My finished but unfurnished house (without carpet lol)

OK - so here it is, minus floor coverings - my long awaited, finished house!


Front view - wooden bannister will be replaced with iron one and there will be shrubs planted in the front garden

Back garden


My favourite room (and the one I spend most time in!) - my kitchen

Now I've just got to sort these Solicitors out and hope that they ensure that they get things ready for a Friday completion (although at the moment, it looks like we'll be living out of boxes for a weekend, with no telly and no garden furniture/outdoor toys!)

Just wanted a whinge....still haven't exchanged contracts!!!

We are supposedly looking to legal completion for 23rd March (ish) which isn't that long away and still no exchange of contracts, or anyone telling us when this is likely to be! Argghhhhh!!!

I know moving house is stressful, but right now, technically we aren't in any loop, because the housebuilders are part exing our home, so on a legal side, the people that are buying my home are dealing with the builders, not me, so I have not a clue what is going on and legally, no one is supposed to tell me anything either!!!

Is it so hard to communicate these days?!

Here we have three pics although, not quite in the order I'd hoped!

Above is the rear view, almost complete. All required now is the gates to be added to the driveway and the turf to be added - thats it! Crazy how quickly its happened!

Then we have the front view. This is almost finished also. Downpipes required for the guttering, landscaping of the front garden, pavement and turning circle for the end of the road to be constructed/sorted and then the mains supplies for the utilities to be connected. A stonework porch also needs constructing along with 5 steps up to the front door but then thats pretty much it also!


This is the before pic taken literally a week before the above shots, if that! The speed at which the bricks are laid are unbelievably fast. And the workmanship brilliant! Fair play to the guys!

Inside, there is a little more work. The decorators and the tilers are going in this week. The kitchen is being fitted as we speak. The electrician will be back in next week to finish off, along with the plumber to finish his bits.

Then we are almost, pretty much there!! We are looking at completion prior to the end of March (looking at about 3 weeks time) and the excitement is now starting to build. I am going back in at the weekend to take interior pics and take a look after the decorating has been finished!

I just wish they'd exchange contracts already! We still haven't would you believe, even though its all going brilliantly and there are no problems with the purchase of our current property, which is all going through great. Slightly frustrating, but its going to be ours as far as I'm concerned, and as it seems, as far as anyone else is concerned also. So keeping everything crossed for exchange a fair bit prior to completion.

Apparently, a few problems with regards to drainage services which need sorting, so we are either going to be given a fixed date for completion, or possibly 7 days notice as opposed to the standard 14, but even so, they are telling us today, we'll be in before the end of March!! Woop!!!

This was taken on Saturday (14th). Its so exciting, especially as we had wonderful news last week after a viewing - an offer has been made and accepted on our home, so its full steam ahead!!!! Best part, is that its a man in his 50's who is wanting to rent it out, has no mortgage to find, everything is sorted, so its just down to solicitors and surveyors. No chain, hopefully, no worries!!! And I shouldn't think that a man of his age, who had to bring his wife around that same evening as making the offer, would suddenly pull out, as he seemed to be someone with his head very much screwed on in the right way.

We have now chosen the carpets for the house, the wooden flooring for the dining room, and the ceramic flooring for the kitchen and utility. We have also arranged and purchased light fittings for the entire downstairs that the builders are going to be fitting on our behalf also, which will save a lot of time, so we are now finally hopeful that this really is going to come to fruition.

Going inside it today to have a look at how they are getting on!!!! Can't wait! May be an update after this afternoon, quicker than the usual ones :D

How fast!!!

The roof trusses are up!!!

This is the view of our new home, but with the exterior bricks, roof tiles, and exterior gates for the driveway to be added! Hopefully, the brickwork will start next week as long as its not too cold that is, with this big freeze due to be upon us. Apparently, if its too cold, then they don't lay bricks - just hope that isn't the case next week!

Its getting so exciting now, I just wish they'd exchange contracts with us, so I can get unreservedly excited about it rather than having to hold back, just in case.

On the up side, we have a second viewing for our house tomorrow - keeping everything crossed that this time an offer is made, and it goes through to completion.

Going up!!!!

We have ground floor interior walls!!!! From sitting and waiting for what seemed like ages, even though it wasn't - suddenly, walls are appearing! They seem to build houses inside out these days and put up the insulated walls, before doing the exterior brickwork - seems odd, but it works!!

Our new garage, with roof trusses in place, just awaiting tiles, garage door and then the iron gates that will be adorning the driveway entrance!

We still haven't exchanged contracts though, which leaves for it being a bit worrying, but I'm assured all will be fine and hey, why would they have us choosing our tiling and kitchen if they weren't going to still sell us the house.

It will be mine!!!!!!