Back to the grind!

Well I know it's been a while since anything happened on here (nearly five months... i thought it was longer!!) - things have dramatically moved on.

After declining to make another offer on the house which needed knocking down and replacing, I then went to see another house in the same-ish area which was on for about the same price as the previous one. This time it was much more pleasing to the eye! None of the rooms looked like the exterior of a boat, decent yet 70's/80's decor and a nice layout that can be worked with and down a nice quiet cul-de-sac, perfect for the kid!

To cut a long story short, after an offer, acceptance, survey then further negotiations we got it for about twelve per cent less than the asking price!! This all happened by the end of September, since then everything has been with solicitors and mortgage advisor.

Unfortunately, solicitors aren't the easiest of people to deal with: firstly they take a big chunk of the agreed price for the whole job; then they give you a world of 'checking' forms to fill in where you are verified as a human, a sane person, a person who has money, a person who is who they say they are and most of all, a person who can afford their services; lastly, not only do you have to do this for yourselves, but for EVERY PERSON who is gifting you money for the deposit too! So everyone has transferred their chunk of deposit, I am going to tell them that I raised the money for the deposit myself, it's in my bank, hurry the fudge up retards! Oh and I'm expected to pay £95 plus VAT for this 'Service'. Kiss my ass!

To make matters worse, the psycho woman who used to rent the house next door to us (whose tenure culminated in us making a police complaint about her mother's threatening behaviour) has only gone and bought it from the owners and is moving in on 6th of February... get me the hell out of this place quickly!!!!