I hope. We are no closer to getting the keys, or so it seems. Both Karl and I spoke to the solicitor last week and everything appears to be done on their side, they’re waiting on the seller’s solicitors. We’ve both emphasised the fact that we have handed in our notice which probably won’t achieve anything will hopefully push them along a bit faster.

Have started to pack up crap in anticipation of a moving date, but at the same time eager to ditch as much extra stuff as possible. This is for three reasons:

1. The very obvious fact that the less you have to move, the easier and quicker it will be to do so
2. Of all the previously mobile moving helpers (Karl, my mum, me, etc) only one of us is still mobile. Although we’ll likely get around this by using a moving firm. It seems a little silly to get a firm in when we’re literally moving around the corner (seriously) but I can’t do it on my own.
3. The new house is smaller than our rental. Plenty of opportunity for expansion but this isn’t going to happen overnight.

Now just to convince Karl that a new house requires a trip to IKEA…

Karl had a call from the estate agents/solicitors last week re: the house and they informed him that things are moving along swiftly and they expect us to be in by the end of the month. This month. May. Holy shit. But also, they said we need to give notice for our rental asap. This… read full entry »