house or had any offers yet. Is this normal after 5 viewings? I suspect the fact that we are selling off part of the land is putting people off but we will plod on until mid June before we think about plan B.
The house looks great on the Agents web site.
http://www.fodenandharrisproperty.com/property_detail.aspx?strID=FNP00664&intTID=1&intContentID=2
News on the house in Alston is that it finally has an Under Offer sign on it. I find this really exciting,
confirmation that we really are leaving to start a new life. The surveyors report begs to differ somewhat
so we will have to see! Have ordered various reports to be done and will wait and see the outcome...
It would be a shame not to get the house we want but we have to be sensible and there are rather a lot of urgent recommendations....
Had a lovely weekend during Easter without the children. I love them dearly but it is nice to have a break. We went to Woking and spent the whole weekend walking, talking and eating. We did fit in a trip to
the theatre to see Agatha Christies 'Witness for the Prosecution'. I'm not normally into murder
mysteries but thought that the show was fantastic. I will definitely see another production of an AgathaChristie story if I get a chance.
Still waiting for confirmation about the children's new school. Hopefully this will arrive in the next few weeks. I think that they are starting to look forward to the move now. May 14th should bring some
news regarding the planning permission for the attached land. Fingers crossed it will be fine as we can then get on with finalizing the sale of the land. I think that once this happens, everything else will startto happen. Maybe.
I would have liked to have visited Alston again soon but we had already committed to going to
Germany for Mark's 50th birthday. Due to Mother Nature stamping her feet in Iceland, a short trip of 4 days turned into a 10 day holiday. It was great though. Beautiful weather, fabulous food and some verykind people made the whole stay one that we will never forget. Bit of a stretch on the old budget
though, so no trips to Alston unless absolutely necessary. An incredible time was had by all of us and Mark did start to wonder if it was a sign that we couldn't come home..... especially as his old home is
up for sale... perhaps if the move to Alston fails then I will let him convince me to move to Germany :)
A picture that Mark took of the lake in the beautiful town of Wassenberg....the town with the most
delicious cakes ever..
Where are you moving to in Alston? It's a great place to live and bring up kids.
ReplyDeleteHoping to move into the town itself. We have visited several times over the last few years and fallen in love with the place. My children are still young, 7,8 & 9, so we think it is a good time to make the move. Have visited the school in Alston with the children and they thought it was great. Whatever happens housewise, we are planning on moving up when the children finish term at the end of July. We want them to have the time to make friends before they start school, so if you know of any activities during the summer that they can do it would be great if you could let me have the details. I know myself how hard it is to be the new person at school so want to make things as easy as possible for them. It is a new start for all of us and we all have to make new friends! I just can't wait to move! Regards, Irene
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