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!!!!!!

We have bricks!!!

So we have bricks!!! Maybe only a couple, but our house has bricks!!! So exciting! Although not much is going to happen over the next couple of weeks with Christmas and New Year, but now bricks are being laid, it seems to make it so much more exciting, even though we STILL haven't exchanged contracts yet. The house is ours, apparently, we've paid the deposit etc, but until a buyer is found for ours, they aren't exchanging. Something like that anyway, even though they've said that they'll still complete by April and we will still be having ours part ex'd.

Slightly closer up, so you can see the sort of layout. I can never imagine all the rooms fitting into something when its that size, can you?! lol

My new home. The first home my husband and I will have purchased together as a married couple and the first time we will have moved in 13 years.

Its going to be a bit of a nightmare (already is by some accounts) but going to record events, thoughts and feelings and best of all, pictures as our new home is built.

First pics:
The concrete base and foundations, that will form our ground floor space (complete with plot sold sign - woop!!)


What will be our back garden wall



What will become our garage and driveway, complete with a gated front.

Now lets hope for a dry-ish Winter, to let the builders get those bricks laid!