Frustration
If you think I've been remiss in updating news it's cos there hasn't been any! Not really.
The saga of buying a field with an old bungalow in it is proving extremely frustrating with the owners not seeming to want to progress things. Yet they have told us they want to sell and we've offered them a big wad of cash. We're still hoping this is the place where we'll get a chance to self-build...
In the meantime, and extremely conscious that we've just spent 9 months in the Loft, we've started casting our net wider. For a while now we've been looking for renovation projects, but they have proven almost as elusive as building plots. However, it seems that everyone has come back from holiday and a glut of possible projects has turned up.
We've viewed one already, a '30s house that is more of a museum than a dwelling but would be a great place to update. It also has a good sized garden so it could be extended without compromising the outside space. As it being sold conventionally (no nasty sealed bid or exciting auction!) we can hopefully take our time deciding if this is the one for us. We only spotted the other possibilities yesterday, and most are up for auction in October, so we'll be arranging to see them soon.
To add to the frustration with the building plot, these other possibilities are all in the balance whilst we pester the land owners to see if this is definitely on or off. Will they give us a conclusive answer? I hope it doesn't get to the point where we have to ditch the plot without them giving us a conclusive 'no', but on past form I think it just might.
The saga of buying a field with an old bungalow in it is proving extremely frustrating with the owners not seeming to want to progress things. Yet they have told us they want to sell and we've offered them a big wad of cash. We're still hoping this is the place where we'll get a chance to self-build...
In the meantime, and extremely conscious that we've just spent 9 months in the Loft, we've started casting our net wider. For a while now we've been looking for renovation projects, but they have proven almost as elusive as building plots. However, it seems that everyone has come back from holiday and a glut of possible projects has turned up.
We've viewed one already, a '30s house that is more of a museum than a dwelling but would be a great place to update. It also has a good sized garden so it could be extended without compromising the outside space. As it being sold conventionally (no nasty sealed bid or exciting auction!) we can hopefully take our time deciding if this is the one for us. We only spotted the other possibilities yesterday, and most are up for auction in October, so we'll be arranging to see them soon.
To add to the frustration with the building plot, these other possibilities are all in the balance whilst we pester the land owners to see if this is definitely on or off. Will they give us a conclusive answer? I hope it doesn't get to the point where we have to ditch the plot without them giving us a conclusive 'no', but on past form I think it just might.
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