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October 2016 - Cushion Fort
In Cushion Fort, money

And Our Survey Says...

Ten points if you already know exactly what happens when you have a Homebuyer’s survey! I definitely didn’t and it was honestly exciting and gut wrenching at the same time. Exciting, because we were lucky enough to go to the property at the same time as our surveyor and have him talk us through the findings. Gut wrenching because of all the work...

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Beginning the Buying Process

In this post I wanted to cover the actual process of buying your first home. After our initial offer was rejected I was heartbroken and panicked that we had blown our chance at buying Number 1. Secretly I’d already set my heart on it, even though I knew it was far, far too early to emotionally commit. To make a new offer, we...

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The One We Were Glad Got Away

Before buying Number 1, we had an offer accepted on a different property but it was never to be. No one really talks about this type of situation, especially on agent websites that offer advice for first time buyers, so I wanted to do a post on the one that got away as at the time it made me very anxious and uncertain....

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Friend or Foe?

I promised that I would write about estate agents, and I always want this to be a place of honest information but I also don’t want this to be a negative post. I’ll begin by saying some estate agents live up to the stereotype of being out for themselves and difficult to deal with; others are super helpful and want to do a...

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