
MosaicwartsDelighted you have had such a wonderful find, wishing you, your daughter and furry ones many years of enjoyment in your new home.

Thanks for all your good wishes everyone, it is a huge step for me. Unfortunately no electric in the garage craftyone, I was hoping but sadly no. I've got things in my shed downstairs I haven't looked at for a very long time including my husband's golf clubs, I hope they aren't mildewed.

Have just got back from a very sunny beach and the weather has turned already, I feel sorry for the walker I met who was aiming for the pub and a bowl of soup!

I'm going to attack my christmas chocolates now, and do the agency 'letting' pack they've emailed me.

I am very happy for you mosaics, it sounds perfect and a good interim home. The garage gets condensation, easily remedied if you put a de-humidifier in there, yes extra expense but it will keep your belongings in good condition. You have been brave and bitten the bullet, we are proud of you

Excellent mosaicwarts. Time to streamline your stuff, you'll be surprised how much you enjoy living with fewer possessions and items to worry about.

Brilliant new Mosaciwarts. Really happy for you. The time will fly.

That's brilliant news Mosaicwarts. It sounds ideal for what you need for temporary accommodation. Just think, when you move to your new permanent home how large and spacious it will seem after the cosy cottage. It sounds as if the new year is starting well for you.

Ps craftyone, thank you for the kitepackaging co info, measuring a stack of books and ordering boxes later

Liljan, keeping everything crossed for you, so sorry you are having to endure this stress.

I've just come on to feedback about the cottage - it's mine on 7 February. I've had a cry in private, it doesn't seem real but it is. My daughter and I loved it. It's two bed and seems very small to me, but anything will be compared to my house, I have to adapt. First thing that can't come is my trusty double freezer, but I'm sure someone will give it a home. The front garden is completely private for my dog, and there is another grassy garden behind our garage across the 'road' which runs behind the row of cottages. The garage doesn't have electricity and has a metal roof, he said they do get condensation in there. All white goods are staying, bills are £200 a month, so my six month outlay will be an additional £4,800. My biggest worry is my cat going home to our house, I'll keep her in for a month when we move in. At least I'll know where to find her if she doesn't come home.

Have a good day all.

Liljan, fingers and toes crossed for you, you feel so out of control about a problem not of your making. Stress levels must be sky high right now. I wish we could help more and we certainly empathise with you. Have a rant if you need to let it out, we will listen

Oh Liljan that all sounds very familiar and why is it always at the last minute? The same happened to us when we bought in London, all over the signing off the extension. In the end it was the council's approval letter which saved the day although there was an added delay. When we later sold the house the same issue was picked up again, but waving the council document at the buyer's solicitor seemed to do the trick. Good luck.

That breakfast sounds very healthy and tasty craftyone. I might try adding some berries to my weetabix and yoghurt mix, though I'm worried it might go rather mushy.

That's annoying about the person putting your IKEA stuff together Franbern. Hope the family sorts it for you. I had John Lewis bunk beds delivered for the GC and it took the man 3 hours to assemble. They were very solid.

Good luck mw, we all have our fingers crossed so let us know how you get on. We told the landlord our dogs would stay downstairs and when he came back to check the house a couple of weeks later we kept them in the garden room and he looked in through the patio window!

Whiff my uncle and aunt went to New Zealand in 1950 ish. My uncle was a GP and my aunt a midwife. They had their own practice and he was very much the country doctor who dealt with everything. My aunt was less happy because she missed family in the UK but she ran parenting groups and helped the Red Cross to keep herself busy. We nearly applied to move over in 1998 but our teenage daughter locked herself in a pub toilet and refused to come out until we said we would reconsider!

Liljan hope all goes well and you do move. Reading your post took me right back to all the trouble I had selling. Why is it when you decide to move other people have all the control over what happens. Be they solicitors, buyers, sellers etc. You get your ducks in a row why can't everyone else. I am so glad I am never moving again. Fingers crossed you heard good news on Monday.

Sorry Liljan, not Lilian! I should preview before I post .

Lilian, I will keep fingers and toes crossed for you!
I used to live in Scotland and we moved to England 4 years ago so have little experience of the buying /selling system here but that sounds horrendous!

When we sold our Glasgow house we came down to London for a week to house hunt and found a house we liked and had the offer accepted before we went back. Fortunately the house was lying empty as it had been a rental for a few years and the seller was keen to complete the sale. We completed the sale and moved in in 6 weeks ! The problem is that if we ever move again I doubt we will be as lucky again!

It's interesting about the rationing and food shortages. My mother used to say that it was helpful to have a baby during rationing as I got rations but she got to eat them as I wasn't old enough for solid food and tea.
I have also heard that the poorest people ate better with rationing than before the war though nowadays we would find rations very lacking.