Well it has been an interesting few days ....
On Sunday 12th December Ping and I went by train to Falkirk to view 1 house - in Woodlands - very nice but no, and visited another where we had been trying to see it for sometime unsuccessfully and just walked over - found the owner in - an apparently honest and nice Architect - this house too big a project for us so also a No. We then decided to walk up to a house near Falkirk High School which we had discounted previously as being a little too far from the station - only to find that it is only about 20 minutes - but there was another house with a sign up just a little further on ...
Monday 13th December 2010 called the agents to view this one at 2pm Tuesday 14th. Also arranged to see solicitor at 4pm in Stirling. Ping and I book half day off on the Tuesday afternoon.
Tuesday 14th Dec - we met at Grahamston Railway station - looked at house - liked it and after returning to the flat went onto the Solicitor`s and after a good discussion a bid to be placed. Ping and I then went to Nationwide to start arranging mortgage and then onto the Outback for a beer.
Wednesday 15th Dec - solicitor calls in the morning - indicating that sellers want to see what 2 more couples who should be visiting the house status is and suggested that it could be put to a closing date. One couple cancel - due to the weather! (which is currently ok) and the other still have to sell their property so at about 16:50 solicitor calls again to say the verbal bid has been accepted and will start putting offer into writing.
So if from seeing it on Sunday from the outside doesn`t count then time from viewing to buying - 26 hours 50 minutes - perhaps a record?.
Proposed entry date 4th February 2011 - when the fun and lots of diy and decorating commences ...
Finally Ping and I will have a house to call our own and I will have a LOT of gardening to do as well !
