Where to bloody begin?!
So it starts off completely unrelated to houses. I get a phone call at work, close to 4pm, from Karl. Sounds like he’s having a heart attack. Mumbles something about Isabel; my God the adrenaline shot through me. In that split second I thought of everything terrible that could happen in the world, happening all at once.
Thankfully it was “just” Karl, who’d managed to dislocate his knee. They had to get an ambulance out to him and everything. In his words:
I just turned round, loud crack and the leg went. Screaming and yelling as loud as possibly possible, kneecap now at right angles to my knee. Felt me passing out..vision went black/purply. Hearing went fuzzy etc.
Anyway. The lovely ambulance folk hooked him up to gas and air and popped his knee back in. Bish bash bosh, off to a house viewing (he’s hardcore, let me tell you) with a crutch and his jeans cut up to the knee.
Nice house. “Cosy” but it’s hard to adjust to the realistic size of a first-timer house when you’re used to renting a giant 1800s cottage. Not decorated to my taste either, but that aside it’s got tons of potential for extension, lovely well maintained gardens and plenty of built in storage. So, we put in an offer at nearly £10,000 under the asking price at around 8:30pm(!) It was rejected straight up because the owners need to get rid of the old mortgage. We made a new offer, £5,000 under, and it was accepted.
We nearly have our very own house. (And yes, I know, I wasn’t expecting it to happen this quickly either!)
12 Apr at 9:26 pm
Knee :(
House :D
12 Apr at 9:28 pm
Welcome to the world of home ownership… Almost! It’s fun ;)
12 Apr at 9:30 pm
Seconding Hanna – Yay for home ownership! Boo to knee dislocation!
12 Apr at 9:31 pm
Congratulations on getting your very own house! I’m excited for you. :D
12 Apr at 10:43 pm
Typical fella, anything for a bit of attention (joke for those that do not know me) Hope Karl is feeling a bit more like his usual self today and is taking things easy. I have to admit he did look rather amusing with his new fashion trend of one leg knotted trousers.
House… now did I not say that when you find THE house, you would know instantly? :p
Chuffed for you both, hope it all goes through speedily and you can move into your new home, one where the cats can do what they like you and Karl don’t have to worry about someone else’s property.
12 Apr at 11:37 pm
Congrats xxx
13 Apr at 12:13 am
Just emailed you back – I think it’s lovely. :) Congratulations!
13 Apr at 1:41 am
YAY! Congrats, Jem! (Poor Karl! I hope he’s okay!)
13 Apr at 9:12 am
Congrats Jem! Absolutely chuffed to bits for you guys.
13 Apr at 12:03 pm
Hooray! As much as owning a house can be a hassle, I love it way more than renting. Hope Karl is on the mend! :D
14 Apr at 5:04 pm
Karl if you’re reading this… You are a total bad ass! I hope your continued house hunt goes well.
My roommate is trying to buy a house and it seems like there are just little obstacles here and there that drive ya insane.
18 Apr at 10:50 am
ouchy!
Can completely sympathise – i had a knee operation last summer and a house we’d had an offer accepted on fell through, I’d only been out of hospital two days and spent the rest of the week viewing houses as we didn’t want out buyers to disappear!
think I saw about six different places while on my crutches
Congratulations anyway, hope everything else runs smoothly and quickly!