After 13 years (give or take) I've finally said goodbye to the house that I used to called home. This afternoon I removed the last of my possessions and handed back the keys. While I'd moved into the new house over a week ago, it was only today that I finally got the last of my stuff out of the old house. Will I miss the old house? Probably in some ways as I was used to its … [Read more...] about Handing Back the Keys to the old House and Moving on
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I’ve Finally Moved House (More or Less)
Yesterday was a busy and exhausting day. It was moving day. Moving myself out of the house I've lived in for the past 13 years is a pain, but mainly because I've accumulated a lot of stuff over the past decade plus. Going room by room and packing up my life into boxes and bags took most of the day, but now my old sitting room is pretty much empty: Last night I … [Read more...] about I’ve Finally Moved House (More or Less)
Getting Ready to Move House
For the last couple of weeks there's been a steady stream of deliveries and various professionals in and out of the new house. Up until about 48 hours ago the house wasn't habitable, unless you're happy with not having any heating, a cooker or floors. All that changed over the past two days and I should be moving the bigger bits of furniture into my new house tomorrow! Moving … [Read more...] about Getting Ready to Move House
Moving House and Keeping my Contact Details Current
Over the past couple of weeks I've been focussed on both sorting out issues with the new house and moving my stuff into it. The proverbial light is now visible at the end of the tunnel. If everything goes according to plan I'll be finally moving in to my new abode this weekend. I'll still have to spend a few days sorting out the outstanding bits and bobs, but my "plan" is to … [Read more...] about Moving House and Keeping my Contact Details Current
Choices, Choices, Choices
Buying my house took a couple of months between mortgages, paperwork for different things and then, of course, the lawyers getting involved. So I had plenty of time before I got the keys to think about what I wanted to do with the house or, more precisely, how I wanted to do things. I fired up Evernote and created a "wish list" which has been growing all the time. Some things … [Read more...] about Choices, Choices, Choices